Why Scripting Matters Geotechnical projects are more complex. Models are larger, construction sequences have more stages, and parametric studies must be rerun. Manually building and post-processing mo...
Read MoreHS2 has reached a major underground construction milestone with the completion of all 34 cross passages linking the twin bores of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel beneath west London. Running between West...
Read MoreDubai has approved the development of the Gold Line metro, a major underground transport project valued at approximately $9.2bn. Extending 42 km with 18 stations, the line will be the emirate’s first...
Read MoreThe Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link has reached an important milestone with the completion of ballast filling in its first tunnel element. This is the first of 89 elements that will form the immersed tunnel li...
Read MoreChina has reached a major tunnelling milestone with the completion of the underwater section of the Chongming–Taicang Yangtze River tunnel, a key component of the Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed...
Read MoreTunnelling works have commenced for the extension of Metro Line 11 in Madrid, marking a key milestone in the city’s underground infrastructure expansion, according to project announcements and indust...
Read MoreHS2 has reached a major tunnelling milestone with the launch of its final tunnel boring machine (TBM), named Karen, marking the start of excavation for the second bore of the Euston Tunnel. The 1,624...
Read MoreSydney Water has marked a major construction milestone with the launch of the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Upper South Creek Networks Programme, a large-scale infrastructure project desi...
Read MoreThe expansion of renewable energy systems and the need to modernise urban infrastructure are driving a rapid increase in small-diameter tunnelling projects worldwide. These tunnels are widely used fo...
Read MoreDeep underground excavations operate within a narrow margin between equilibrium and failure. As confinement decreases at an excavation boundary, stresses redistribute and concentrate around the openi...
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