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Quiet Power: How HS2 Combats Sonic Booms with Precision Engineering
- Apr, 30, 2025
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics General Construction Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
High-speed rail systems face a peculiar challenge when trains enter tunnels at extreme velocities—what’s known as a "sonic boom" or more precisely, micro-pressure waves. As trains force air ahead of...
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London’s Underground Hero: TBM Caroline Finishes Tunnel Stretch
- Apr, 10, 2025
- Tunneling Sustainable Development General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
London just witnessed another major milestone beneath its streets—TBM Caroline has completed a 5-mile underground journey, marking the second successful tunnel breakthrough this year for the HS2 proj...
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Civil Engineering News Recap of March 2025
- Apr, 01, 2025
- Concrete Structures General Construction General Civil Environmental Engineering Construction Management Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Tunneling Railway Geotechnics Landfill Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Structural Failures Bridges Forensics Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of March 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Hydro...
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Telangana Tunnel Collapse: A Battle Against Time and Terrain
- Mar, 14, 2025
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Structural Failures Forensic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geology Highlights
- India, Srisailam
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Telangana tunnel collapse at the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel on February 22, 2025, has triggered one of the most complex and dangerous rescue operations in recent history. The collaps...
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From Blueprint to Reality: HS2 Achieves Historic Tunneling Milestone
- Mar, 13, 2025
- Tunneling General Construction Sustainable Development Railway Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The HS2 project has reached a significant milestone with the completion of the first deep twin-bore tunnel at Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. This one-mile-long tunnel, built 30 meters below th...
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Norway’s Historic Ship Tunnel Set to Begin Construction in 2026
- Mar, 12, 2025
- Tunneling Sustainable Development General Construction General Civil News On Projects / Industry
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Norwegian Coastal Administration is making history with the Stad Ship Tunnel, the world’s first full-scale tunnel designed specifically for ships. This ambitious project will cut 1.7km through th...
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Transatlantic Tunnel: A Bold Vision or an Impossible Dream?
- Mar, 04, 2025
- Tunneling General Civil General Construction Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Atlantic Ocean
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Imagine traveling from New York to London in just 54 minutes—a journey that currently takes over seven hours by plane. This futuristic vision is the foundation of an ambitious transatlantic tunnel pr...
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Kaprun 2029: A Giant Leap for Hydropower with TBM Technology
- Mar, 01, 2025
- Tunneling General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Austria, Kaprun
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Kaprun 2029 project has reached a major milestone with the launch of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on February 18, 2025. The 5.6km pressure tunnel, a critical component of Austria’s €370 million...
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Expands: Dubai’s 17KM Loop Set to Redefine Transit
- Feb, 20, 2025
- Tunneling Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry
- United Arab Emirates, Dubai
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Dubai is set to embark on an ambitious 17-kilometer underground transport loop, designed to revolutionize urban mobility. The project, dubbed Dubai Loop, is a collaboration between the local transpor...
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Bridging New York and New Jersey: The Critical Manhattan Tunnel Project
- Feb, 18, 2025
- Tunneling Sustainable Development General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry
- United States, New York, New York
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
New York City is set for a major infrastructure boost with the Manhattan Tunnel Project (MTP), a critical segment of the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP). Designed to improve rail connectivity...
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