Press release - This month, Femern A/S and the main contractor, FLC, held a topping out ceremony at the Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s main construction site in Rødbyhavn on Lolland: the roof and ...
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The Fehmarn Link Business Conference (FLBC) will take place in Rødbyhavn on September 29, 2022 at 9.16. FLBC will primarily focus on the business opportunities that come in connection with ...
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Press release - Earlier this month, another major milestone ahead of tunnelling for the Silvertown Tunnel was achieved when the first elements of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) were lowered into ...
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Lobs Hole - The TBM Lady Eileen Hudson has now excavated 2.2km of the main access tunnel, with 600 m remaining to reach the northern end of the power station complex. Once complete, the TBM ...
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Another milestone has been reached on the construction site of line 16, lot 3 in Champs-sur-Marne in Ile-de-France! Last week TBM Maud, named in honor of Maud Tallet, mayor of ...
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Two giant TBMs – each 90m long, 15.6 m in diameter and 4000 tons in weight - have been ordered from the German supplier Herrenknecht to help build the North East Link’s 6.5km ...
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The Swedish government is implementing the investment in a new road connection for Södertörn between E4 / E20 and road 73 to enable safe, efficient and sustainable travel. The Swedish ...
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At the end of May the 2nd and final shipment of TBM parts for the Broadway Subway Project arrived! Now assembly of the first TBM is under way at the future GNW-Emily Carr Station site. On 14/06/2022 ...
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On 06/06/2022 China Railway 22nd Bureau’ completed the first tunnel of Chengdu Metro Line 18 project, Phase 3. The TBM Excellence broke through and completed 3 months ahead of schedule. The ...
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Göstritz (lot SBT1.1) - On June 8th, 2022, after 8 years of construction, the 1st breakthrough took place between contract lot SBT1.1-Tunnel Gloggnitz and contract lot SBT2.1-Tunnel ...
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The inauguration ceremony of the first TBM to be used to drive the access tunnel of the Gotthard motorway tunnel’s second tube was held on the 09/06/2022. The Client is the Federal Roads ...
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Fuyou tunnel - On June 10th , after 610 days of construction, the Fuyou tunnel part of the Hangzhou-Wenzhou Railway, was successfully completed. It was built by the No. 1 Company of China Railway ...
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CODEL were the first company in the industry to sell dedicated tunnel analysers in the market, releasing the TunnelMaster in 1999. Prior to this, adapted stack emissions analysers for CO and ...
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Two giant TBMs - 90m long, 15.6 m in diameter and 4000 tons in weight - have been ordered from the German supplier Herrenknecht to help build the North East Link’s 6.5km road tunnels that ...
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A massive program of early construction work has kicked off in Clayton today for the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) with the laying a new 630m sewer pipe – dug by a remote-controlled ...
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Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and ...
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The North American Tunneling (NAT) Conference – will be held in Philadelphia from 19-22 June 2022 - is the premier biennial tunneling event for North American tunnelling. This four-day ...
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The final delivery of railway tracks arrived at the Northern Tunnel Portal site in May 2022. In total, 9,570 m of railway tracks have been delivered to site and will be installed in the northern ...
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In response to the overwhelming demand, the deadline for the World Tunnel Congress 2023 for Abstracts' Submission is now extended to the 20 June, 2022. This is your last chance to show your ...
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TERRATEC is pleased to announce the delivery of the first of five 6.61m diameter Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machines (EPBMs) that will be used by Tata Projects Ltd. for its underground ...
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Kahina the TBM built by SELI Overseas, who were employed by Algiers Metro has broken through. The 1380 m tunnel is the longest of the 9.6km El-Harrach – Aeroport section ...
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For over fifty years, TLT-Turbo has developed first-of-their-kind, fine-tuned, and advanced ventilation systems for road, railway and metro tunnels. TLT-Turbo focuses on the system as a whole to ...
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Press release - Epiroc expands its digital solutions portfolio within the construction industry by launching Mobilaris Tunnelling Intelligence, a decision support system for tunnelling ...
