There was great progress digging out the area where the TBMs will be launched from near Lenola Street, Watsonia, for the North East Link – the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway ...
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In April in the South Island launch shaft, the HRBT project team tested the electrical and hydraulic systems of the completely reconstructed TBM Mary. They performed final system tests before ...
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On behalf of its group company, JIMT, TERRATEC delivers the last two of four EPBMs that will be used by FUTSU-OBAYASHI-CEC JV (FOC JV) for the underground works on Taiwan Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit ...
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The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro mega project has achieved another important construction milestone, with a second tunnel excavation completed at Lobs Hole in the Snowy Mountains.
The 2.93-km ...
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On the 29/05/2023 TBM 7, named Houda, broke through at the Becquerel manufact in Sevran, Lot 2, Line 16, as part of the Grand Paris Express route. The contractor consortium is NGE - BTP - Webuild. ...
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On 26/05/2023 Phyllis, the second of two massive TBMs that are excavating twin tunnels for the Broadway Subway Project, broke through to the future Broadway-City Hall Station, marking another ...
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The City of Minneapolis Public Works Department is constructing a new parallel storm tunnel, enlarging a portion of the existing storm tunnel, and constructing a new tunnel access in Downtown ...
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In early May the Norwegian government presented its proposal for a revised national budget for 2023. There it emerged that the cost estimates for the Stad ship tunnel have increased ...
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The American Shotcrete Association (www.shotcrete.org) provides ACI Shotcrete Nozzleman and/or Shotcrete Inspector Certifications worldwide! As the foremost resource for shotcrete application, ...
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On April 12th, the 14.02-meter large diameter CRCHI TBM named 'New Crossing' successfully completed its Lot II tunnel section, by tunnelling the Shanghai airport link line for the first municipal ...
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In preparation for construction of VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project, VTA’s tunnel and trackwork contractor, Kiewit, Shea, Traylor (KST) have developed a Construction ...
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On 15 May 2023 the official ceremony was held for the beginning of the construction of the Florence high-speed bypass which included the new high-speed station Firenze Belfiore.
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The West Gate Tunnel Project marked a major milestone with TBM Bella breaking through in South Kingsville, completing a 4km journey from the west side of the Maribyrnong River under Yarraville, to ...
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The Robbins Main Beam TBM for the Lower Meramec Phase 2 tunnel packs a lot into a small 3.35 m diameter: 360-degree probe drilling, high-performance drive motors, 192 tons of machine. See the ...
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Press Release - The call for abstracts for Eurock 2024 has opened! The European Rock Mechanics Symposium will be held in Alicante (Spain) on July 15-19, 2024. Click here to submit your ...
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The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) is accepting abstracts for its 2024 No-Dig Show to be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence (Rhode Island, USA) ...
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Back in February the Robbins crew and contractor Afcons Infrastructure Ltd (Mumbai)/ Sam India Builtwell Pvt Ltd (Delhi) celebrated the site acceptance test for the first of two 6.65 m diameter and ...
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Traylor-Sundt Construction Joint Venture continues to make progress on the Section 19 Long Tunnel Crossings (PL19TUN) integrated pipeline project in Henderson County, Texas. The project is spread ...
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Press release - TERRATEC 3.14m diameter EPB TBM is making excellent progress for Mithi River Water Quality Improvement Project in Mumbai, India.
TERRATEC 3.14m diameter Earth Pressure Balance ...
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Press release - CIFA will be at Samoter 2023 (area F stands 21-24) while celebrating its 95th anniversary. Since its foundation, CIFA has grown alongside the changes all around the world, ...
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The construction project of Guangzhou Metro Line 18/22, as the largest metro investment in China, has attracted much attention. CRCHI has tailored 52 φ8.8m EPB/Slurry TBMs for the project, ...
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On 25/04/2023 the digital presentation to showcase the World Tunnel Congress 2023 was held online. The actual congress will be between the 12-18 May at the Megaron Athens International Conference ...
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STUVA Expo will take place in Munich on the 8th and 9th of November 2023 alongside the STUVA Conference. Already more than 150 companies have already booked their trade fair ...
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HS2’s construction is helping to keep over 2,000 UK businesses afloat as they continue to tackle difficult economic conditions.
Latest figures from HS2 show that tier two subcontracts ...
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PRESS RELEASE - New tenders, with an estimated value of EUR3 billion, are on the way to build the Mont Cenis base tunnel which is under construction beneath the Alps between France and Italy.
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At the beginning of April NCRTC achieved its first tunnel breakthrough for the Delhi section of the Delhi - Ghaziabad - Meerut RRTS corridor. The TBM Sudarshan 4.1 made the breakthrough from the ...
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On the 17/04/2023 the Bolzano City Council gave the go ahead for RFI to construct the new Virgolo railway tunnel with three tracks and the moving of the Merano line junction. The new Virgolo tunnel ...
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On April 14, 2023 Elsie, one of two TBMs constructing the twin tunnels for the Broadway Subway, brokethrough to the future Broadway-City Hall Station, that will be the busiest and largest station on ...
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Construction of Snowy 2.0 - a critically important, pumped-hydro expansion of the Snowy Scheme in Australia, continues to make progress across multiple worksites. The project involves linking two ...
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HS2 has once again begun tunnelling under the capital, launching its third giant Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in London. The tunnel won’t be used by HS2 trains, but instead will be used to ...
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A conversation between Arnold Dix, President of ITA and Nikolaos Roussos, President of GTS
As the new edition of the WTC in Athens from 12 to 18 May approaches, Arnold Dix, President of the ...
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Marina Beach to Kodambakkam Flyover - The underground section of this corridor is split into two packages (UG-01 & UG-02) each of which contains 4 km of twin tunnels. In order to complete ...
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TERRATEC Tunnel Boring Machines keep on advancing on Surat Metro Rail project in India. TERRATEC is pleased to announce the launch of another EPB TBM for Surat Metro in India. This unit is a ...
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On 28/03/2023 an important milestone was reached for the Brenner Base Tunnel, on the Italian side, at the Mules (BZ) construction site.
After 14 km of excavation and almost 4 years of ...
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Press release - Today [Thursday 30 March] HS2’s tunnelling team in Warwickshire celebrated the milestone breakthrough of tunnel boring machine ‘Dorothy’ as the giant cutterhead ...
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AFFHOLDER (formerly known as SAK Construction, LLC tunneling) will use the TBM named Miss Briella for the Lower Meramec Tunnel Phase 2 project, part of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. ...
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