Work has ramped up on High Speed 2's (HS2's) 700m long cut and cover tunnel at Burton Green in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, with the completion of the southern portal entrance and tunnel construction 50% done.
Three unusual past tunnel collapses that were caused by lining failures hold important lessons for geotechnical engineers, University of Cambridge emeritus professor Robert Mair said in a recent lecture.
The first sites along the 25km Tideway tunnel that runs from east to west London have been switched on, marking a significant milestone on the "super sewer" project.
Cern’s plans for a new underground particle accelerator that is set to replace the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have moved forward with ground investigations starting this month.
Herrenknecht’s Tunnel Enlargement System (TES) has been used to widen the profile of two ageing railway tunnels in Germany while trains continue to run.
The consortium responsible for the construction of a new road system in Norway has excavated approximately 500m of a new 1.9km long tunnel on the project.
Network Rail and principal contractor Dyer & Butler recently completed emergency works at the landslide-prone Honiton tunnel cutting in Devon, but further stabilisation will be needed.
Kent County Council (KCC) has resubmitted plans for a £25.5M road tunnel through a chalk cliff between Ebbsfleet Garden City and Bluewater shopping centre.
The bodies of three foreign workers were recovered from the Khlong Pai railway tunnel in Thailand that collapsed following a landslide last month.
Construction chiefs in Australia want to bring in a fourth tunnel boring machine (TBM) to tackle the troubled Snowy 2.0 hydropower scheme.
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