'Game-Changer': Major Firms Begin Scottish Island Tunnel Modelling

'Game-changer': Major firms begin Scottish island tunnel modelling

Three major international companies are to begin modelling work on tunnels which could link the Shetland Isles.

Global Contractors Join Shetland Tunnel Study

Three major international companies have been appointed for the next phase of work looking at the potential for fixed links in Shetland.  Funding was agreed by Shetland Islands Council earlier this year to develop a Fixed Link Model (FLM), using the Yell Sound crossing as a ‘test case’. Consultants COWI and Stantec undertook engagement with the industry, and the following companies have now been appointed.  LNS has its headquarters in northern …

Tunnelling contractors appointed to Shetland islands fixed link project

LNS, Bemo Tunnelling and Strabag have been appointed to carry out the next phase of work on proposals to connect Shetland’s islands with fixed links, including tunnels.