Excitement is building towards the 2024 ITA Tunnelling Awards celebration in Genoa, Italy, on Thursday 28 November 2024
The day-long event will celebrate the 25 Finalists of ...
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Press Release - Construction of the 700-metre-long HS2 Burton Green ‘green tunnel’ is now 50% complete, with 150 people supporting the build process
The last year has seen completion of ...
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The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) plans to announce the tender for the Stad ship tunnel construction on December 1st 2024.
The regulatory plans were completed at the end of October. NCA ...
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On 6th November TBM Debohra - length 127 m and weight 1,300 t - has reached an important milestone for the U2 metro line in Vienna: after 240 m of underground work from Matzleinsdorfer Platz, ...
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Sound Transit has started the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) scoping process for the Ballard Link Extension. The extension will add 12.39 km (7.7 miles) of light rail service with ...
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On November 8, 2024, Adif AV celebrated the completion of the Rante tunnel excavation on the new Tabodela-Seixalbo route, part of Spain's high-speed rail (LAV) network. This 3.4-km tunnel, built ...
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The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject has marked a significant milestone, with one of three TBMs, Lady Eileen Hudson, now two-thirds of the way through its second tunnel excavation.
The TBM is ...
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On October 31, a ground breaking shield machine with an excavation diameter of 16.64 meters—the largest Chinese made —rolled off the production line in Changsha, Hunan. This machine will ...
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Tunnel excavation using EPB-TBMs has achieved remarkable productivity due to advancements in TBM design, highly effective soil conditioning products, improved backfilling grout techniques, and more. ...
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In early October, a TERRATEC 4.8m diameter Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine (EPBM) was lowered into place for the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority’s Ninth Bangkok Water Supply ...
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Press release - In the latest 2024 UK budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has allocated renewed funding for the HS2 project, specifically prioritizing the development of its tunnel network. This ...
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On September 26th , the Spanish Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility initiated the public consultation process for the Information Study on reopening the Somport railway tunnel in Huesca, ...
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On October 4, the final excavation phase of the Bjonnas Tunnel using the NATM (New Austrian Tunneling Method) was successfully completed! Crews excavated nearly 450,000 cubic meters of rock, some of ...
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On October 22, the Spanish Council of Ministers, following a proposal from the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, approved a Royal Decree authorizing a direct grant of EUR 40 million to ...
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Frontier-Kemper Constructors, an Indiana-based construction company and subsidiary of Tutor Perini, has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract by the New York City Department of Environmental ...
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On October 14th, a significant achievement was made in the Snowy 2.0 project with the breakthrough of the 216-meter tunnel connecting the water intake at the upper Tantangara reservoir to the gate ...
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Press release - London’s super sewer, designed to protect the River Thames from sewage pollution well into the future, has now been turned on.
In May 2024, the new 25km super sewer was ...
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On October 16, 2024, tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ruby began its journey to carve out the final section of the Sydney Metro West project, marking a significant step for this city-shaping ...
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On October 18, 2024, a significant milestone was reached for the Cross River Rail project as a test train entered one of the project’s twin tunnels and arrived at a new underground station ...
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The TBM - six months to the day since it broke through the headwall at HRBT North Island - is on the move again. Mary began boring a twin eastbound towards Norfolk shortly after 17th October ...
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RFI - Turin-Lyon: legality protocol signed for the construction of the Italian section
On 18 October 2024, the Legality Protocol was signed between the Prefecture of Turin, Rete Ferroviaria ...
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From October 15th until October 28th, you can vote to choose between the four possible names - Marika, Toscana, Bianca and Viola - of the TBM that will excavate the second tunnel, (the odd track), ...
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On September 30, 2024, more than 150 companies from the Piedmont region, along with several major international firms, attended the conference "Opportunities for the Local Economy," focused on the ...
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On October 12, 2024, Milan celebrated the inauguration of the final section of its Line 4, also known as the Blue Line, connecting San Babila to San Cristoforo. This stretch, which adds 13 new ...
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The Hudson Tunnel Project, a $16.1 billion initiative, is making significant progress in enhancing rail links between New Jersey and New York City. As part of the larger Gateway Program, this ...
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Vietnam is embarking on an ambitious journey to revolutionize its transportation system through the development of a comprehensive High-Speed Railway (HSR) project. This multi-part initiative will ...
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On September 29th, at the Ingenbohl construction site, approximately 70 kilometers from Zurich, Switzerland, a new double-shield hard Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), designed and manufactured by China ...
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On Monday 7 October, the Secretary of State for Transport announced a new deadline for Government to make a decision on the Lower Thames Crossing Development Consent Order (DCO) application, the ...
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Press Release - Work to start in late November 2024 - We’re working with local stakeholders including the MP, councils, Derriford Hospital, Network Rail and GWR, as well as our construction ...
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The first of four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) designated for the excavation of tunnels in the Battipaglia-Romagnano section (Lot 1A) of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria high-speed rail line has arrived ...
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On 29/09/2024 the South Australian Government and the T2D Alliance have formally sealed a contract to purchase three initial TBMs from world-leading manufacturer Herrenknecht.
Infrastructure and ...
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TERRATEC TBM S81B celebrated its first tunnel breakthrough at Otteri Station for the 116.1 km Chennai Metro Rail Phase-II Corridor 3 project in India.
TERRATEC, a leading provider of tunnel boring ...
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The first 4 TBMs, manufactured by Herrenknecht, for SRL East will begin arriving on site next year. The TBMs will be in the ground in 2026 and they will drill 16kms of twin tunnels between ...
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On September 13, 2024, the Swiss Federal Council approved the construction of the final 3.5 km stretch of the N28 between the Fideris/Jenaz and Küblis/Dalvazza junctions. The current road is ...
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Line B - At the end of August 2024, the consortium Bessac, Soletanche Bachy, GTM Sud-Ouest TP GC with the TBM Clemence Isaure - 30m long and 5,28m in diameter - completed the second ...
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The ceremony has been held for the last breakthrough of the first main tunnel in the Austrian territory of the Brenner Base Tunnel. The breakthrough is at the Sill Gorge site, between lots H21 Sill ...
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