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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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Damaged water main in Nottingham, UK has water flying over houses
- Mar, 07, 2023
- Underground Structures Other Geotechnical General Civil Transportation Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United Kingdom, Nottingham
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A large water pipe was damaged in the area of Beeston in Nottingham, UK on Tuesday afternoon. Severn Trent, the water provider responsible for the water main, stated that damage to the pipe was ca...
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Fehmarnbelt Tunnel: The longest underwater rail and road tunnel in the world will connect Germany and Denmark
- Feb, 08, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Underground Structures Deep Excavations Other Geotechnical
- Germany
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An 18-kilometer underwater tunnel will soon connect Germany and Denmark. It should be mentioned that when it is finished, in 2029, the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be the longest combined rail and road tu...
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150 French public personalities to stop the construction of the new cross-border Lyon-Turin railway tunnel
- Jan, 13, 2023
- Railway Geotechnics Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- France
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Over 150 French public personalities have signed a letter asking to stop the construction of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel and redirect the investments toward exiting trains and routes. The letter wa...
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An underground structure built entirely by robots
- Nov, 21, 2022
- Underground Structures Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Jacked Tunnels Other Geotechnical Risk & Reliability
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A British technology company, hyperTunnel, innovating underground construction, has revealed the world’s first entirely robot-constructed underground structure, built at its R&D facility in the N...
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Kishtwar landslide: four killed, six injured
- Nov, 01, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Tunneling Underground Structures Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide hit an under-construction tunnel of a power project. The death toll reached four on Sunday, as three more bodies were recovered from the debris. At least six were rescued in injured condi...
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Banihal-Katra rail link in India’s J&K: new tunnel completed
- Sep, 01, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Systems Underground Structures Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 9.8km tunnel on the Banihal-Katra railway link in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has been completed, the Press Trust of India reported citing officials. The tunnel has been designed to con...
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