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Webuild-NGE joint venture awarded €1.38 billion Grand Paris Express Line 15 contract

It was announced on May 30 that a €1.38 billion contract for the construction of Grand Paris Express’ Lot 2 of the Western section of Line 15 was awarded to a joint venture between Webuild and NGE....

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€6 billion underwater tunnel could connect Spain and Morocco by 2030

It was recently reported that financial and strategic feasibility studies are currently underway for a very ambitious underwater tunneling project that would connect the European and African continen...

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Excavation of Virginia’s first-ever bored road tunnel completed

It was recently announced that a tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Mary made its final beak through on April 17 for the first bored road tunnel in the history of the state of Virginia. Furthermore, t...

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Dublin airport’s €200 million tunnel receives planning permission

An Bord Pleanála, which is, among other things, Ireland’s national independent statutory body to determine appeals on planning, recently granted the Dublin airport operator planning permission for a...

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Landslide cuts vital Indian transportation route near Chinese border

A landslide hit the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, April 25, wiping out a large part of the vital highway that connects Dibang Valley to the rest of the country. Furthermore, accordi...

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Network Rail to invest £2.8 billion in British railway climate resilience

Network Rail, the government-owned operator, developer and owner of Britain’s railway infrastructure, announced on April 3, 2024, that they will be spending £2.8 billion on enhancing the network’s cl...

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California’s Highway 1 to remain closed after landslide induced collapse

Part of California’s iconic Highway 1 was swept into the ocean by a landslide that took place around 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Highway 1 is a major north-south state highway, wh...

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Second TBM’s breakthrough marks excavation completion of HS2’s Chiltern tunnels

The second of the two tunnel boring machines (TBM) that were used for the excavation of HS2’s longest Chiltern twin-bore tunnel marked a major milestone for the project, as it made its final breakthr...

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The unbelievable video of drilling rig boring through the Mecidiyeköy - Istanbul Airport metro line

A video of an incident, that is hard to believe actually happened, has widely been circulated on the internet during this past weekend. Furthermore, the video captured the moment that a drilling rig...

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Sydney’s 24-kilometer underground junction opens soon

Rozelle Interchange, Sydney’s new 24-kilometer underground junction, is scheduled to open within the coming weeks. Furthermore, the Rozelle Interchange is one of the most complex underground junctio...

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