Tag Archives: Underground

A new 30km long metro line that will be partly underground and comprise 14 stations has been approved in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Engineering consultancy Dr Sauer and Partners has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to carry out a feasibility study for the proposed Bakerloo line extension.

Close to 100 asset owners have shared their data with the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), a project to map the whole country’s underground assets.

A majority of underground asset sector stakeholders believe that legislation is needed to encourage asset owners to contribute data to the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), a recent consultation has revealed.

Transport for London’s £655M project to upgrade Bank station into a spacious, modern interchange is almost complete.

Ireland’s first underground seismic station that can detect earthquakes around the world was recently installed in a limestone cave in Tipperary.

Renewable energy company Drax will soon be seeking a contractor to design and construct the new pumped storage hydro power station at its Cruachan facility in Scotland.

A community partnership has formed in Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire as part of the search to find a site for a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the safe disposal of radioactive waste underground.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the British Standards Institute (BSI) have launched an updated version of the PAS 128 standard which governs utility surveys in the UK.

Hong Kong is planning to move more of its infrastructure into underground caverns to make better use of its land supply. New technologies and digital engineering could improve the construction efficiency.