Stood on the viewing platform overlooking High Speed 2's (HS2’s) two gigantic tunnel boring machines, you would be forgiven for mistaking the Chilterns construction site for a rocket launch pad straight from a Ridley Scott film set.
A joint venture of Webuild Group and Implenia has won the €1.07bn (£920M) contract to design and build a section of a high-capacity railway extending from the Brenner Base Tunnel for 22.5km between Fortezza and Ponte Gardena on the Italian side of the Alps.
Construction work on a new tunnel in Jerusalem has been blamed for the appearance of a sinkhole which swallowed three vehicles parked in a hospital car park.
A proposal for a combined bridge and tunnel crossing between Dublin and Holyhead, including two new Irish Sea islands, has been suggested as an alternative to plans for a Scotland to Northern Ireland link.
US Federal government agencies have backed $11.6bn (£8.17bn) plans to refurbish a pair of rail tunnels and build a new tunnel to expand rail capacity underneath the Hudson River in New York.
Highways England has announced plans to create a 100ha woodland alongside the Lower Thames Crossing route in Essex.
Transport for London (TfL) has reached an out of court financial settlement with the Silver Thames Connect (STC) group, following a legal complaint about the procurement process for the construction of the Silvertown Tunnel.
Highways England commercial director Nic Hillier confirmed yesterday that the Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will not be submitted until later this year.
Construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel has reached a major milestone following the excavation of a 60m deep shaft at the King Edward Memorial Park site in Wapping.
A Wales to Ireland tunnel could prove to be a "more attractive" prospect than the previously suggested Scotland to Northern Ireland link, according to tunnelling expert Bill Grose.
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