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Sicilian €1.2 million high-speed railway project contract awarded
- Apr, 27, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering Tunneling General Construction General Civil Construction Management Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The contract for the construction of Lot 4A between Caltanissetta Xirbi and Nuova Enna in Sicily was recently awarded to an Italian company and consortium partners. The project includes the developm...
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Landslide halts rail service and leaves homes evacuated in California, U.S.A.
- May, 03, 2023
- Landslides Transportation Geotechnics Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide occurred in San Clemente, California, on Thursday, April 27, which caused rail service disruption along with four homes being evacuated and the Casa Romantica historic cultural center bei...
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Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project TBM breaks through Broadway City Hall Station
- Apr, 20, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Elsie, one of the two tunnel boring machines used in Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project marked a significant milestone on April 14, when it reached the Broadway City Hall Station. The Broadway Subw...
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Kolkata metro marks historic moment with maiden run in India’s first underwater metro tunnel
- Apr, 13, 2023
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics Transportation Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Kolkata metro marked a significant milestone on Wednesday, April 12, with the maiden test run in India’s first underwater metro tunnel, stretching under the Hooghly River. Furthermore, Kolkata...
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Landslide disrupts national highway traffic in J&K’s Ramban, India
- Apr, 06, 2023
- Landslides Tunneling In Rock Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Instrumentation
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide halted traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in J&K’s Ramban, India, on Sunday, April 2. More specifically, the landslide occurred just outside the brand new 880m long T5 Pa...
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Final design of HS2 Chiltern Tunnel’s North Portal revealed
- Mar, 24, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Railway Geotechnics Underground Structures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
High Speed 2 (HS2) revealed the final designs of Chiltern Tunnel’s North Portal on Tuesday, March 21st. The North Portal is the last of seven key structures in the tunnel’s design, which will be v...
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Contract for subway station and tunnel in Oslo awarded to Implenia
- Mar, 22, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Visualization Underground Structures
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The contract for the K2D Skøyen to Vækerø project was awarded on the 16th of March. K2D Skøyen to Vækerø is part of the new Fornebu subway line in Oslo, which will have a total length of 8.2km....
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Mont Blanc Tunnel to be closed for 3 months due to maintenance and renovation work
- Mar, 20, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Other Structural Other Geotechnical General Civil Transportation Engineering Transportation Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Mont Blanc
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Mont Blanc Tunnel is scheduled to be closed for about 3 months, from September 4 until December 18 ,2023, due to maintenance and renovation work. The same period of closure is also scheduled for...
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Freight train derailed by rockslide in West Virginia, USA
- Mar, 10, 2023
- Rock Mechanics Transportation Geotechnics Geoenvironmental Engineering Remediation Technology
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A freight train was derailed due to a rockslide on Wednesday, March 8 at 4.51 a.m. near Sandstone, West Virginia. More specifically, the train mainly consisted of empty coal cars and, according to U...
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World’s longest purpose-built pedestrian and cycle tunnel is set to open in Norway soon
- Mar, 09, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Transportation Geotechnics Underground Structures
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The world’s longest purpose-built tunnel for bicycles and pedestrians is set to open on the 15th of April in Bergen, Norway. The Fyllingsdalen tunnel will run 2.9km long, through the Løvstakken mou...
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