All articles by Prameela vegi
Prameela vegi
Migrating to online
I heard a rumour on the grapevine recently (which thankfully proved false) that a highly-respected school of tunnelling was to…
Three tunnels favoured for Prague ring road
It has recommended to the country’s road and motorway directive for tunnels to be constructed at Vinor (Radonice), Velen (Miskovice)…
Veteran TBM holes through on Tideway connection tunnel
Previously, the TBM mined a 500m length from Dormay Street to King George’s Park. She was then hoisted from the…
Tunnelling Resilience
The question now on almost everyone’s lips is how are our professional activities going to change after the easing of…
All good things
My time at Tunnels and Tunnelling has come to an end. After almost 10 years at the magazine, five of…
Another Chinese TBM begins work in Moscow
Weighing in at 1,700 tons, ‘Victory’ began mining on 5 May 2020 and further highlights the level of technical co-operation…
LRT TBMs finally extracted from Toronto depths
The pair began excavating the 5.75m ID, twin-bore tunnels in September 2013 to create the western underground section of the…
Economical stacked platform solution chosen for BART
Construction on Phase 2 is expected to begin in 2022, with testing starting in 2028 and completion in 2030. Phase…
Ceneri Base Tunnel trials resume
Swiss infrastructure body SBB and the country’s Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) have jointly agreed that the revised test…
Looking Ahead
As this issue goes to print, all Crossrail and Transport for London sites that can be safely shut down, have…