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Sandvik is expanding its manufacturing facilities in Finland and Canada, has expanded a new drill rig and resin systems to its equipment offer, and existing plant continues to deliver on tunnel projects internationally.
Project Pipeline Data – North America
Spotlight on the most recent figures from GlobalData on the tunnel-related project pipelines for transport and utility infrastructure spend in North America, where the latter leads unlike in other regions of the world
The Forgotten System
Transit tunnel emergency lighting is overdue for scrutiny, according to Daniel Lax, CEO, Clear-Vu Lighting, a U.S. manufacturer of LED tunnel and emergency lighting systems with deployments across the country’s largest transportation systems.
NAT 2026
California is hosting UCA’s latest North American Tunneling conference (NAT 2026), in Anaheim, over June 15-18. The packed programme is to hold awards and offers both an exhibitor hall and busy tracks of technical presentations on projects from across the nation, and beyond
Completion in Calgary
The 11-year project to develop the Inglewood Sanitary Trunk project in Calgary, Alberta, is now complete and microtunnelling played a key role. Report by Melanie Gray, City of Calgary, and Patrick Ilasewich and Marvin McDonald of Aecom. Their paper to No-Dig Show 2026 is published here as an edited version, with permission of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT).
BIM Boosts Life Cycles
A Working Group report last year issued by ITA-AITES focuses on how using Building Information Modelling (BIM) can boost sustainable life cycle management for underground infrastructure assets.
LA Metro – Past, Present and Future
Decades of development of the underground network of Los Angeles metro and plans for the future were described to a packed BTS meeting, in late 2024, in London.
David Fawcett Interview
David Fawcett’s successful career in tunnelling has spanned decades with much time spent with Babtie. He worked on projects around the world, was a Chairman of the BTS, and still runs his own consulting business. He spoke to Julian Champkin.
Vienna for ICSMGE 2026
Soil mechanics, geology, deep foundations and tunnels will be key points of focus and discussion at a major industry gathering in Vienna, mid-June – the 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) 2026, when the Terzaghi Archive is also to be officially open to visit.
