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Casting of Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s precast elements has began

Casting of the elements for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel has now begun, as was announced on July 10. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is going to be an 18 km long immersed tunnel, which will stretch between Rødbyhav...

New York Gateway Tunnel project is awarded largest ever federal transportation grant

A $6.88 billion federal grant was awarded for the construction of the Gateway project in New York City, on July 6. The Gateway Program involves the expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor...

$400m North Split reconstruction project in Indianapolis nears completion

The I-65/I-70 North Split Interchange project’s final ramp from Ohio Street to College Avenue reopened on May 26. North Split is located in Indianapolis and is the second busiest interchange in Indi...

Copenhagen’s new M5 metro aims to have half the carbon footprint of existing lines

A Cowi-Arup joint venture has been appointed to deliver the design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations of Copenhagen’s new M5 line, by the city’s metro operator, Metroselskabet....

Webuild-led consortium wins €1.32 billion contract for Sicilian railway

A Webuild-led consortium has recently won yet another tender on the Sicilian high speed railway project. Furthermore, the awarded contract concerns the construction of the 30-kilometer Fiumetorto-Le...

Norwegian Public Roads Administration awards €1 billion highway contract

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has awarded the contract for the construction of the €1 billion E10/rv85 Tjeldsund-Gullesfjordbotn-Langvassbukt highway to a Skanska-led consortium....

Damaged pipe causes sinkhole in the middle of the street in Thailand

A sinkhole was caught on video forming outside a café in the Chiang Rai province of Northern Thailand, on May 23. The sinkhole is seen forming as water is flowing out of it, while officials stated t...

China’s new 24-kilometer, $6.7 billion, Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge

China’s Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge is a massive infrastructure project, which recently broke the world record by paving about 22,600 square meters of asphalt in a single day. The bridge is a Hong Kon...

Sicilian €1.2 million high-speed railway project contract awarded

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...

Landslide halts rail service and leaves homes evacuated in California, U.S.A.

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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