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Don’t miss the chance to publish your research/best practices at WTC2023: the deadline of the WTC2023 Abstracts' Submission, is quickly approaching. We would like to thank those who have ...
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On the 19/05/2022 at 13h45 an excavator broke through between lot H71 Eisack undercrossing (built by Webuild) and Lot Mules 2-3 (built by Webuild and Ghella), on the Italian side of the East line ...
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The EUR3.84 bn (SEK40 bn) Norrbotnia/ North Bothnia line is a 270 km new coastal railway between Umea and Lulea for faster, safer and more environmentally friendly travel and transport, which ...
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In Spring 2022, a specialized Robbins 4.1 m (13.5 ft) diameter Main Beam TBM launched in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to complete a critical infrastructure tunnel for contractor SAK Construction. The ...
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Before major construction of the North East Link Tunnels gets underway, North East Link Program (NELP) is asking the local community what they think of the look and feel of what’s planned for ...
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On the 5th May works officially began on the Fehmarnbelt tunnel portal on the Danish side, where train and car traffic will in future run through the 18-km-long tunnel to Germany. A ceremony ...
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The Elizabeth line in London will open on the 24th May 2022, with full services across the entire route introduced by May 2023.
The new railway being delivered by Crossrail Ltd will run ...
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On the 10/05/2022 and for the first time, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration has made a list of prioritized 20 road and tunnel projects for the next 6 years at an estimated cost of ...
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The construction of the 665 km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has recorded overall progress of 28.57 %. The percentage includes construction works in four states, namely Kelantan, Terengganu, ...
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On the 10/05/2022 the joint venture between Al Hassanain (AHC) and Joseph Gallagher Limited (JGL) completed the 1,960 m Sea Outfall tunnel with an internal diameter of 2.2m, part of the Umm Al ...
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On 04/05/2022 a ground breaking ceremony was held for Lot H52 Hochstegen in the presence of Maria Lorenzatto, godmother of the tunnel, along with the various authorities and companies involved. The ...
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Normet has entered into an agreement with Sika to acquire its Aliva Equipment business assets. With the acquisition, Normet supports its growth strategy by strengthening its offering in sprayed ...
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Press release - At its May 5th regular board meeting, the Santa Clara Valley (VTA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to authorize the General Manager/CEO to execute the first in a series of ...
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The Federal and New South Wales Governments have awarded the design and construction contract for the $2.2 billion Coffs Harbour Bypass.
In a joint venture, Gamuda Australia and ...
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The first of the seven tunnels on route of the new railway linking the port town of Koper with the Divača railway junction was broken through on Monday with officials telling the ceremony ...
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The Boring Company has just received approval from the City of Las Vegas, so that the Elon Musk-led company can extend its tunnel network ...
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Tunnelling now due to start from Valenzuela City. Photo Credit: Philippines Department of Transportation. THE first tunnel boring machine (TBM) to be ...
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The decision has now been made to start construction for Tvärförbindelse Södertörn, which will primarily relieve the current road 259 and Södra Länken. Together with Norrortsleden and ...
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Project director Gareth Burden lifts the lid on National Grid’s efforts to rewire London for the next 120 years by burying a 32.5km network asset beneath the capital...
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South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction had bagged the tunnel contract as part of a $2.7 billion deal with the Iraqi government General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), which also ...
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hyperTunnel has received a financial investment from VINCI, a global leader in concessions, energy and construction businesses. The funds will be used for business expansion and to further ...
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Under the First Corridor (between IIT-Kanpur and Naubasta) of Kanpur Metro Rail Project, the first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) segment was lowered ...
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In Göstritz, the miners encountered the Carl tunnel boring machine in the Fröschnitzgraben section, and a narrow passage in the cutting wheel made it ...
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A machine to drill tunnels has been unveiled in Manila; President Duterte called it a gift ‘from the Japanese people to the people of the Philippines’...
