With the fourth and last 10,000-tonne concrete element sunk, the U.K.’s new, 1.5-km-long River Tyne Tunnel crossed a major milestone late last month, but a missed dredging window, imposed to protect ...

The rehabilitation techniques available to water undertakers have always been limited to non-structural spray lining (to resolve water-quality issues) or replacement or inserted polyethylene ...

Work will entail building sprayed concrete lining tunnels and access shaft to link existing network to main Crossrail artery Crossrail has invited bids for tunnelling work at Bond Street and Tottenham ...

HS2 has completed the first tunnel cross passages. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK-based High Speed 2 (HS2) has concluded work on the first of 38 underground connections between the northbound and ...

Onshore cooling water tunnel at the UK’s Hinkley Point C power station UK-based contractor Balfour Beatty has broken through on a significant tunnelling project, as part of the construction of the ...

What is fibre-reinforced concrete and how can rail engineers benefit from its unique properties? Bernard Berge, product specialist engineer, fibre division for Maccaferri, explains. Major ...

Balfour Beatty has reached a major milestone on its Hinkley Point C tunnelling and marine project, with the team successfully completing the breakthrough of the longest and final onshore cooling water ...