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Construction for Singapore’s end of HSR to start in 2019
The Star   16 April 2018   Republic of Singapore   Singapore  
Construction for Singapore’s end of HSR to start in 2019
<p>SINGAPORE: The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has called for tenders for the design and construction of tunnels and associated facilities for Singapore&rsquo;s end of the high-speed rail (HSR) project connecting with Kuala Lumpur, The Straits ...
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ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2018
WTC 2018   31 August 2017   United Arab Emirates   Dubai  
ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2018
<p>The ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress is the world's leading tunnelling event, bringing together tunnel and underground space experts and professionals from all around the world. It is the one tunnelling event you cannot miss! Join over 2000 engineers and ...
Learn details of the tunneling and drilling equipment market research report for 2017
WhaTech   04 August 2017  
Industrial Market Research / WhaTech
<p>The report analyzed the world's main region market conditions, including the product price, profit, capacity, production, supply, demand and market growth rate and forecast.<br><br>The report firstly introduced the Tunneling and Drilling Equipment basics: ...
SEACETUS 2017
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<p>The Tunnelling &amp; Underground Space Technical Division of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM TUSTD) is hosting for the first time the Southeast Asian Conference and Exhibition in Tunnelling and Underground Space (SEACETUS2017) in Subang Jaya, ...
Hong Kong tenders tunnel contract
The construction index   06 February 2017   Hong Kong   Asia  
Hong Kong (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Hong Kong's Highway Department is inviting bids for an 83-month road project that includes tunnelling, flyover upgrades, a noise enclousure and demolition work.</p> <p>Work on the Central Kowloon Route - Yau Ma Tei East project includes construction of ...
The Tunnel of Efpalinos: An Amazing Representation Video
isamos.gr   21 December 2016   Greece   Europe  
Samos island map (source: isamos.gr)
<p>There was an architect, who managed, in the 6th century BC, to construct a tunnel some 1.036 meters long, beginning from two opposite sides, which met with no deviation at all! It is the Tunnel of Efpalinos.</p><p>In the 6th century BC the architect Efpalinos ...
European contractors on shortlist for Sydney Harbour tunnel
The construction index   05 September 2016   Sydney   Australia  
Sydney Harbour tunnel
<p>Two teams have been invited to submit tenders for a project to build twin metro tunnels under Sydney Harbour in Australia.</p><p>One of the teams is a joint venture of three contractors with European ownership - Ferrovial, Acciona and BAM - while the other ...
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Norway wants to build the world's first underwater floating tunnel for £19 billion
Business Insider UK   22 August 2016   Norway   Norwegian Sea  
The floating underwater tunnel would consist of two 4,000-foot-long, curved concrete tubes, submerged 66 feet below the surface of the Norwegian Sea.
<p>The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has proposed the world's first underwater floating tunnel, which would be submerged in the Norwegian Sea. It is predicted to cost $25 billion (around £19 million) to build, according to Wired.</p>
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Contract awarded for Dubai Metro’s Route 2020 project to Expo site
Official operation of the service will begin on May 20, 2020 - five months before the official opening of the Expo. As part of the project, 50 trains will be purchased with 15 for the Expo service and 35 to upgrade the metro system. Courtesy RTA
<p>The contract for the Route 2020 project has been awarded by the Roads and Transport Authority to a consortium of French, Spanish and Turkish firms at a cost of Dh10.6 billion.</p>
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LRT tunnel work to resume this week after sinkhole flooding
CBCnews   22 June 2016   Canada   Ottawa  
woman looks down at the sinkhole that swallowed a stretch of Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa on June 8. Rideau Transit Group said on June 20 it expects to reopen Rideau Street in a week. (Susana Mas/CBC )
<p>Excavation of the tunnel at Rideau Station is set to resume this week, after work stopped on June 8 when the tunnel flooded following a watermain break that led to the sinkhole on Rideau Street.</p>
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