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Annual Review 2014
Activity 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
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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