All articles by Pradeep Bairaboina
Pradeep Bairaboina
Erith Contractors secures £18m deal for Bean Road transport tunnel in Kent
The programme involves constructing an underpass of around 75m in length through the chalk ridge under Bean Road.
Indian government advances 7km twin-tube tunnel plan on Kedarnath route
The government will also undertake a feasibility study for a walkway and pedestrian tunnel from the Chaumasi side to improve connectivity to the Kedarnath shrine.
TBM Xihe starts second drive on Hong Kong’s Tung Chung Line extension
The TBM, manufactured by Herrenknecht, has a diameter of roughly 7.3m, is about 100m long and weighs around 1,000t.
India’s first twin-tube underwater tunnel gets green light – report
The tunnel will link Gohpur on the north bank of the river with Numaligarh on the south.
Gamuda lands Sydney Metro Stations Package West contract
The package covers the design and construction of five new underground stations on the Sydney Metro West alignment.
Terratec advances tunnelling works on Chennai Metro Phase II in India
It marks progress on Line 3 and Corridor 5 in partnership with Tata Projects and Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL).
China opens world’s longest expressway tunnel in Xinjiang
The tunnel runs beneath the central Tianshan Mountains and forms part of the G0711 Urumqi–Yuli Expressway.
HCC wins tunnel contract on Tupul–Imphal railway line in India
Under the contract, the joint venture will construct New Tunnel28, a main tunnel of around 3.5km.
Woodsmith mine tunnel in North Yorkshire passes 30km mark
Once operational, the tunnel is intended to move polyhalite ore from beneath the North York Moors National Park to a processing plant on Teesside.
UK’s National Grid brings key London Power Tunnels circuit into service
The new underground link replaces one of two older buried cables that have supplied London since the 1960s.