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Robbins holes out at Race Course

Robbins holes out at Race CourseAfter five months of tunnelling, a 6.52 m-diameter Robbins EPBM working for Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC) and Soma JV has completed the first 1 km ... More Information

Recession lessons (2)

Recession lessons (2)"To create jobs and help the economy we will bring forward major infrastructure projects like London Crossrail."Rt Hon Gordon Brown, PM, Westminster, 12.11.2008. 46/08. More Information

Short course on rock mechanics, stability and design of tunnels and slopes

Short course on rock mechanics, stability and design of tunnels and slopesProfessor Dr-Ing W Wittke will lead this fifth 4-day course for 30 participants at WBI head office in Aachen, Germany from ... More Information

Robbins opens new Asia Pacific office

Robbins opens new Asia Pacific officeThe Robbins Company of Solon, Ohio has set up a Robbins Asia Pacific Pty Ltd office in Hong Kong to service East Asia, Middle East and Australia. The ... More Information

Piqueras tunnel finally opens to traffic

Piqueras tunnel finally opens to trafficAfter three years of delays due to unforeseen circumstances related to poor ground conditions, and the redesign of the route for environmental reasons, ... More Information

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tunnelbuilder.com - your daily news!Our new server and specially developed software now makes daily updating of tunnelbuilder.com feasible, allowing us to shave even more time off our publishing ... More Information

ANBEL offers personalized tunnelling solutions

ANBEL offers personalized tunnelling solutionsFor more than 40 years Italian company ANBEL has represented leading machinery and tunnel equipment manufacturers, offering personalized solutions to ... More Information

New energy carriers workshop

New energy carriers workshopL-surF Services, a grouping of Ineris, SP, STUVA and VSH is running a workshop "New energy carriers in tunnels and underground installations" in Frankfurt, Germany on ... More Information

Recession lessons

Recession lessons"Those companies that invest in their brands during a recession do better than those who don't.""Parts of the western world will show flat or declining GNP growth in 2009, but this ... More Information

Sokkia and Geodata team up

Sokkia and Geodata team upJapanese manufacturer Sokkia and Austrian company Geodata have joined forces to offer high performance solutions to all geodetic tasks in the field of tunnelling, ... More Information

Sandvik iSURE Drilling Software Revolutionises Professional Tunnelling

Sandvik iSURE Drilling Software Revolutionises Professional TunnellingOnly seamless interaction of drilled pattern, charged explosives and detonator delays can provide optimum excavation results in ... More Information

Sandvik Launches New DTi Series Tunnelling Jumbos

Sandvik Launches New DTi Series Tunnelling JumbosAt an official launch event on 8th-10th October in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland, Sandvik Mining and Construction has taken tunnelling performance to ... More Information

First International Congress on Railroad Crossing through the Central Pyrenees

First International Congress on Railroad Crossing through the Central PyreneesThe Spanish society of civil engineers and the trans-Pyrenean foundation organise in Saragossa, Spain the first congress ... More Information

Workshop "New Energy Carriers in Tunnels and Underground Installations"

Workshop "New Energy Carriers in Tunnels and Underground Installations"L-surF Services, the grouping of INERIS, SP, STUVA and VSH, organises on 20th November, 2008 at the InterCity Hotel in ... More Information

TBMs Get Underway at Jinping II Hydropower in China

TBMs Get Underway at Jinping II Hydropower in ChinaThe 1,571 km Yalong river, a major tributary on the upper reaches of the Yangtze river, is estimated to have 34.62 GW in hydropower resources. The ... More Information

Arrowhead Tunnel Finally Makes Breakthrough

Arrowhead Tunnel Finally Makes BreakthroughA tunnel boring machine that has spent nearly five years burrowing up to 460 metres beneath the San Bernardino mountain range in California surfaced ... More Information

Tunnelling Starts on Line 5 in Milan

Tunnelling Starts on Line 5 in MilanConstruction of the tunnels on the first section of Line 5 of the Milan metro officially began on 1st August, 2008. The section will run almost completely ... More Information

