In depth

Work on London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel has ramped up again post-Covid-19 lockdown. Nia Kajastie gives an update on the super sewer project.

Tunnelling on Metronet’s Forrestfield-Airport Link rail route in Perth, Australia, was completed in April. Nia Kajastie finds out about the project’s biggest challenges.

The detailed ground investigation for a scheme to improve a section of the A38 called for patience and different ways of working when Covid-19 hit.

DC Water’s Northeast Boundary Tunnel project reached a key milestone in April. Nia Kajastie looks at the progress made on the sewer scheme in Washington DC.

A multi-purpose dam is being built in the south of the Dominican Republic, and Bauer recently completed work on a cut off wall to waterproof its base.

London’s piling depth record was broken in March by a new oversite development.

High Speed 2’s geotechnical engineering challenges are familiar in many ways, but the sheer scale of earthworks involved is unprecedented in the UK.

Wet winters are becoming common but the heavy rainfall proved too much for two rail embankments in the south east where landslips caused months of misery for commuters.

Unexpected hard rock is just one of the challenges on a major railway slope stabilisation scheme in East Sussex.

Top down construction of a new hotel in central London was made easier with a foundations technique that saved money and time.