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Chinese firm drills East Africa’s longest railroad tunnel
CGTN   24 September 2018   Kenya   Kajiado County  
Courtesy: China Communications Construction Company Limited
<p>China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC), contractors of the Nairobi – Naivasha SGR Phase 2A, have successfully drilled the longest railway tunnel in East Africa, at Embulbul in Kajiado County, Kenya. The 4.5 km Ngong tunnel has been designed ...
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Largest Bay Area dam built in 20 years is finally finished
The Mercury news   21 September 2018   USA   California  
Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group
<p>SUNOL &mdash; After toiling away in the remote hills east of Interstate 680 on the Alameda-Santa Clara county line for seven years, hundreds of construction workers have finally finished the largest dam built in the Bay Area in 20 years.</p> <p>The 220-foot ...
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Macquarie Group seals deal for new Martin Place metro station and towers
The Sydney Morning Herald   12 September 2018   Australia   Sydney  
The brand new station will integrate the T4 train line with the new Sydney Metro line. Vision: NSW Government.
<p>Taxpayers are likely to bear only a small portion of the cost of a new $378 million metro rail station underneath Sydney&rsquo;s existing Martin Place station, after the government completed a deal to sell the air rights above the station to Macquarie Group.</p> <p>The ...
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Highway 1 in Big Sur opens more than a year after California landslide
CNN   19 July 2018   USA   California  
<p>(CNN) A portion of California's scenic Highway 1 reopened Wednesday more than a year after a major landslide buried the road, transportation officials said.<br />The landslide at Mud Creek in 2017 heaped six million tons of rock and dirt on about a quarter ...
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Australia's matagarup bridge engages its landscape in a sequence of unfolding vistas
Designboom   18 July 2018   Australia   Perth  
image courtesy of samuel
<p>The matagarup bridge &ndash; a $91.5 million project to connect australia&lsquo;s east perth to the city&rsquo;s recently built optus stadium &ndash; is now complete and open to the public. the pedestrian bridge, which grants access to the new 60,000-seat ...
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Inspection found cracked, flaking sidewalls at site of Syracuse rail bridge collapse
syracuse.com   17 July 2018   USA   New York  
Repairs begin on dowtown Syracuse bridge wall. Michael Greenlar
<p>SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An inspection 13 month ago of a stretch of elevated railroad bridge that collapsed this month found flaking and cracking in the bridge's sidewalls, according to records obtained by Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.</p> <p>Despite the cracking ...
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Video: Indian Railways builds subway at a busy track in just 4.5 hrs
business   05 July 2018   India  
<p>The East Coast Railway, one of the blue-chip zones of Indian Railways, has created a record by completing a subway construction at a busy railway track between Pendurthi and Kothavalasa line in Andhra Pradesh in less than five hours.</p>
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Tunnel boring machine 'Blanche' blasts through at wastewater treatment plant
<p>The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) called 'Blanche' at Watercare's Army Bay wastewater treatment plant has travelled 600 metres&mdash; a third of the way on its journey from the plant to the transition point, 500 metres into the sea.<br />The machine isn't ...
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New Dover Bridge officially opens in Maryland
Roads&Bridges   14 June 2018   USA   Maryland  
Image: Connie Connolly / Star Democrat
<p>Gov. Larry Hogan joined state and local officials this week for the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the new Dover Bridge along S.R. 331 over the Choptank River between Talbot and Caroline counties in Maryland.<br />Traffic on S.R. 331 had already ...
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Construction companies adjust to project concessions market
ekathimerini.com   11 June 2018   Greece   Greece  
Construction companies adjust to project concessions market
<p>The country&rsquo;s biggest construction groups are positioning themselves ahead of the restructuring of the profitable market of project concession, concerning major roadworks and infrastructure such as highways and bridges.</p> <p>Recently GEK Terna set ...
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