What will 2015 hold for the tunneling industry? Tunnel Business Magazine asked a panel of 4 industry experts that question. The panel consisted of a Colorado School of Mines Professor as well as reps from Black and Veatch, AECOM, and Kenall Manufacturing. In general they seem to agree that there are opportunities in the US for large combined sewer outfall (CSO) projects, water distribution projects, and even high-speed rail, particularly in California. [Source: Check out all of the analysis at Tunnel Business Magazine]
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Drills break through into busy London rail tunnel
Steel augers reportedly from a piling operation at the ground surface broke through a railway tunnel in East London. Fortunately the train drivers noticed and reported the damage before any serious accident occurred. The busy […]
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Video: Ground Freezing and the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply Tunnel
This is a great video showing the application of ground freezing to deep excavations in unstable soil and high groundwater table. It’s also a nice overview of the reason the Hetch Hetchy project was undertaken, […]
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Tunnel-Boring Machines Are On the Move in New York City
There are a total of 7 TBM projects in the New York area either currently under construction, awarded or coming soon totaling roughly $4.7 billion! The caption on the nice summary table at the end […]