There may be a lot of conveyor belt installation work taking place in the north of England over the next few years if a new transport plan bears fruit.

Network Rail has announced work will soon begin upgrading tracks between Clay Cross Tunnel and Milford Tunnel, including new drainage and replacing sleepers.

The construction of transport tunnels is one of the largest, most ambitious and most challenging types of infrastructure projects you can do, and every element from the tunnel boring machines to the vulcanisation services needs to be optimal in order to avoid potential delays. There are a lot of factors that can affect delivery, as […]

The design of the last visible part of the HS2 Chiltern Tunnel has been published.  While most of the ten-mile-long tunnel will be disguised by being built into the landscape, one part of the North Portal will be able to be seen from a footbridge. It will be one of only seven structures of the […]

HS2 has begun work on a logistics tunnel under London with conveyor belt accessories, which will be used to deliver construction materials and remove waste.

A new recycling plant fitted with conveyor rollers that also deals with soft plastics has opened in Fife, which owners hope will create a ‘closed economy’.

Thanks to a custom-built TBM and conveyor belt installation, one tunnel boring project moved further in two hours than HS2 is expected to cover in one day.

Whilst many tunnels believed to be impossible were eventually completed with the help of updated technology is a transatlantic tunnel proposal a bridge too far?