Environmental
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The power of connections in the UCA
by Erika Moonin, 2023- 2024 UCA Chair The world is changing quickly with new innovations and technology. No doubt, these…
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Environmental Product Declarations —What they mean for the tunneling industry
Environmental Product Declarations can help measure the use of embodied and operational carbon used in the construction of tunnels such…
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Work begins in West Northants on HS2’s longest ‘green tunnel’
HS2 has begun assembling the project’s longest ‘green tunnel’ – designed to blend the high-speed railway into the rural landscape…
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HS2 tunneling in the capital passes the first milestone
Construction of HS2, Britain’s new zero carbon, high-speed railway, continues. On July 31, HS announced the first two tunnel boring…
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Environmentally friendly soil conditioning for EPB TBMs — The state of environmental considerations around the world
Environmental considerations are widely present in the modern world, and there is a global push in most industries for sustainability…
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Material-handling innovations and challenges
By William Gleason, Editor When a major tunneling project commences in an urban area there is often a great deal…
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Final phase of Hinkley Point C’s offshore work begins
Two huge jack-up vessels have arrived off the coast of Hinkley Point C in Somerset, South West England as offshore…
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Tunnel boring machine completes majority of main Brenner tunnel
A significant part of the first main tunnel of the Brenner Base Pass tunnel was completed with the breakthrough of…
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HS2 Tunneling team celebrates breakthrough at Long Itchington Wood Tunnel
The HS2 tunneling team of Balfour Beatty/VINCI (BBV JV) celebrated the breakthrough of its tunnel boring machine (TBM) of the…
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Unprecedented in-tunnel diameter conversion of the largest hard rock TBM in the United States
FIG. 1 The 8-km (5-mile) route of the Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel. The Mill Creek/Peaks Branch/State- Thomas (MCPBST) Drainage…
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