Wirth solutions for tunnels

Wirth solutions for tunnelsA foundation sponsor of tunnelbuilder and a great supporter over the last ten years, Wirth is one of the most durable names in tunnelling. With proven designs for hard and ... More Information

World's Widest TBM Completes Digging in Shanghai

World's Widest TBM Completes Digging in Shanghai The digging of the world's widest tunnel linking Shanghai with Chongming under the Yangtze river was completed on 5th September, ... More Information

Newsflash

NewsflashIn order to respond to the growing demand within International Tunnelling Services, our managing director, Kevin Browning, will be present at some international exhibitions to meet clients ... More Information

Digging Deep for Bogong Hydro Power Station

Digging Deep for Bogong Hydro Power StationThe Kiewa hydroelectric scheme is the largest scheme in Victoria, Australia. It was built over more than 20 years from 1938 until 1961, with construction ... More Information

Lyon-Turin High Speed Line Makes Progress

Lyon-Turin High Speed Line Makes ProgressAfter years of bitter arguing, an agreement on the controversial high speed railway line between Turin, Italy and Lyon, France has been announced on ... More Information

Robbins TBM Overcomes High Overburden at Olmos

Robbins TBM Overcomes High Overburden at OlmosThe coast of Peru is a barren scrubland which proves fantastically bountiful when water is brought to it. And, for centuries, the problem of how ... More Information

Six TBMs to Expand Rome's Metro System

Six TBMs to Expand Rome's Metro SystemThe first of four Herrenknecht TBMs for Line C of the Rome metro officially commenced on 3rd July, 2008 to drive the tunnels starting from the Giardinetti ... More Information

Milestone Hit in Boston CSO Tunnel

Milestone Hit in Boston CSO TunnelThe Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) has notched another successful tunnel boring operation, its fifth in 20 years, as it completed the North ... More Information

Everything Ready for Geofluid

Everything Ready for GeofluidGeofluid, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, will take place from 1st to 4th October, 2008 at the Piacenza Expo exhibition centre in Italy. Geofluid 2008, as for the ... More Information

IUT '08: 2-Day Tunnelling Fair in Sargans, Switzerland

IUT '08: 2-Day Tunnelling Fair in Sargans, SwitzerlandMore than 2,800 visitors took advantage of the IUT '05 in September 2005 in order to aquaint themselves with the latest trends and developments ... More Information

Atlas Copco and Minova sign global distribution agreement

Atlas Copco and Minova sign global distribution agreement Stockholm, Sweden, 19th August, 2008: Atlas Copco today announced that it has signed a global cooperation agreement in the field of ground ... More Information

Colombia Completes La Linea Exploration Tunnel

Colombia Completes La Linea Exploration TunnelThe last blast of dynamite that pulled down the last chunk of rock in the La Linea pilot tunnel on 2nd August, 2008 was preceded and followed by cheers ... More Information

HARBOUR AREA TREATMENT SCHEME STAGE 2A

Drainage Services Department HARBOUR AREA TREATMENT SCHEME STAGE 2ACONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TUNNELSINVITATION TO APPLY FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS The Government of ... More Information

HARBOUR AREA TREATMENT SCHEME STAGE 2A

Drainage Services Department HARBOUR AREA TREATMENT SCHEME STAGE 2ACONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TUNNELSINVITATION TO APPLY FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS The Government of ... More Information

Yacambu-Quibor Water Tunnel Breaks Through

Yacambu-Quibor Water Tunnel Breaks ThroughThe Quibor valley in Lara state, Venezuela occupies an area of some 434 square kilometres with semi-arid climate. It is situated 25 km south of ... More Information

Herrenknecht Celebrates its 30th Anniversary

Herrenknecht Celebrates its 30th AnniversaryTo celebrate its 30th company anniversary, Herrenknecht invited 1,550 employees and 450 guests (customers, business partners, politicians and industry ... More Information

The Ingula pumped storage scheme in South Africa

The Ingula pumped storage scheme in South AfricaThe Ingula (previously Braamhoek) pumped storage scheme project, situated within the Drakensberg mountain range, on the border between the Free State ... More Information

