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Webuild starts digging next section of 64km tunnel under the Alps
Global Construction Review   25 July 2022   Austria   Alps  
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<p>Italy&rsquo;s Webuild and Swiss joint-venture partner Implenia have started boring one of the longest sections of the 64km Brenner Base Tunnel, set to carry a railway between Italy and Austria under the Alps.<br />Lot H41, from Gola del Sill, near Innsbruck, ...
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GEK TERNA – Hard Rock Join Forces for Luxury Resort and Casino in Greece
An impressiion of Greece’s first Integrated Resort and Casino (IRC) in Ellinikon.
<p>Greek construction firm GEK TERNA, awarded the 30-year concession for the development of the first Integrated Resort and Casino (IRC) in Greece dubbed INSPIRE Athens, has entered a partnership with Hard Rock International, the companies announced this week ...
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China to complete longest and widest underwater highway tunnel “this year”
Global Construction Review   30 March 2021   China   Shanghai  
<p>The Taihu tunnel, China&rsquo;s longest and widest underwater highway, will open to traffic before the end of the year, according to Third Harbour Engineering, the contractor building it.<br />The tunnel will stretch for almost 11km under Lake Taihu, China&rsquo;s ...
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Major milestone reached on world’s longest immersed tunnel
New Civil Engineer   29 March 2021   Germany, Denmark  
<p>Ground investigation work for the &euro;7.1bn (&pound;6bn) Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Denmark and Germany has been completed, according to contractor Fugro.<br />The 18km immersed tube tunnel, which will be the longest in the world when complete, will link ...
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Norway Gives Green Light for World’s First Ship Tunnel
gCaptain   18 March 2021   Norway  
An illustration of the Stad Ship Tunnel. Image credit: Norwegian Coastal Administration
<p>Norway has given the green light to begin preparations for the construction on what is expected to become the world&rsquo;s first ship tunnel.<br />The Stad Ship Tunnel will cut through the Norway&rsquo;s Stad peninsula allowing ships up to 25.5 meters ...
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Massive pre-built tunnel is first for UK rail
The Engineer   12 January 2021   England  
(Credit: Network rail)
<p>Network Rail is making the final preparations for the installation of an 11,000-tonne pre-constructed concrete tunnel on the East Coast Main Line.</p> <p>Built on-site over the past nine months, the 155m concrete box will be slid under existing rail infrastructure ...
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Now, drive over Tehri lake on India’s longest motorable suspension bridge
Hindustan Times   09 November 2020   India   Tehri Garhwal  
The Dobra-Chanti suspension bridge took 14 years to build and cost almost Rs 3 crore.(HT PHOTO)
<p>Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the country&rsquo;s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge in Tehri Garhwal district to mark the state&rsquo;s 21st foundation day on Sunday.<br />Rawat inaugurated the 725-metre long Dobra-Chanti ...
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China to build world’s longest underwater high-speed rail tunnel
RT Question More   02 November 2020   China   Zhejiang Province  
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<p>A project to construct China&rsquo;s first undersea high-speed rail tunnel in eastern Zhejiang Province was approved on Monday, according to The Paper digital newspaper. Investments in the project will amount to over $4 billion.<br />Construction of the ...
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Egypt’s road, bridge and tunnel projects are seeing progress
World Highways   06 May 2020   Egypt  
image © courtesy of Mike Woof
<p>A programme of bridge building in Egypt&rsquo;s capital Cairo will improve transport and help cut the chronic congestion in the city. In all, 40 bridges are being built in Cairo, with the project being funded by the Egyptian Government.<br />The programme ...
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Work on Genoa bridge nears completion after “a show of confidence and courage”
Global Construction Review   06 April 2020   Italy   Genoa  
<p>Construction work on the Genoa bridge, a replacement for the structure that collapsed in August 2018 killing 43 people, has been allowed to continue by the Italian government despite the Covid-19 pandemic.<br><br></p>
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