On 30 October 2025, excavators demolished the diaphragm of the 1196 m-long La Rossa tunnel in Genga (Ancona), part of the underway upgrading of the Orte-Falconara line, lot 2 Genga-Serra San ...
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TERRATEC reports steady progress on the Magistrala 6 Metro Project (M6) in Bucharest, where TERRATEC S67 TBM EPB is advancing through challenging sandy ground as part of the South Section: 1 Mai ...
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The River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project is celebrating two giant milestones in the $15.4 billion delivery of a non-stop South Road, with the successful transfer of the largest individual ...
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On 10 October, as part of the national budget proposal for 2026, the Norwegian government announced that works on the Stad Ship Tunnel would be suspended, but following the debate on 14 October the Norwegian Parliament asked the government to allow the Norwegian Coastal Administration to continue negotiations with the three bidders.
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Emily, the Potomac River Tunnel Project's final TBM, has successfully completed its factory acceptance testing.
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Contractor Laing O’Rourke recently completed site preparation works, which included moving underground services to make way for the twin tunnels and new Burwood underground station and ...
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Southern section of the Consolação tunnel excavation completed - the Conexão Paulista/Consolação CTS consortium - formed by Constran, Telar, and Sprail - has ...
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The Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has granted planning approval for the construction of additional infrastructure between Zurich and Winterthur. As the current Zurich - Winterthur line via ...
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On Monday, September 29th, at approximately 4:00 PM, the TBM Berthe de Puybusque achieved its first breakthrough at Fondeyre Station. Having traversed over 1 km from the future La Vache-Le Grand ...
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This morning at Washwood Heath the125-m-long TBM Elizabeth - launched in March 2024, near the Warwickshire village of Water Orton - brokethrough the 3.5-mile-long Bromford tunnel marking the completion of major tunnel excavation between London’s Old Oak Common and the West Midlands.
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The River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project has achieved a major milestone in its delivery of a non-stop South Road, with the first of three TBMs beginning its journey to Adelaide. The first TBM ...
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On October 9, 2025, TELT and the consortium GEME LT (Gestion et Emploi des Matériaux d’Excavation LYON TURIN), composed of Eurovia Alpes Agence de Savoie (lead company), ...
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The Call for Papers for ISAVFT 2026 has now officially been opened , a premier international forum for researchers, engineers and industry professionals to present and discuss the latest ...
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The completion of a special vessel designed for immersing tunnel elements has been delayed to such an extent that it will be difficult to meet the target of opening the Fehmarnbelt tunnel in ...
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With the breakthrough achieved by TBM Lilia on October 6 at 12:40 p.m. in the municipality of Navis (Wipptal), the eastern main tunnel of construction lot H41 Sill Gorge–Pfons in the BBT ...
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The MetroLink project has finally cleared a major hurdle: full planning approval has been granted for what will become Ireland’s largest single investment in transport under the National ...
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It was an exciting time in Belgrade, celebrating the exceptional projects and technologies presented by the ITA Tunnelling Awards finalists and congratulating the Gold, Silver and Bronze Brunel ...
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Vienna and its surrounding region are at a crossroads: balancing growing transport demands with environmental preservation. Central to this tension is the Lobau Tunnel, part of the planned ...
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Shetland Islands Council has moved its inter-island connectivity work into a new phase by commissioning detailed modelling to test the feasibility of subsea tunnels connecting parts of the ...
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TERRATEC is pleased to announce the successful completion of tunnelling works for the Chiang Mai Flood Mitigation Project (Phase 2) in northern Thailand. The project, commissioned by the ...
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A new significant milestone has been reached for the new Naples–Bari High Speed/High Capacity railway line: the excavation of the San Lorenzo Tunnel has been completed. The tunnel is 1,650 ...
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Production of tunnel lining segments for the S19 Rzeszów Południe–Babica expressway section has been successfully completed at the prefabrication hall in Lutoryż, the site of the future ...
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According to the Hanoi Urban Railway Management Board (MRB), at exactly 11:00 a.m. on 15/09/2025 the TBM EPB n.2 named Tao Bạo - designed and manufactured by Herrenknecht - officially completed the ...
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The Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan has just signed and issued Decision N. 4602/QD-UBND approving the alignment and construction site locations for Hanoi metro line 5, ...
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On 24 September 2025 - after 29 months of boring - the TBM Mary completed the second bored tunnel at the 'HRBT (Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel) in Virginia, installing 1,193 rings. ...
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The fourth mega TBM on the Snowy 2.0 project will be named after an aspiring engineer Monica Brimmer, 15 and talented Tumut High School student who scooped top prize in an Indigenous art and ...
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First cross-border underground connection in the Brenner Base Tunnel project. Representatives of the European Commission and institutional leaders from Italy and Austria attended the ceremony. ...
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On September 17, 2025, just 600 meters before reaching the municipality of Saint-Martin-la-Porte, tunnel boring machine (TBM) Viviana completed a complex 90° rotation inside the tunnel to align ...
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TBM Betty has smashed through into a cavern deep beneath Westmead to complete the first tunnel at the western end of the 24-km Sydney Metro West line, the project that will link Westmead to the ...
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The TBM Gaia is currently at work on the main tunnel of the Collettore Mediano in Turin, a strategic infrastructure for the city. The machine is excavating a 9.5 km tunnel, crossing heterogeneous ...
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A calendar highlight each year is the annual ITA Tunnelling Awards. This year 25 finalists from 13 countries representing impressive projects, transforming machines and materials, and ...
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On September 10th, the launch event for the works to secure the Campania Region's water supply system took place at the Campolattaro Dam construction site, in the province of Benevento, with the ...
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Walco Industries Ltd. was asked to complete a hydrodemolition project at a hydropower dam. The dam is located in western Canada and is one of the largest earthen dams in the world. It’s a ...
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On October 1st, 2025, the TBM (1,280 tons) will be launched — it arrived by ship from China at the Messina terminal last February.
The use of the TBM will accelerate the excavation of the 5.5 ...
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On September 23, ADIF will inaugurate the new Oural tunnel, a milestone in the comprehensive renovation and modernization of the Ourense-Monforte de Lemos-Lugo corridor (117 km), which connects to ...
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