Latest Tunnels News

A 41-year-old male Polish construction worker has been killed while working on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Germany and Denmark.

United Utilities is seeking a technical advisor in a £50M contract to aid the delivery of its £1.75bn Haweswater Aqueduct resilience scheme to replace tunnels that provide water for the Lake District.

Dublin Airport operator DAA has been granted planning permission to construct a €200M (£171M) road tunnel under its crosswind runway despite Ryanair’s attempts to block the development.

A unique multi-purpose pontoon (MPP) has arrived at the Fehmarnbelt construction site in Denmark to begin laying gravel in the 18km trench as a “cushion” for the 73,500t tunnel elements.

Development of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Germany and Denmark has celebrated two milestones with the completion of dredging for the route and the submersion of the Danish portal.

Cowi has been handed an NOK150M (£11M) contract to act as technical advisor for the world’s first ever ship tunnel, proposed to be constructed in the Stad Peninsula in Norway.

Farrans Construction is set to begin innovative tunnelling operations on Northumbrian Water’s £155M pipeline under the River Tees.

US national rail company Amtrak has appointed an Aecom-led joint venture with Jacobs as delivery partner on the $6bn (£4.7bn) Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program.

High Speed 2 (HS2) contractor SCS (Skanska Costain Strabag JV) has launched the fourth and final tunnel boring machine (TBM) to bore the 13.5km Northolt tunnel under West London.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has begun the installation of high voltage and fibre optic cabling that will provide electricity for the construction and operation of the planned £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge tunnel.