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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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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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ADONIS: A Free Finite Element Software for Geo-Engineers
- Mar, 21, 2023
- General Finite Element Programs Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Tunneling Other Geotechnical Mining Soil Mechanics Visualization General Civil General Civil General Civil
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
ADONIS is a Free Finite Element Software for Geo-Engineers. It is an easy-to-use tool for modelling and computational simulation of geotechnical problems, including linear and nonlinear analysis me...
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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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Classroom swallowed by sinkhole in Zimbabwe
- Mar, 16, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils General Civil Other Geotechnical Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Zimbabwe, Kwekwe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A sinkhole appeared under a primary school classroom in the city of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe on Thursday, March 16. The sinkhole was attributed, by the ZimLive news outlet of Zimbabwe, to illegal mining act...
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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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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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Jiribam-Imphal Railway Line: Excavation Work of Longest Tunnel Completed
The Jiribam-Imphal railway line's tunnel-12 excavation work has been successfully finished, according to a statement from the Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction) on Wednesday. It was also state...
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Indian Railways’ longest electrified tunnel to change the freight transportation
- Jan, 13, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Indian Railways’ longest electrified tunnel has proven to be a major game changer in the country’s freight transportation. The tunnel located between South Central Railways’ Cherlopalli and Rapuru st...
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