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest airport, has been undergoing major improvements underground to build a new train tunnel. NBC’s Tom Costello reports ...
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HS2 has started construction at the site of its first innovative ‘green tunnel’, designed to blend the high speed railway into the landscape and reduce disruption for communities...
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On Tuesday, June 07, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission agreed to enter into an Interim Agreement with The Boring Company (TBC) for its Las Olas Loop project...
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Contract is for the Tavistock Station and Tunnels, as part of the Cross Island Line Phase 1 project in Singapore. Constructed in three phases, ...
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The project included the design and construction of a water mist fire suppression system prototype within the HLC tunnel, the first of its kind to be ...
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Two giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have been ordered to help build North East Link’s 6.5km road tunnels that will fix the missing link in our freeway network, slash travel times by up ...
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Once assembled, the two six-metre-wide machines will be launched separately from the Great Northern Way-Emily Carr Station and tunnel to their removal point at Cypress Street, just east of ...
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The head of Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency, Todor Vassilev, will on June 8 sign contracts worth more than 364.4 million leva (about 186.6 million euro) for the design and ...
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A tandem lifting operation of the tunnel eye for the launch chamber of the Silvertown Tunnel took place in May, following several weeks of careful planning by the Riverlinx team. The ...
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Plans for the Coire Glas hydro pumped storage scheme have taken a significant step forward with the receipt of tenders for the project’s main construction works...
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Travel route of the first Tunnel Boring Machine in Spring 2022...
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Construction is now underway on the job-creating Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) – Victoria’s largest infrastructure investment to date.
The massive transport infrastructure project will not ...
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Work is advancing on the tri-cell launch pit located on the South Island. Excavation in the launch pit will continue as the contractor continuously monitors and adjusts the groundwater ...
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A great milestone has been reached in the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Germany and Denmark. The dredging of the trench needed to realize the 18-kilometer-long immersed ...
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Here is a recent look at the construction of the new Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape). With the use of a drone, we captured what it would feel like to drop down into the Mercury Lane ...
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Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won a contract worth over DKK4bn (£455m) to fit the 18km-long Femern Tunnel with electromechanical equipment...
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Arup played a key role from the very start, working in joint venture with our partners on infrastructure, tunnelling, geotechnics, station technical design, fire engineering, acoustics and ...
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Today, the Brunel Museum has become one of 26 small museums to be awarded funding of £3, 500 by the Royal Society in its Places of science scheme to engage communities with their local ...
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Four years since major construction commenced, the massive West Gate Tunnel Project in Victoria is progressing well and has marked another major milestone with the second tunnel boring ...
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China Railway Construction Corporation Limited - At 10 A.M. on April 25th, as the surrounding rock of the last meter of the tunnel arch was ...
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TOKYO -- Japanese contractor Tokyu Construction and its partners have won a 17.75 billion peso ($338 million) order to build subway stations.
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A tunnel boring machine will be used to one day lift and place the pre-constructed segments into the place. Work on the $3.8 billion project has ...
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The tunnelling industry is at a tipping point where sustainability and decarbonisation are at the top of executives’ agendas. To achieve a 1.5°c climate-change target by 2050, the ...
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An 11km toll-free tunnel from Blackheath to Little Hartley has been chosen as the preferred option for section of the Great Western Highway following feasibility analysis and ...
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India News: NEW DELHI: The road and railway ministries and the Border Road Organisation (BRO) have come on board for construction of the country's ...
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Herrenknecht AG in April-end completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on Larsen & Toubro’s second tunnel boring machine, TBM Shiv (S-1310A), for the 125 km Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway ...
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The RiverRenew Tunnel Project in Alexandria, Virginia, reached another major milestone as the tunnel boring machine (TBM) achieved completion of the factory acceptance test on April 29, ...
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The tunnel portal on the Danish side of the fixed link will be chiefly constructed on a 550m by 300m reclaimed area next to the coast. At the ...
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