TBM Finish at Kárahnjúkar DamThe Robbins TBM which has been used to drill water tunnels at Kárahnjúkar dam, in Iceland's eastern highlands, was turned off on 9th April, 2008 after ...
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Caterpillar Announces Entry into TBM Business with Acquisition of LovatAt the Conexpo construction equipment exhibition in Las Vegas last month, Caterpillar outlined long-term growth expectations, ...
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Channel Tunnel Rail Link Engineer Receives IStructE’s Gold Medal for 2008IStructE has awarded the Gold Medal for 2008 to Mike Glover of Arup for his outstanding contribution to the design ...
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20th National Conference Tunnelling Technology and the EnvironmentThe Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC) organizes the 20th national conference and exhibition "Tunnelling Technology and the ...
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Newsflash - live tunnel ventilation demonstrationA workshop and general assembly on safety and security for railway and metro tunnels is scheduled to take place on 22nd-23rd April at Graz University ...
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Herrenknecht and Robbins TBMs to Dig Northern Sewerage Project Tunnels in MelbourneThe Northern Sewerage Project (NSP) in Melbourne involves the construction of 13 km of new sewer pipes ranging in ...
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Tunnel Makes Breakthrough on Milan-Lecco RailwayThe breakthrough on 27th February, 2008 of the 2,155 m Beverate rail tunnel that links the Airuno and Olgiate Molgora stations, north of Milan, was ...
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Moscow tunnel of deathThe 2.2 km Lefortovo tunnel in Moscow has been nicknamed the "tunnel of death" by local motorists, and watching the video it is not hard to see why. Running underneath the ...
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Robbins TBM Advances Lebanon's Water TunnelThe Kesrouan coastal area water supply project (KCAWSP) in Lebanon is funded by the Ministry of hydraulic and electric resources, the Council for ...
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Royal Opening for Heathrow Terminal 5Queen Elizabeth II officially inaugurated London Heathrow airport's Terminal 5 (T5) on 14th March, 2008, 53 years after opening the airport's first ...
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Tunnel Construction at InnoTrans 2008InnoTrans is a leading trade fair for rail transport technology, with a focus on railway technology, interiors, railway infrastructure, public transport, and ...
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Korea Mould for Precasting EquipmentKorea Mould supplies high quality segment lining products for the world's tunnelling industry and a range of similar products for railway, pipejacking, spun ...
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Sydney to Build Desalination PlantAs part of the New South Wales government's initiatives for sustainable water supply, Sydney Water will build a major seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant. ...
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End of Tunnelling at Mont SionFurther to completing the west bore of the Mont Sion tunnel in June 2007, "Adélaïde" - the TBM produced by Herrenknecht - completed the east tube on 6th March, 2008 ...
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TBMs Ready for Rome Metro LinesLine B1 is the first line where work commenced in October 2005. Then, construction sites for Line C have been prepared at different places throughout the city. ...
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Vancouver Celebrates Breakthrough of Canada Line TunnelThe Canada Line rapid transit project reached a major milestone on 2nd March, 2008 when a 440-tonne, 86 m-long Lovat tunnel boring ...
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TBM Finishes Drilling under Beacon Hill in SeattleA Mitsubishi 600-tonne, 91 m-long, 6.4 m-diameter tunnel boring machine has punched on 5th March, 2008 the second tunnel through Seattle's ...
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China Tunnel Summit 2008The Millennium Hongqiao Hotel in Shanghai will host the China Tunnel Summit 2008 on 20th and 21st March, 2008. The summit will bring together scholars, senior experts and ...
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NFM Technologies Receives Order for Water Diversion Project in ChinaTwo 5.75 m-diameter hard rock tunnel boring machines have been ordered to NFM Technologies as part of the project to divert the ...
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Digging Begins at HindheadResidents in Hindhead point out that they have been waiting 73 years for a bypass to be constructed around their village. Boring work finally got under way on the ...
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Emcor equipment and services for tunnellingEmcor has long experience in the manufacture and supply of machines and consumables to the underground sector in Spain, the EU and the Americas. Equipment ...
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Wanted: Project Director & Planning Engineer, Based In EuropeFor a renowned international Civil Engineering Contractor, IPS Group is looking for suitable candidates for the following two ...
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NFM Technologies Completes First Yangtze River Crossing Tunnel in ChinaThe first of the two NFM Technologies slurry type tunnel boring machines, 11.38 m in diameter, has successfully crossed ...
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Tunnelling Ends on First La Cabrera Tunnel on Madrid-Valencia High Speed LineA joint venture formed by FCC and Sando completed the first tube of the La Cabrera tunnel, the longest tunnel on ...
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Puerto Cabello-La Encrucijada Rail Line in Venezuela is 50% CompleteThe Ezequiel Zamora central railroad system in Venezuela connects, in its first stage, Caracas with the suburban Tuy valley ...
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Third International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS)The third international symposium on tunnel safety and security (ISTSS) will be held at Foresta Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, from ...
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Newsflash: hydraulic excavator operators wanted in AsiaFor a project in Asia starting in 2008, IPS is currently looking for excavator operators for large (70 ton) 360 excavators with hydraulic ...
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New Sandvik Company Profile and FilmSandvik has merged its many product brands under one banner to provide comprehensive tunnelling and underground civil engineering expertise. The company has a ...
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tunnelbuilder.com passes 300,000 readers/year milestoneIn January, 2008, despite the festive season, tunnelbuilder.com achieved its highest-ever readership of 26,989! Over 1,000 tunnellers are now ...
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First Conference on Fire Suppression in Tunnels - Invitation Flyer now Available in German, English, French, Italian and SpanishThe joint IWMA/COSUF conference on fire suppression in tunnels will be ...
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Construction Starts at Shiziyang Tunnel in ChinaMore than 300 Chinese workers have begun excavating a cross-river railway tunnel near the estuary of the Pearl River, in south China on 9th ...
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Construction of Bogota-Fucha-Tunjuelo Wastewater Interceptor Starts in ColombiaThe Bogota water and wastewater agency (EAAB) is responsible for the construction of a wastewater interceptor to ...
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(Portuguese) Readers Invited to Sign Petition in Favour of Serra da Estrela TunnelsThe Serra da Estrela is the highest mountain range in Portugal that rises to 1,993 metres. It is situated between ...
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Bracons Tunnel Breaks Through in SpainThe construction of the second section of the Vic-Olot road axis C-37 in Catalonia is under way between Torelló, in the province of Barcelona, and Sant ...
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Production and Delivery of Microtunnelling Cutter Head Takes only 33 DaysOn 12th December, only 33 days after receiving the order, TunnelTec delivered a microtunnelling cutter head with a diameter ...
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VIATEC 2008 - Show on Road Construction and Infrastructure Maintenance in Mountainous AreasVIATEC will take place from 20th to 22nd February, 2008 in Bolzano, in northern Italy's South Tyrol. The ...
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