HS2’s precast green tunnels teams build on each other’s lessons for ultimate efficiency in Wendover

Teams working on three cut-and-cover precast green tunnels in HS2’s middle section are learning from each other to increase efficiency and safety in delivery. The post HS2’s precast green tunnels teams build on each other’s lessons for ultimate efficiency in Wendover appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Work begins on next phase of HS2’s longest ‘green tunnel’ after road realigned

Work to extend HS2’s longest cut-and-cover “green tunnel” has stepped up after engineers realigned a local road to free space for further excavations near Greatworth, West Northamptonshire. The post Work begins on next phase of HS2’s longest ‘green tunnel’ after road realigned appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

HS2 | Plans go in for 530m cutting in Warwickshire

HS2 Ltd has submitted a plans to Warwickshire District Council for a 530m long cutting that will connect to the south end of the Burton Green cut and cover tunnel in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The post HS2 | Plans go in for 530m cutting in Warwickshire appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Award of Merit Highway/Bridge: SR 520, 148th Avenue NE Interchange

A new direct access off-ramp from eastbound SR 520 carries traffic to the Overlake Village area in Redmond through a 130-ft-long cut-and-cover tunnel running beneath 148th Avenue Northeast.

Silvertown Tunnel | Connections between approaches and main tunnel finalised

The structure of the Silvertown Tunnel is now complete as engineers have finalised the connections between the cut-and-cover approaches and the main tunnel. The post Silvertown Tunnel | Connections between approaches and main tunnel finalised appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

The B1M - Why New Zealand is Finally Getting its First Subway, 25012023

New Zealand is building its biggest ever transport infrastructure project, the City Rail Link, its first Subway

RMTransit - Barcelona Line 9 - A Different Way to Build a Metro? 11122022

In a world where every subway line is the same, this "metro" line did something incredibly different. So different that after 20 years the line's still not done! And yet, the engineering is impressive enough that it's still being emulated to this day.

TED Ed (Animation) - How the world's first metro system was built, 19042018

It was the dawn of 1863, and London's not-yet-opened subway system — the first of its kind in the world — had the city in an uproar. Most people thought the project, which cost more than 100 million dollars in today's money, would never work. So how did they do it? Christian Wolmar explains how the London Underground was built at a time when no one had built a railway under a city before.