All articles by Asha Sankanna
Asha Sankanna
HyperTunnel in administration
UK infratech company hyperTunnel, which used swarm robotics in a new approach to tunnelling, has gone into administration.
IDA reaches her halfway point on Brenner Base Tunnel
On July 22nd TBM Ida completed half of her journey covering the just over the first 4 kilometres in the main west tunnel on the H41 Sillschlucht – Pfons construction site in Austria.
Former ITA executive director Olivier Vion dies
The tunnelling industry has been paying tribute to Olivier Vion, a former executive director of the ITA and a BTS member, who died on Saturday, July 20 after a short illness.
Tunnelling under way on Polish road tunnel
The TBM has been launched to construct the tunnel on Poland’s S19 highway.
BBT SE reduces segment production impact
BBT SE is celebrating the steps taken to reduce the environmental impact of tunnel segment production for the Brenner Base Tunnel.
Parson appointed to New Hampshire tunnel project
Parsons Corporation has been selected by the City of Manchester, New Hampshire, to help deliver the new Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, the city’s largest public works project to date.
ITA at 50: Iconic tunnels
Among recent celebrations for its 50th Anniversary, ITA announced a list of ‘Iconic Projects’ from across the world built during the same period. A book with the list will contain profiles of the tunnel projects is due to be available soon. T&TI briefly reviews the listing, including those from the UK
Veidekke wins Gothenburg rail contract
The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) has appointed Veidekke to build the Haga–Otterhällan section of the Västlänken railway connection under central Gothenburg.
Oregon makes waves in energy research
PacWave South will be the first pre-permitted, full-scale test facility for wave energy devices in the US. Jacobs partnered with the HDD Company and Oregon State University to help deliver the US first, on Oregon’s Pacific Coast. The project, which includes offshore bores, is described by Nason McCullough, Vice President and Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Jacobs; Phill Perron, Vice President, Projects, The HDD Company; and, Dan Hellin, Deputy Director, PacWave
Data Focus on Tunnel Projects In Americas
Courtesy of GlobalData, a sister publication of T&T, we take a look at tunnel-based infrastructure project value pipelines in North America and Latin America based on figures from the Q1-2024 analysis.