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ctivity in the global tunnelling and underground construction industry during 2014 is recorded here in the pages of the fifth edition of the TunnelTalk Annual Review. The journal is designed as a single, bookshelf reference of information for industry professionals. Year-on-year, the issues build a library of the most important project developments throughout the world, across all tunnelling and underground space disciplines and for all engineering services, techniques and materials.
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Editorial Content GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 5 Underground a key driver of global infrastructure in 2014 MEGA PROJECTS 7 New Zealand: First breakthrough for Auckland mega-TBM 9 Austria-Italy: Brenner Baseline pushes ahead 12 UK: SCL stations assist final TBM push for Crossrail 15 UK: Thames Tideway design, financing and construction award 17 Qatar: Metro construction rolls out across Doha city 19 Malaysia: Bold decisions for Kuala Lumpur MRT 21 USA: A year of repair recovery for TBM Bertha in Seattle 23 USA: Technical victory for TBM drive at Lake Mead 26 USA: Multi-billion metro investments in Los Angeles PROJECT PROGRESS 27 Canada: Ottawa LRT progress 28 USA: Immersed tube construction at Midtown 29 USA: Cleveland CSO program 29 Canada: TBM drive for Lake Ontario outfall 30 USA: Central Subway breakthroughs in San Francisco 32 Peru: Lima Metro picks up pace 33 USA: Notice to Proceed in Hawaii 34 UK: London Underground Northern Line award 35 Norway: TBM excavation for new rail links 36 Norway: Ryfast mega-project into construction 36 Norway: Go-ahead for Norway hydro upgrade 37 Denmark-Germany: Fehmarn Link prequalifiers 38 Iceland: Geothermal challenges in highway headings 38 Australia: Successful end for troubled subsea drive 39 Russia: Moscow highway works 41 Turkey: Flexibility key to tackling fault zones in TBM drives 43 Singapore: MRT activities and extension plans 44 Singapore: Adapting TBMs to the Singapore environment 47 Hong Kong: Mega TBM order for undersea highway 48 Hungary: Budapest opens Metro Line 4 50 India: Hard rock beaten on Bangalore slurry drives
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PLANNED PROJECTS 51 UK: Stonehenge road tunnel proposal revived 52 Switzerland: Design of a new mega collider at CERN 53 UK: Thames River highway crossing for London 54 UK: High speed rail link procurement strategy 56 Australia: Sydney plans three new harbour crossings 57 Denmark: Copenhagen metro works and extensions 58 UK: London Underground £3 billion extension 58 UK: Glasgow calls bids for metro lining repairs 60 UK: Vital river crossing for gas supply line 60 UK: Morecambe Bay cable crossing 60 UK: New Scottish hydro proposal 61 Brazil: Prequalifiers for first immersed link TBM RECORDER 62 China: Mega machines for China multi-modal link 62 Qatar: Flood control fuels TBM demand 62 Saudi Arabia: NFM TBM to Metro Riyadh 63 Poland: Breakthrough in Gdansk 64 India: Delhi Metro Phase III breakthroughs 65 China: Presidential visit to CREG TBM factory 66 Germany: Stuttgart-21 challenge for multi-mode TBM 66 USA: Keeping up with Cleveland shale 68 USA: TBM sets records in Indianapolis 68 Thailand: River crossing for Terratec 69 China: Speedy extension for Beijing Metro 69 Azerbijan: Baku Metro gasket challenge 70 Turkey and Laos: Double TBM order for Terratec 71 NEW PRODUCTS AND INNOVATIONS 78 SAFETY 79 TunnelTECH 82 CONFERENCES 87 COMPANY NEWS, CAREER MOVES 95 HONOURS, AWARDS AND TRIBUTES
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