By ashleykaren
Happy New Year
We’re wishing you all the best for your goals, plans, and resolutions as we enter 2024!
Here’s a quick peek at the 10 most popular news of 2023:
Snowy 2.0 Project – Advancing Despite TBM Pause
Due to a surface depression in Snowy 2.0 project, a TBM has been stopped but Australia’s Snowy Hydro says that the solid construction progress is being made.
WTC2024 – Call for Abstracts
WTC2024 is the world’s major tunnel and underground engineering industry congress, which will be held in Shenzhen, China, April 19-25, 2024.
London Super Tunnel
For more than a decade, over 10,000 engineers and construction workers have raced to construct a brand-new subterranean railroad beneath London — the Elizabeth Line — London’s new Underground.
Rebranding McMillen Jacobs Associates to Delve Underground
Following confirmation of its shareholders in November for the company to retain its underground division and separate the water resources division from the parent company, McMillen Jacobs Associates has rebranded as Delve Underground.
TAC 2023 Conference – Smart Solutions, Future Growth
The Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC) has announced that the “TAC 2023 Toronto Conference” will be hosted from Sunday, September 24 to Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, ON.
Contractors Selected to Submit Tunnelling Bids for Saudi Megaproject Neom’s Railway Junction
NEOM has chosen several contractors to offer bids for five different contracts to deliver tunnels that will operate as a railway junction for Saudi Arabia’s Neom megaproject.
Atkins Awarded MetroLink Advance Works Contract
The Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has selected a member of the SNC Lavalin Group, Atkins, to conduct the detailed design of the advance works program for the Dublin Metrolink project.
Parsons Awarded Contract for Saudi Arabia Megaproject
Parsons Corporation declared that the company was appointed by the Rua Al-Madinah Holding Company (RAM-H) to deliver construction project management consultancy and contract administration services (PMCM) for the Rua Al-Madinah mega mixed-use real estate project in the holy city of Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Under this contract, which is worth about $15 million, Parsons will handle the significant infrastructure works containing the tunnel, road, and utility works.
Silvertown Tunnel – UK’s Largest TBM Rotated in Reception Chamber
In order to rotating the first section to the TBM in the reception chamber, engineers working on London’s Silvertown Tunnel have used nitrogen skates.
Warszawa Plans Three More Metro Lines by 2050
The mayor of Warszawa, Rafał Trzaskowski, has proposed a public transport master plan presented that envisages expanding the metro network from three lines totaling 41·5 km to five lines totaling 113 km by 2050.