Design and Construction of the Carmel Tunnels in Israel

Design and Construction of the Carmel Tunnels in IsraelThe old part of Haifa, Israel and its major business district and port are located on a narrowish coastal promontary beneath 550 m-high ... More Information

Crossrail Gets Final Approval

Crossrail Gets Final ApprovalThe Crossrail Bill was approved by the House of Lords on 22nd July, 2008 after being amended by the House of Commons on the last day of the parliamentary session. The ... More Information

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CRCHI video

New CRCHI video for world leading underground equipment - Technology innovates the world... More Information

Deer Creek update

Exciting update from the Deer Creek project team! The Wasatch Worm is almost in the ground and will be ready to start tunneling this week. Over the next few months, it will be devouring a ... More Information

Stonehenge tunnel: Underground cabling installed, while other enabling works paused

The scheme, which involves the construction of a new 12.8km two-lane dual carriageway with a 3.2km tunnel under the Unesco World Heritage Site, was ... More Information

Nepal's first transport tunnel being built with Japanese assistance

Nepal and Japan signed the contract for construction of the tunnel on September 23, 2019, while the commencement started on November 14, 2019. More ... More Information

Cowi selected as technical advisor on world's first ever ship tunnel proposed in Norway

Construction is currently estimated to begin next year. The objective of the Stad Ship Tunnel project is to improve the navigability and safety of ... More Information

How Arnold Dix became a Himalayan hero after rescuing 41 workers from Indian tunnel collapse

Arnold Dix slid his hand into a gap in the rock at the entrance to a tunnel where 41 men were trapped alive, put his back against the cold stone and listened, and felt, and listened some ... More Information

Central Interceptor Tunnel Boring Machine

Watercare Services Limited’s Central Interceptor Tunnel Boring Machine, Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, has achieved a significant milestone, reaching 10,000m (10 kilometres) since leaving Māngere in ... More Information

New tunnelling machine joins three others digging high-speed line under London

Construction of the new HS2 line has hit another major milestone with the launch of the fourth – and final – machine being used to build the giant Northolt Tunnel beneath the capital... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing planning decision moves a step closer

On 21 March, the Planning Inspectorate confirmed that the Examining Authority has sent their recommendation report on the Lower Thames Crossing Development Consent Order (DCO) application ... More Information

AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel job

Amtrak is gearing up to dig deep in Baltimore. The railroad company selected ADVANCE, a joint venture between Dallas-based infrastructure firms AECOM and Jacobs, to serve as the delivery ... More Information

Lower Thames tunnel boosts new orders data

UK construction contract awards reached their highest level in February 2024 for seven months, according to one of the industry's data monitoring ... More Information

The incredible new £53m tunnel in Spain linking two pretty cities

The work is part of efforts to modernise the railway line between Ourense and Lugo in the autonomous Galicia region. Spanish construction giant ... More Information

ECRL hits new milestone with the completion of three tunnel excavations in Bentong district

The ECRL project features the construction of 41 tunnels with a total length of approximately 69 km along its rail alignment. Section A (Kota Bharu- ... More Information

Boring Co. receives go-ahead to drill more Vegas Loop tunnels

LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill offered the company access to safety officers after the company was fined $100000 for construction violations ... More Information

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $4 Billion in Support

The project includes construction of a new two-track heavy rail tunnel along the Northeast Corridor from the Bergen Palisades in New Jersey to ... More Information

World's Longest Twin-Lane Tunnel Inaugurated In Arunachal Pradesh

Constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for INR 825 crore, the tunnel is strategically vital due to its proximity to the Line of Actual ... More Information

The £13.3bn tunnel 8.5 miles long that could transform one of the world's biggest cities

The Second Avenue Subway's per-mile construction cost is higher than that of other projects in similar cities like London's Crossrail and Paris's ... More Information

First look inside Silvertown tunnel as TfL confirms summer 2025 opening

... tunnel construction in the face of environmental concerns. Construction is costing about £1bn – with a further £1.2bn due in annual repayments ... More Information

