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Veidekke wins Offerdal hydro power contract
Norwegian power company Sognekraft has selected Veidekke to construct the Offerdal hydro power plant in Årdal.
New tube for Karawanken Tunnel inaugurated
The new Karawanken Tunnel between Austria and Slovenia has been officially opened.
First TBM launched for Sydney Water project
The first of two TBMs has been launched for Sydney Water’s Upper South Creek Networks Programme.
Breakthrough made on B&P siphon tunnel
The B&P Tunnel Replacement Programme recently achieved a major milestone with the breakthrough of the siphon tunnel.
Contract awarded for New York’s first CSO tunnel
The project will reduce combined sewer overflows into Newtown Creek, which runs between Brooklyn and Queens.
HS2 launches final TBM for Euston Tunnel
The 1,624-tonne machine will travel 7.2km to build the second bore of the Euston tunnel.
Neom cancels The Line tunnels contracts
The 170km-long linear city is being redesigned as data centres.
HS2 Tunnelling: The Client’s Perspective
On 16 October 2025, two speakers from the client team at High Speed Two Ltd (HS2) presented on tunnelling progress to a packed joint meeting of the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) and British Geotechnical Association (BGA). Martyn Noak, Head of Ground Engineering, provided a project overview and progress update on HS2 project Phase 1, including TBM data; Mark Lemmon, Lead Tunnel Engineer, described the geological setting and associated challenges. Here, they present the key points of their presentation.
Work to start on Hinkley Point C fish tunnel
Engineers at Hinkley Point C are ready to start tunnelling the second of three fish protection measures at the nuclear power station in Somerset.
LTA awards final Downtown Line 2 civils contract
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the final civils contract for the Downtown Line 2 extension (DTL2e).