Annual Review 2012

Among the underground construction industry highlights of 2012, California secured funding for the first dedicated high speed railway in the USA to link Los Angeles to San Francisco (above) and tenders were called for the largest immersed tube undersea road and rail link in the world for the 18km long Fehmarnbaelt link between Denmark and Germany.

As the global construction sector in general came under pressure in 2012, tunnelling and underground projects continued to buck the trend. The volume of tunnelling and underground space infrastructure being planned, designed and constructed across the globe during the year was of a scale to break all records. High-speed rail, flood control, metro systems, water supply, environmental protection, international transportation links, preparing for major global sporting events, reserving surface space to preserve the quality of life - all are drivers of the record breaking demand in tunnelling.

As well as covering major events in the industry, TunnelTalk has progressed the promotion of education and training courses around the world that encourage the next generation of new recruits in the engineering and tunnelling crews.

CONTENTS of the 2012 Annual Review edition:

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

MEGA PROJECTS

PLANNED PROJECTS

PROJECT PROGRESS

TBM RECORDER

DISCUSSION FORUM

PRODUCTS AND INNOVATIONS

SAFETY

CONFERENCES

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

HONOURS AND TRIBUTES

The TunnelTalk Annual Review is the only yearbook record of activity in the global underground space construction industry. Yearbook editions are available for the years 2010 to 2020-2021 as both digital and printed hard copy versions. Contact TunnelTalk@TunnelTalk.com to purchase hard printed copies of the 2010 to 2018 Annual Review editions for your bookshelf.

PUBLISHER & EDITOR Shani Wallis

DESIGN & PRODUCTION Claire Hunt

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