Consortium of Aecom and Arcadis appointed to tunnel and station design contract for Ontario metro

The scope of work for the PTUS contract includes construction of 3km of twin tunnels underneath Pape Avenue between the Gerrard tunnel portal and ... More Information

Snowy Hydro is inching towards powering the nation

... tunnelling progress of one of its critical boring machines ... Some 80 metres underground in temperatures well in excess of 30C, tunnel boring machine ... More Information

Judge rejects challenge to £1.7bn Stonehenge Tunnel

The High Court has thrown out a case brought by campaigners against the £1.7bn Stonehenge Tunnel project. Mr Justice Holgate said most of the ... More Information

9 of the longest underwater tunnels in the world

These stations are the first railway stations constructed under the sea and serve as emergency escape points in case of a disaster. Today, the Seikan ... More Information

EPC contractors sought for Dubai's £17bn sewer tunnels project

The strategic sewerage tunnels project by Dubai Municipality known as the Deep Tunnels Portfolio will involve the construction of wastewater assets ... More Information

The $7BN Mega-Tunnels You've Never Heard Of

But thanks to some incredible underground construction methods, Antwerp is now on course to complete a massive piece of infrastructure it's been ... More Information

3 listed & 2 Unlisted get LOA to build Mumbai Coastal Road Ext

The underground tunnel will run below Malad and Kandivali through the Mangrove creeks and a tunnel boring machine (TBM) will be used for this phase. More Information

New tunnel planned to under the Thames at Tilbury and Gravesend

ianVisits ... tunnel (c) National Grid. Construction will be done by a conventional tunnel boring machine (TBM), which will launch from a 41-metre deep shaft dug ... More Information

Third tunnel breakthrough on Guildford sewage works

A micro-TBM recently broke through on a new tunnel being built for Thames Water's project to relocate sewage treatment works in Guildford. More Information

Japan maglev train project being derailed by Shizuoka stalemate

Opposition in Shizuoka Prefecture emerged from fears the planned tunnel construction for the line could adversely affect the overall volume of water ... More Information

World's most expensive tunnel that ended up costing a whopping £2.3m a day to build

Over 5000 construction workers were employed to complete the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in the United States. More Information

Underground or Elevated Metro Rail – Which One is Better for India?

The cost of tunnel boring machines (TBM) is another significant component. The tunneling cost can be reduced by making longer tunnel contract ... More Information

From Undersea Tunnel To Station Redevelopment

The NHSRCL will construct an adjoining tunnel location as part of the package. To construct this tunnel, the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) with a ... More Information

Second tunnel boring machine for Broadway Subway reaches South Granville Station

The tunnel boring machines will end their journey just before Arbutus Station, which spans two city blocks, with the west block used as the footprint ... More Information

BESIX-MTH awards Nordhavn work to Bravida

... construction of the Nordhavn Tunnel. By & Havn is tasked with developing Ørestad and the port of Copenhagen and runs the daily operations of the ... More Information

After India's first undersea tunnel, Mumbai to get its longest intra-city underground road

... construction with viaducts and modern safety measures. The Coastal Road tunnel is India's first undersea tunnel, constructed using a 12-metre ... More Information

3,200 tonne TBM delivered to France-Italy rail tunnel project

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufactured by German tunnelling and mining firm Herrenknecht has been delivered to the Lyon-Turin Mont Cenis base ... More Information

FPT Industrial engines power the construction of the longest immersed tunnel in the world

The construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel is an important addition to Europe's sustainable transport network of the future. It will offer the ... More Information

Work resumes at Silkyara tunnel after 2 months

On the instructions of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, construction work of protective nature has begun from both Barkot and ... More Information

Webuild Joint Venture awarded Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations Progressive DB contract

Webuild will lead a joint venture to develop the project for the "Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations (PTUS)" section of the Ontario Line, the new rapid transit line that will run through ... More Information

Third Tunnel Boring Machine Lowered at Panagal Park

In a significant milestone for the Chennai Metro Phase 2 project, the third Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has been successfully lowered at the ... More Information