04.12.2022

A Day to Honor Saint Barbara - Patron of Gunners, Miners, and Others who work with Explosives

December fourth is the feast day of Saint Barbara. There is a vivid legend about this saint. Apparently, Saint Barbara was a maiden of great beauty whose father locked her in a tower to remove her from many ardent suitors who were not to his liking. He also wanted keep her from indulging in a habit of constantly helping the poor.  

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02.12.2022

Fugro supports coastal resilience in Texas and Louisiana through NOAA contracts

An example of the Texas coastal mapping area that Fugro will capture for NOAA under their recent contract awards. (Credits: Fugro)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Fugro two mapping projects on the US Gulf Coast to monitor and quantify shoreline change in this flood-prone region.

The projects, which are located in Texas and Louisiana, are underway and were awarded under an existing indefinite delivery indefinite quality (IDIQ) contract to support the agency’s Coastal Mapping Program. Geo-data deliverables are scheduled for Q3 2023 and will be integrated into the national shoreline dataset, aiding nautical chart updates, defining US territorial limits and informing coastal resilience efforts.

For the Texas project, Fugro will generate high-resolution Geo‑data depicting the land-sea interface using advanced airborne topobathymetric lidar and multispectral imaging technology. This work is being funded through the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and will be used to define the coast and assess climate-related risks, such as inland flooding. For the Louisiana project, Fugro will deliver coastal imagery to support restoration efforts following Hurricane Ida, a catastrophic storm that caused USD 75 billion in damages to the area last year. The Geo-data are being developed through supplemental funding from the federal government related to Hurricane Ida recovery.

Mike Aslaksen, Chief of NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey’s Remote Sensing Division stated: “NOAA, through its private sector partners, is excited to provide the mapping data required for updating NOAA navigation products while also benefitting coastal and inland inundation modelling, which is critical to answering coastal resilience needs.”

Dave White, Programmes Director for Remote Sensing and Mapping Services for Fugro in the Americas stated, “We greatly value our partnership with NOAA and are pleased to be working on these latest projects in Texas and Louisiana. With offices in both states, our staff have felt first-hand the devastating impacts of storm-related flooding in recent years. We understand the urgency and importance of the Geo-data we are providing to NOAA in helping communities plan, monitor and act to ensure more resilient coasts now and in the future.”

Source: Fugro

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01.12.2022

Epiroc presents world’s first underground mine truck made using fossil-free steel from SSAB

Epiroc is pioneering a battery-electric underground mine truck prototype made using fossil-free steel from SSAB.  

01.12.2022

Cimic's CPB Contractors selected for Sydney Metro West - Eastern Tunnelling Package

Cimic Group’s construction company CPB Contractors, in joint venture with John Holland and Ghella, has been selected by Sydney Metro to deliver the Sydney Metro West – Eastern Tunnelling Package. CPB Contractors is a 40 per cent joint venture partner delivering the $1.63 billion project.  

29.11.2022

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) celebrates launch of TBM for second bore on HS2

• The 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine ‘Dorothy’ sets off for second tunnel drive under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire
• The first one-mile tunnel bore was completed in July this year – the first breakthrough on the HS2 project
• This is the sixth tunnel launch on the project, but the first time a TBM has been reused