Hans de Wit, managing director of TEC, won the “Structural Design Engineer of the Year 2023” award. Every year a structural design engineer of the year is chosen from among the nominated engineers in the Netherlands by VNconstructeurs and this year the honour has gone to Hans de Wit. Hans is an expert in the […]
Rijkswaterstaat (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) awarded the engineering services contract for the renovation of 7 tunnels in South Holland to Tunnel Engineering Consultants (TEC), a joint venture of Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos. Over the next years, Rijkswaterstaat and TEC will work together to complete the plan study, prepare the contract, and supervise the […]
After 3 years in which the conference was not organized TEC cooperated with other Dutch immersion tunnel specialists and presented themselves on the exhibition. Many visitors to the booth were informed about our competences and were introduced to our new Tunnel Tool which can be used to create an immersed tunnel for arbitrary crossing. Furthermore, […]
The German Federal Administrative Court has given final permission to build the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Germany en Denmark. The various complaints were after careful consideration dismissed. This means that the construction of the tunnel on the German side can start. The construction of preparatory temporary works on the Danish side has already begun. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel […]
In the newspaper ‘China Transport News’ Mr Xinglin Gao, Director Assistant and Chief of Contract Department of HZMB Authority, praises TEC. In the article with the title “The Netherlands – innovation as the wheel” Mr Gao explains the role that the Dutch have played in developing the immersed tunnel technique and he pays special attention […]
The Shanghai Engineering Consultancy Association (SECA) awarded TEC with the prize: First Level Excellent Engineering Consultancy Project for the project HZMB design and construction consultancy. The certificate says: “During the evaluation for Shanghai excellent engineering consultancy project in 2019 of Tunnel Engineering Consultants (TEC), your Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge design and construction consultancy project has been […]
By Ying Li, TEC Project Manager HZMB On November 12, 2019, one year after the opening of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Tunnel Link (HZMB), the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority (HZMBA) held a Commendation Conference to award the individuals who made outstanding contributions to the project during the realization of the bridge-tunnel link. The realization of the […]
The municipality of Amsterdam wants to guarantee the future management and maintenance of the integral road tunnel system and has therefore started the Amsterdam Road Tunnels Action Programme. This programme will tackle three tunnels and the traffic control centre. The municipality has asked Tunnel Engineering Consultants (TEC, a permanent partnership between Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos), […]
During the International Tunnel Association (ITA) Annual Awards Ceremony in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 7 November 2018, the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge (HZMB) immersed tube tunnel won the International Tunnel Association’s “2018 Major Project Award”. Nearly 30 tunnel projects worldwide entered the short list after the first-round selection. The Immersed Tunnel of the […]
On 23 October 2018 President Xi JinPing from P.R. China attended the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Link. After 9 years of construction this major 55km long infrastructure project, comprising various challenging bridge and tunnel portions. Tunnel Engineering Consultants (TEC), a JV of Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos from the Netherlands, were […]