As of March 2026, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) Kinga has successfully completed its primary assignment on one of Poland’s most ambitious rail infrastructure programmes. On 25 March, the ...
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The DC Clean Rivers Project has reached a significant milestone with the lowering of the front section of a 6.33m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM), marking the start of assembly works deep ...
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Poland’s flagship transport programme, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK), has reached a major procurement milestone, with four Polish‑led consortia formally submitting applications to ...
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The UK’s flagship high-speed rail project, HS2, has once again come under intense scrutiny as costs continue to rise sharply, prompting a renewed government push to rein in spending and reset ...
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Tunnelling reaches halfway point on major Canadian subway project
A major milestone has been reached beneath the streets of Toronto, as tunnelling on the Scarborough Subway Extension passes the ...
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The long‑running A303 Stonehenge Tunnel project has reached a decisive turning point, with the UK Government formally revoking its Development Consent Order (DCO). The move brings an abrupt halt to ...
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China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation (CRCHI) has marked a major milestone on the Messina–Catania high‑capacity railway in Sicily, with its 9.36m diameter Earth Pressure ...
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New York City has awarded a major wastewater infrastructure contract to Newtown Creek CSO Partners, a joint venture comprising AECOM, Parsons Corporation, and EPC Consultants Inc. The team will ...
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The Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) has rapidly become one of the most consequential infrastructure schemes in the UK water sector—technically, financially, and politically. As ...
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The main construction phase of the Feldkirch City Tunnel (Stadttunnel Feldkirch) in western Austria has commenced, marked by a traditional tunnel ceremony on 6 March 2026.
The project is being ...
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Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the final civil contract for the Downtown Line 2 Extension (DTL2e), covering the design and construction of twin bored tunnels linking ...
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Press release - Two female train drivers marked the launch of TBM Karen - named after a UK rail industry pioneer. The 1,624-tonne machine will travel 4.5 miles to build the second bore of the Euston ...
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Preparatory work has officially begun on the Lower Thames Crossing, a major new road link between Kent and Essex that will include the longest road tunnel in the UK beneath the River Thames. The ...
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The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) has officially opened submissions for the 2026 ITA Tunnelling Awards, inviting the global tunnelling community to showcase ...
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HSR Asia 2026 is the premier platform uniting government leaders, policy makers, rail authorities, financiers, engineers and technology innovators in Vietnam from 9 -10th June 2026 to ...
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The first of two large tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for the Italian side of the Mont Cenis Base Tunnel, the central element of the future Turin–Lyon high-speed railway, has been officially ...
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For more than 25 years, Tunnelbuilder has been recognised as the world’s leading digital resource for live tunnelling projects, bids, awards, and sector intelligence. Every month, over 15,000 ...
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Client: Metro Vancouver (Greater Vancouver Water District – GVWD)
Main contractor: Burrard-Chilco Partnership (EBC Inc., Pomerleau BC Inc., Spie Batignolles Canada Inc.)
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The Ballard Link Extension (BLE) is one of the most significant upcoming transit tunnelling projects in North America. Planned as part of the Sound Transit 3 regional expansion programme, the scheme ...
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A transformational deep‑rock redundancy programme for Boston’s future water security - The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is advancing one of the most significant water‑supply ...
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The Municipality of São Paulo has opened the financial proposal submitted for the completion of the long-delayed Sena Madureira–Ricardo Jafet road tunnel project, a scheme intended to ...
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Incheon Metropolitan City has taken a major step forward in its long‑planned Gyeongseo–Geomdan underground road link, announcing the selection of the preferred bidder for the privately ...
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A major construction milestone has been reached on the 7 km Sarıyer–Kilyos Tunnel Motorway Project in Turkey, delivered by IC İÇTAŞ İnşaat for Karayolları Genel ...
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The British Tunnelling Society Conference & Exhibition 2026 will take place on 6–7 October 2026 at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, London. Recognised as the UK tunnelling ...
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The Belchen Tunnel system forms part of the N02 motorway, one of Switzerland’s most strategically important north–south transport corridors. The original eastbound and westbound ...
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China has reported a significant technical breakthrough during construction of the Jintang Subsea Tunnel, part of the Yongzhou high-speed railway, with the successful deployment of a domestically ...
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Work on the Ellicott City North Tunnel Project in Howard County, Maryland is advancing toward a key transition point as the team prepares for tunnel boring machine (TBM) assembly following recent ...
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The North American Tunnelling Conference (NAT 2026), hosted by the Underground Construction Association (UCA), will take place in Anaheim, California, from 15–18 June 2026. In addition to its ...
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Overview - A long-discussed fixed-link rail tunnel beneath the Strait of Gibraltar—intended to connect southern Spain with northern Morocco—has made recent progress toward ...
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Tutor Perini, working through its subsidiary Frontier-Kemper Constructors and in joint venture with Frontier-Kemper, is playing key roles in two significant tunnelling projects in the United States: ...
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Two TERRATEC EPB TBMs complete over 5km of challenging urban tunnelling beneath Bangkok to advance the city’s major water transmission upgrade.
TERRATEC earth pressure balance TBMs have ...
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TBM Libby’s cutterhead has officially arrived on site, marking a decisive step toward launching tunnelling beneath downtown Toronto. The cutterhead—Libby’s most recognisable and ...
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The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) and Bane NOR have awarded what is described as the largest consultancy framework agreement in Norway’s history to the Norconsult ...
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The Herrenknecht Mixshield TBM built in Schwanau, Germany for National Grid’s Grain to Tilbury project has arrived in Tilbury, UK—marking the transition from factory readiness to site ...
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Southern Water is delivering the Southampton Link Main, a major new underground drinking water pipeline project in Hampshire, UK, to reinforce regional water supply resilience.
The scheme ...
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Transport for London (TfL) has formally begun Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the proposed Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Thamesmead Extension (TEX), a major infrastructure initiative aimed ...
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