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Annual Review 2015
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Editorial ContEnt
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
05 Europe united
07 USA: Passenger demand exists for high speed rail
07 Korea: Record rail link
08 UK: HS2 begins construction procurement
10 Austria-Italy: Brenner attack
10 Switzerland: Ceneri Base Tunnel celebrations
11 Norway: Construction begins on Follo Line
12 Ukraine: Kerch Tunnel for Crimea security
13 Denmark-Germany: Fehmarn evaluations
15 Turkey: Highway under the Bosphorus 17 Hong Kong: Accelerating high speed rail
PROJECT PROGRESS
19 USA: Seattle Alaskan Way
23 USA: Seattle continues LRT expansion
24 USA: Toronto subway designs and extensions
25 USA: Presidio Parkway opens
26 USA: Rehabilitation of Boston harbor tunnels
26 USA: Midtown immersed tube connection
27 USA: Bay Bridge Tunnel expansion
28 USA: EPBM recovery in New York
28 USA: Value of used TBMs
29 USA: Los Angeles outfall
30 USA: Washington DC Clean Rivers program
32 USA: St Louis 44km CSO program
32 USA: California Bay Delta tunnel project
32 USA: Steep drive for Hawaii TBM
33 Ecuador: 22km metro construction awarded
33 Ecuador: Long hydro drive breaks through
33 Peru: Lima Metro funding boost
33 Mexico: Dual-mode crossover TBM assembly
35 Austria: Robbins double shield TBMs for GKI headrace
38 Norway: Historic breakthrough at Røssåga
39 Denmark: Cityringen extensions and breakthroughs
40 Germany: Shallow Berlin link drives Mixshield innovation
41 Sweden: Stockholm underground bypass
42 Norway: Drill+blast challenge for road tunnel underpass 42 Iceland: Delayed progress on highway headings
42 Germany: River Elbe pipejack
43 Norway: Deep level subsea road crossings
44 Switzerland: CERN accelerates collider upgrade
45 UK: Mega potash mine wins National Park planning consent 47 UK: Landmark achievements for Crossrail
50 UK: Funding secured for London supersewer
50 UK: Royal visit celebrates Lee Tunnel completion
50 UK: Glasgow TBM ready for launch
52 UK: London Underground Northern Line construction strategy 52 UK: Planned Thames River highway crossings
53 Turkey and Thailand: TBM successes
54 Australia: Sydney highway connections
54 New Zealand: Waterview excavation complete
55 Australia: Sydney advances metro ambitions
56 Australia: Melbourne metro plans revived
56 Australia: Underground link for Perth airport
58 India: Getting Bangalore Metro back on track
60 India: Slurry or EPB for conditions in Bangalore
62 India: EPBMs deliver success for Delhi Metro
62 Laos: TBM launch for Laos hydro
63 Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur MRT
64 China: CREG order for two gripper TBMs
66 Singapore: MRT extensions and contract awards
66 Qatar: Doha flood protection
66 Singapore: Sewer extensions
66 Qatar: IDRIS contracts awarded
67 Riyadh Metro progress
68 DISCUSSION FORUM
70 TunnelTECH AND INNOVATIONS 82 CONFERENCES
86 ITA INDUSTRY AWARDS
88 CAREER MOVES
92 INDUSTRY NEWS
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PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Shani Wallis
REPORTER & ONLINE EDITOR
Peter Kenyon
REPORTER & NEWS BRIEFS EDITOR
Armand van Wijck
HEAD OF ADVERTISEMENT SALES
Binda Punj
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Claire Hunt
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