The Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) continues to gain traction as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) launched on January 16th the operations for the ...
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On January 10, 2025, the Ministry of the Environment approved with requirements the VIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) of the final project for the construction of the ...
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On Friday 20 December 2024 - in the presence of the authorities - Lise Enjalbert, the fifth and final TBM of the Toulouse metro Line C, was lowered into the shaft of the future Ponts-Jumeaux ...
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Tunnelling is powering ahead on the Allan Labor Government’s North East Link – with the first of two 4,000 t TBM having tunnelled more than one kilometre.
The TBMs Zelda and ...
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Press release - AKTOR Romania, a subsidiary of the AKTOR Group, has activated its fourth tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Brasov-Sighisoara railway project, marking a significant advancement in ...
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Click here for the 2025 project update which highlights the progress across 350 worksites between London and the West Midlands and it provides a snapshot of the huge progress HS2 is making ...
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Transport for London (TfL) and Riverlinx Limited, the consortium designing, building, operating and maintaining the new tunnel, have confirmed that the Silvertown tunnel - linking Newham to the ...
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TERRATEC, a global leader of tunnel boring machine (TBM) technology, celebrates a significant milestone on the India’s Agra Metro project. The 6.61m diameter Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel ...
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On November 22, the open-type rock TBM with an excavation diameter of 11.93 meters, the largest of its kind in China, rolled off the assembly line of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry ...
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On 17th December, the Ghella Abergeldie Joint Venture (GAJV) celebrated the arrival of the massive Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM in the Tawariki Street shaft in Grey Lynn as part of the construction of ...
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On 19th December 2024, TBM Sushila - which is 160-m in length, with a cutterhead of 9.84 m in diameters and a weight of 2,050 t, reached Green Park Way vent shaft in Ealing, breaking through ...
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Press Release - The Szczecin Western Bypass (ZOS) on the S6 expressway will be nearly 50 km long, including a 5 km tunnel under the Oder River in the Police area - the longest road tunnel in ...
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As of December 2024, the Sill Gorge construction lot, which houses the north portal of the Brenner Base Tunnel, is officially completed.
There are already numerous infrastructures in the ...
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Excavation is now underway near Exhibition Station for the Ontario Line’s TBM launch site. A 16-m deep shaft will become the starting point for two TBMs that will dig a roughly 6 km pair of ...
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TBM Flavia, a colossal tunnel boring machine measuring 200 meters in length, weighing 2,750 tons, and powered by 4,200 kW, is nearing the completion of its excavation journey. Launched in April 2019 ...
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On December 5, 2024 the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) achieved a significant construction milestone in Delhi Metro Phase IV, Package DC-07, with the completion of the longest tunnel ...
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After a cabinet meeting held on 6th December, 2024, Karnataka Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, HK Patil, announced that Bangalore Metro Phase 3A project’s Detailed Project Report ...
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On behalf of the Canadian Tunnelling Association and the 2026 World Tunnel Congress Organizing Committee, I’m pleased to extend my warmest greetings and invite you to take part in this ...
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The Metro Manila Subway Project is thriving with the implementation of TERRATEC’s Continuously Advancing Tunnel Conveyors.
TERRATEC Continuously Advancing Tunnel Conveyors are currently ...
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities earlier this week gave its approval to shift 600 m towards the eastern side the twin tunnels of the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project, ...
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The 2 TBMs that will dig the North East Link road tunnels are a step closer to starting digging. The TBM cutterheads have been lowered into place in Watsonia. Next, the TBMs will be tested and ...
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The 10th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards took place on 28th November 2024 in Genoa at the Magazzini del Cotone, Porto Antico , and was opened by Arnold Dix, the ITA ...
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One of the world's leading and largest events in the tunnelling sector - 113 companies have already booked their trade fair participation. The current demand to exhibit at STUVA-Expo 2025 in Hamburg ...
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As of July 30, 2024, the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB) has made significant progress in excavating tunnels for the Hanoi Pilot Light Metro Line 3, connecting Nhon and Hanoi ...
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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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