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Welcome to the digital edition of the TunnelTalk Annual Review 2013
From the largest of TBM drives and the most impressive of cavern excavations at the grand scale to the small diameter and microtunnelling works for urban infrastructure, all countries of the world are progressing development of their underground space for city expansion, energy needs and transportation connectivity.
Each of the articles has been published first on www.TunnelTalk.com, the leading online magazine for the global underground construction industry. All the articles are hotlinked to the TunnelTalk online Archive allowing for direct, free access to the full coverage and a wealth of additional information.
News stories and editorial coverage of the principal events during 2013 were published as they happened on the TunnelTalk website and highlighted on the free weekly email Alert to a growing database of readers. The editorial coverage is reproduced here as a printed record of the year’s activities and achievements.
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The fast-growing readership of our TunnelTalk.com website confirms further the growth in interest and international demand for information and news about the industry. In 2013, hits to TunnelTalk topped more than 2.5 million/ month, with a total of more than 21.6 million for the year.
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Through 2014, TunnelTalk will continue its dedicated coverage of the international tunnelling industry, further developing its TunnelTECH section and expanding its Equipment Sales, Procurement, Job Opportunities, Directory and Diary Dates services.
Annual Review
2013
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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 4 Reflecting on 2013
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MEGA PROJECTS 7 Brazil: Finding a formula for delivering high speed rail 8 Colombia: RFQ call for highway drives 10 USA: Scoping expansion of Los Angeles Metro 12 Hong Kong: Construction award of major undersea highway 13 Saudi Arabia: Plans for trans-peninsula rail link 14 Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Metro moves into construction 16 Norway: World record subsea highway links 18 France-Italy: Progressing the Lyon-Turin base rail link 20 Denmark-Germany: Fehmarnbelt prequalifiers 21 Sweden: Advancing Stockholm highway bypass 22 UK: Parliamentary approval process launched for HS2 PLANNED PROJECTS 23 Indonesia: Outlining infrastructure ambitions 24 Austria: Preparations for Semmering Base Tunnel 24 Canada: Calgary flood control 24 Qatar: Procurement of the IDRIS sewerage network 26 USA: Changes to reduce Bay Delta project impact 26 Peru: Prequalifiers for Lima Metro extension 28 New Zealand: Auckland rail link back on track 28 New Zealand: National Park highway plan rejected
71 TunnelTECH 72 SAFETY
DISCUSSION FORUM 29 Toll concession troubles in Australia 31 Toll judgement chaos in USA 32 Green option threatens CSO storage solution in USA PROJECT PROGRESS 33 USA: Monumental year for Seattle’s mega-TBM highway drive 36 USA: Central Subway station bids open and TBMs arrive 37 USA: Seattle Sound Transit links 38 USA: Race against time at Lake Mead 39 USA: Excavation success in Miami 40 Canada: Niagara water tunnel opens at last 41 Canada: Toronto Metro works 42 USA: Workhorse TBM holes through for Bi-County 43 USA: DC advancing clean river mega-project 44 USA: Ground Zero revival for Lower Manhattan 45 Mexico: Capital city manages mega drainage project 48 Chile: Alto Maipo granted notice to proceed 48 Germany: Stuttgart-21 rail link 49 UK: Bidders line up for Thames Tideway
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UK: Nuclear advance UK: Optimised design wins Bank Station upgrade UK: London cable links UK: Crossrail passes excavation mid point Sweden: Citybanan starts complex sinking operation Sweden: Hallandsås marks final TBM breakthrough Iceland: Award of coastal links Norway: Confirmation of Oslo-Ski Follo Line prequalifiers Norway: Hydro brings TBMs back for Norwegian tunnelling Europe: Focus for Herrenknecht technology Russia: Driving progress on Moscow Metro Switzerland: Road safety upgrade Romania: Railway improvements Australia: Rapid excavation for Legacy Way highway in Brisbane Australia: TBM access to coal seam Australia: Sydney awards mega rail project Malaysia: Flying start for Klang Valley MRT Hong Kong: Pushing forward on the Shatin-Central Metro line China: Rapid progress on metro systems Singapore: Downtown and Thomson Line MRT expansion Turkey: Bosphorus undersea links Qatar: Doha Metro begins realisation Egypt: Cairo Metro TBM milestones
TBM RECORDER 73 Italy: Sparvo confirmation 74 Italy: Mega-TBM order for NFM 74 Austria: Steep hydro drive 74 USA: Long distance Texas water line wins through 75 USA: Speedy TBM progress in Indianapolis 76 USA: Ring beam support for Lorain CSO drive 76 Canada: Vancouver confirms LRT TBM supplier 77 Brazil: Robbins EPBMs to Metro Fortaleza 77 Panama: TBM hydro drive breakthrough 79 India: Record-setting deep rock drive in Mumbai 79 India: Terratec TBMs to Delhi Metro 81 India: Repairing Mumbai’s crumbling drainage system 81 China: Zhanjiang Bay underpass 81 Thailand: Microtunnelling works in Bangkok 82 NEW PRODUCTS AND INNOVATIONS 85 CONFERENCES 90 COMPANY NEWS, CAREER MOVES, HONOURS & AWARDS
PUBLISHER & EDITOR Shani Wallis
DESIGN & PRODUCTION Claire Hunt
REPORTER & ONLINE EDITOR Peter Kenyon
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