Rising Costs and Delays in Seattle Area Wastewater Plant and Tunnels

The repaired cutterhead has been in the pit several weeks now, and the final three pieces of shielding for the Bertha TBM have been lowered into the access pit. Seattle Tunnel Partners team members will […]

Tunnel Boring Magazine has this synopsis of the project: The East Side Access project in New York City involves some of the most complex civil construction in recent years. The project involves constructing new tunnels […]

According to ENR, the U.K. government has approved the 7-year, $32-billion London Crossrail Project which will reportedly be Europe’s biggest civil engineering project. It will include 41.5-km of tunnels 6-m in diameter laid out in pairs. The tunnels will pass underneath London and connect surface networks on either side of the city. Link after the break. (Photo by tkosaka)

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