Who built the HS2 Tunnelling machine?
Who built the HS2 Tunnelling machine? For the 16 kilometer-long Chiltern Tunnel in the county of Buckinghamshire, Herrenknecht supplied the contracting joint venture Align (Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) with two project-specific Variable Density tunnel boring machines (Ø 10,240mm), which will bore two almost identical ...
Who was the contractor for the Channel tunnel?
Anglo-French consortium Transmarche Link (TML) built the tunnel. TML was made up of companies from the UK and France. UK companies: Balfour Beatty, Costain, Tarmac, Taylor Woodrow, Wimpey. French companies: Bouygues, Dumez, SAE, SGE, Spie Batignolles.
What were the names of the tunnel boring machines in HS2?
- Florence and Cecilia: our Chiltern Tunnel TBMs. ...
- Dorothy: our Long Itchington Wood Tunnel TBM. ...
- Sushila and Caroline: our Northolt Tunnel West TBMs. ...
- Emily and Anne: our Northolt Tunnel East TBMs. ...
- Lydia: our Atlas Road Logistics Tunnel TBM. ...
- Mary Ann: our Bromford Tunnel TBM.
What is the longest tunnel in the world?
The Laerdal Tunnel in western Norway is the longest road tunnel in the world. It takes about 20 minutes to pass through the tunnel. Brightly colored lights placed every six kilometers help drivers stay alert.