International news

Swiss construction company Implenia has been awarded contracts to make improvements to a motorway junction in Zürich and to build a complex bridge in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Boring on the main tunnel of the Snowy Hydro 2.0 hydropower project in Australia could restart at the end of July if the government grants the project new environmental approvals.

The Champlain Towers South condominium in Florida that collapsed in 2021 did not meeting building codes, say investigators as they continue to probe why the building failed.

Norwegian construction group Veidekke will carry out tunnelling and foundations work on the Majorstuen to Skøyen section of the Fornebu Line, a metro extension being built in Oslo.

Link Alliance has reached a major milestone on New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure scheme, with the completion of mined tunnelling activity for Maungawhau Station at Mt Eden, Auckland.

The Webuild-Ghella joint venture has won a €1.32bn (£1.14bn) contract to build 30km of new high speed railway in Sicily, including 20km of parallel tunnels.

An underground collapse on a cross passage last week has stopped work on part of the West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne, Australia.

The Acciona and Ferrovial joint venture has launched the first two tunnel boring machines to build a section of the 24km Sydney Metro West line in New South Wales, Australia.

Contractors will next month submit bids for a contract to build a utility tunnel that will connect the offshore elements of the port city Oxagon to the mainland as part of the Neom megaproject in Saudi Arabia.

The McConnell Dowell and John Holland joint venture delivering Genex's Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Australia has completed the excavation of its powerhouse cavern roof.