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 […]
The North/South Metro Line in Amsterdam, widely regarded as one of the most challenging infrastructure projects in Dutch history. Watch the video to see the techniques used in the construction of the North/South Metro Line. During the design phase, the contract preparations and the supervision of the performance of work, the joint venture of TEC […]
Meet our experts at World Tunnel Congress 2018 where you can learn more about our latest exciting projects we are working on around the world. TEC will be present at the Joint Specialists Immersed Tunnels booth 24/25 in the Dubai World Trade Center. The annual World Tunnel Congress (WTC) will be held in Dubai, from […]
by Ying Li, TEC Project Manager, 2018-2-2 On January 26, TEC’s Hans de Wit and Ying Li had a meeting regarding Submerged Floating Tunnel Studies with the research team led by Mr. Lin Ming, general manager of CCCC JV and signed a corporation agreement. In the past months CCCC and TEC, supported by TU Delft […]
By Ying Li, TEC Project Manager, 2018-2-2 On January 25 and 26, 2018, the Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) Island & Tunnel Engineering Immersed Tunnel Technical Summary Exchange & Consultation Meeting had been held in Zhongshan. The meeting was organized by CCCC JV tunnel & island engineering project management department. TEC managing director Hans de Wit […]
On 14 December 2017 the consortium BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding (Ballast Nedam – DEME – Macquarie Capital) signed the DBFM contract for the Blankenburg connection with Rijkswaterstaat. TEC supports BAAK with the integral design. The Blankenburgverbinding is a key infrastructure project, improving the roads and accessibility of the port of Rotterdam and the wider Rotterdam region– contributing […]
On 7 July 2017 a “Tunnel Go-through Ceremony” was organized by our Client HZMBA to celebrate the fact that the tunnel link between both artificial islands had become reality. TEC was invited for this event. Managing Director Hans de Wit and Project Manager Ying Li were honoured to be present. Many were impressed by the […]
In the weekend 29-30 April 2017 tunnel element no. 1 (with a length of approx. 100 m) was floated out of the construction dock (building pit on Marieholm Side) into the Göta Alv River. The 25,000 tonne concrete element took seven months to construct in dry dock. The building pit has been prepared for the […]