Excavation completed on geologically ‘complex’ Brenner Base lot
Work has finished on a “complex and challenging” 5km long section of the Brenner Base Tunnel in Austria – bringing the megaproject one...
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Dec 13, 20231 min read
Flood defences: Ground investigations and monitoring progress on River Thames Scheme
Complex ground investigation and monitoring work has been carried out on water and land for a flood alleviation scheme along the River...
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
Grouting: Building connections between the HS2 Chiltern tunnels
HS2's Chiltern tunnels run through permeable chalk requiring extensive ground treatment, including grouting of the tunnel cross passages....
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Dec 11, 20231 min read
Ground investigations progress for community wind farms on Orkney Islands
Central Alliance has completed GI works for two developments as part of Orkney Islands Council’s onshore community wind farm project....
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Dec 8, 20231 min read
Bouygues-Murphy team wins £1.34bn Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling contract
National Highways has awarded the Lower Thames Crossing tunnels and approaches contract to the Bouygues Travaux Publics and Murphy JV....
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Dec 7, 20231 min read
HS2 seeks enabling works contractor for automated people mover
HS2 Ltd has begun the search for a contractor to lead the £2M enabling works programme for the new Solihull automated people mover. Click...
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Dec 6, 20231 min read
Ground improvement: Cross passage freezing in the Silvertown Tunnel
Engineers working on the Silvertown Tunnel in East London have used ground freezing to excavate several cross passages for the twin bore...
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Dec 5, 20231 min read
National Grid goes to market with £12.8bn HVDC civils framework
National Grid is looking to establish a high voltage direct current (HVDC) major works and civils framework that will enable the...
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Dec 4, 20231 min read
Emergency work begins to stabilise ‘precarious’ railway cutting in Surrey
Network Rail is carrying out urgent repairs to stabilise a railway cutting in Surrey after significant cracks up to 1m deep appeared in...
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Dec 1, 20231 min read
Lower Thames Crossing boss says UK megaprojects face delays due to planning hurdles
While the tunnelling contract for the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing is soon to be awarded, the project’s executive director has said that UK...
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