Hong Kong government is carrying out non-destructive testing on the massive Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge after arrests were made in connection with allegations that concrete cube test results had been falsified.
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Unexpected WW1 tunnel find digitally mapped
Digital mapping has located and recorded an array of World War 1 practice trenches and tunnels on a Ministry of Defence (MoD) construction site in the south of England.
Tunnelling for Bank station upgrade begins
Tunnelling has begun for a new southbound Northern line tunnel as part of Transport for London’s £607M Bank station capacity upgrade.
Call for Isle of Wight tunnel study
Pressure is building for a feasibility study to be carried out for a proposed fixed link tunnel connecting the Isle of Wight to the mainland.
Elon Musk shares first look at LA tunnelling
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed he is ready to start construction of a road tunnel under Los Angeles after sharing pictures and videos of his tunnel boring machine (TBM) on social media.
Rise of the machines | The cutting edge
Robotics make inspecting and replacing cutter discs on tunnel boring machines safer and faster.
Engineer criticises Elon Musk’s tunnels
An engineering professor has dismissed as unrealistic tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s futuristic vision of underground traffic tunnels.
The Gallery | Shieldhall Tunnel reaches halfway
Scottish Water’s £100M Shieldhall Tunnel project has reached its halfway mark under Glasgow’s Pollok Park.
Spire site breaks UK pile record with 108MN
A site in east London has broken the record for the UK’s most heavily loaded pile.
Skanska to build 7km tunnel to mountain power plant
Skanska has won a £31M contract to build a power plant in Norway, which includes a 7km tunnel through a mountain.