In their October 2010 cover story, Tunnel Business Magazine (TBM) had this article on the construction of the Washington, D.C. Metro system. They describe how this was the first use of the NATM in the U.S., and the first use of earth pressure balance TBM’s based on Japanese technology. It’s an interesting article. [Source: Tunnel Business Online. Image: TBM Magazine]
Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS) has contracts for geotechnical work for 3 lines of the proposed subway in Doha, Qatar. They have completed investigations for approximately 95 km of line and 51 stations and are […]
The latest issue of Deep Foundations Magazine is available online from the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI). The September/October 2017 issue cover story is about the 2017 OPA Winning Project – The Expansion and Preservation of […]
The City of Zhengzhou is set to become a major rail crossroads for China, located at the intersections of China’s major North-South and East-West lines. Currently tunneling with tunnel boring machine (TBM) is taking place […]
Copyright © 2007-2020 by Randy Post