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Norwegian Public Roads Administration awards €1 billion highway contract
- Apr, 27, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering Bridges Tunneling Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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....
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Damaged pipe causes sinkhole in the middle of the street in Thailand
- May, 31, 2023
- Erosion Engineering Geology Geomorphology Risk & Reliability Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Underground Structures
- Thailand
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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...
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China’s new 24-kilometer, $6.7 billion, Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge
- May, 24, 2023
- Bridge Design Bridges Other Structural Tunneling Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Construction Management General Civil General Construction Transportation Engineering News On Projects / Industry Other News
- China, Shenzhen
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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...
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Sicilian €1.2 million high-speed railway project contract awarded
- Apr, 27, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering Tunneling General Construction General Civil Construction Management Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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...
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Landslide halts rail service and leaves homes evacuated in California, U.S.A.
- May, 03, 2023
- Landslides Transportation Geotechnics Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project TBM breaks through Broadway City Hall Station
- Apr, 20, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Elsie, one of the two tunnel boring machines used in Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project marked a significant milestone on April 14, when it reached the Broadway City Hall Station. The Broadway Subw...
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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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Landslide disrupts national highway traffic in J&K’s Ramban, India
- Apr, 06, 2023
- Landslides Tunneling In Rock Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Instrumentation
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide halted traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in J&K’s Ramban, India, on Sunday, April 2. More specifically, the landslide occurred just outside the brand new 880m long T5 Pa...
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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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