Lovat and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Form Strategic AllianceLovat has agreed with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to combine resources and experience to form a worldwide collaboration agreement to provide ...
More Information
Master's Course on Tunnels and Underground WorksGiven the ongoing importance of tunnels and tunnelling in Spain and around the world, the Spanish tunnelling association (AETOS) has set put a ...
More Information
Work Progress on the Apennine Road Bypass to Highway A1 between Bologna and FlorenceAs part of the upgrading of highway A1 Milan-Naples on its Apennine section between Sasso Marconi (Emilia ...
More Information
Groundwater Management at the Variante di ValicoDuring tunnelling, the groundwater seeping from the tunnel face must be treated before being discharged in superficial waters or sewers because, ...
More Information
Upgrading of Section Florence North-Florence South of the A1 HighwaySouth of the Variante di Valico, the highway section running from Barberino di Mugello to North Florence and Incisa, south of ...
More Information
Atlas Copco's Intermat 2006 PreviewIntermat 2006, to be held at Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre on 24th-29th April, is this year's big construction event. Intermat 2006 is proud to ...
More Information
First Section Breaks Through on Line 3 of the Madrid Metro Extended from Legazpi to Villaverde'Guster' has concluded its mission to extend Line 3 of the Madrid metro from Legazpi to San Cristobal de ...
More Information
Rome to Present Project Finance of Metro Line D On 13th April, 2006 at 11:00 am, the project finance of Line D will be presented in Rome at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Room Petrassi in Avenue ...
More Information
400 years of experience at tunneljournalists.comThis week sees the relaunch of one of tunnelbuilder's most popular websites, tunneljournalists.comThe most important part of any company's marketing ...
More Information
Madrid: Biggest Tunnelling Worksite in the WorldMadrid's regional autonomous government, through its transport infrastructure department MINTRA, is implementing during the 2003-2007 term the ...
More Information
Tunnelling to Begin on DLR Extension to Woolwich Arsenal in London
The Docklands Light Railway's extension to Woolwich Arsenal will run from the existing King George V station, going ...
More Information
Reaching Los Teques in 13 Minutes
Metro Los Teques, which will link El Tambor to Las Adjuntas on Line 2 of the Caracas metro, is a new 9.5 km rail line, whereof 6.2 km in tunnel, with ...
More Information
Book on "Fire Protection in Vehicles and Tunnels for Public Transport"Fire Protection in Vehicles and Tunnels for Public Transport is the title of a bilingual German/English book that presents ...
More Information
Tunnelling of Lausanne Metro Nears EndLine M2 of the Lausanne metro in Switzerland, between Ouchy and Croisettes, consists in building a new section between Flon and Croisettes and upgrading ...
More Information
Lausanne Puts the Final Touches to Garbage TunnelAnother major project in Lausanne is TRIDEL, which stands for Traitement et Incinération des Déchets de Lausanne (treatment and incineration of the ...
More Information
Rowa Tunnelling Logistics Back-up for Niagara Falls TunnelA 10,421 m-long tunnel underneath the City of Niagara Falls will feed more water to the existing Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric plant in ...
More Information
Italy Inaugurates Lecco-Ballabio Road Link SS 36 DirThe new road link Lecco-Ballabio (SS 36 dir) opened to traffic on 24th February, 2006 between Lecco and provincial road SP 62 to Val ...
More Information
Security at the Heart of the Double-Deck Tunnel on the A86 West of ParisThe A86 is currently an incomplete orbital highway around the Greater Paris area. Two tunnels will provide the missing links ...
More Information
Stägjitschugge Tunnel to Improve Access to Narrow Zermatt ValleyThe Stägjitschugge tunnel is located on road H213 between the cities of Visp and Zermatt in the Wallis canton, Switzerland. This ...
More Information
Breakthrough of the Campanas Tunnel on the Navarre Canal The Campanas tunnel, on section 4 of the Navarre canal between Tiebas and Añorbe (9.03 km), broke through on 27th February, 2006. ...
More Information
Astaldi Receives New Major Contract for Line 5 of Milan MetroA joint venture led by Astaldi - with Torno Internazionale, Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari, Ansaldobreda, Alstom Trasporti and ATM ...
More Information
Second TBM to Start in March on South Bypass of M-30 Orbital Motorway in Madrid
The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, celebrated the start-up of 'Tizona', a MHI-Duro Felguera TBM ...
More Information
Abdalajis East Tunnel Breaks Through on Cordoba-Malaga High Speed Rail Link
A ceremony presided by Magdalena Alvarez, Spain's minister of public works, was held on 13th February, 2006 to ...
More Information
Second International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS)The second International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS) to be held in Madrid on 15th-17th March will be an ...
More Information
Astaldi-led JV Wins Contract for Line C of Rome Metro with EUR2.17 Billion BidA joint venture headed by Astaldi will design and build the new Line C of the Rome metro, a driverless fully automatic ...
More Information
Expressions of Interest Extended to End April for L-SURFIn March 2005, the EU launched L-SURF, which stands for Large-Scale Underground Research Facility, a planning and organization project for a ...
More Information
Privately Financed Project Proposed for Road Connection in North MilanAt the conference "Underground roads: an opportunity to live better on the territory" held on 10th February, 2006 and organized ...
More Information
The Avigliana Bypass Opens for the Winter Olympic Games in TurinOne of the worst traffic black spots in Turin province travelling towards Susa valley was the Avigliana crossing. SITAF inaugurated on ...
More Information
Sealing Gaskets from Phoenix DTThe merger of North German suppliers of elastomer products Contitech AG of Hannover and Phoenix AG of Hamburg has been announced. Both companies are global players in ...
More Information
Automatic Conductor-less Line 1 of the Metro Opens in Turin as City Hosts XXth Winter Olympics
On 4th February, 2006 the first 7.5 km section of Line 1 of Turin's metro has been ...
More Information
Conference and Training Course on Safety in TunnelsItaly today holds the world's main records regarding underground structures. Recently, risks have been increasing due to ageing tunnels while road ...
More Information
Tunnelling & Trenchless Technology in the 21st CenturyThe Institution of Engineers, Malaysia is organizing the International Conference and Exhibition on "Tunnelling and Trenchless Technology in ...
More Information
Lower Northwest Interceptor's Sacramento River Crossings Near Completion
Two tunnels are required to cross the Sacramento River in California. The two tunnels are part of a massive 59.5 km ...
More Information
Fourth TBM Starts at Pajares Railway Bypass in SpainADIF- the administration responsible for the design and construction of Spain's high speed lines - officially launched on 28th January, 2006 the ...
More Information
Wirth Gripper TBM Drives Alborz Tunnel on Shomal Freeway near TehranToday only a two-lane highway with a length of 200 km connects Tehran and the city of Chalus at the Caspian Sea. By 2010 both ...
More Information
First Tunnel in Europe Equipped with Automatic Fire-fighting System Sets New StandardsImproved escape routes and dualling single-tube tunnels are the solutions so far implemented from the ...
More Information
In the Tunnelling Project of the Year (over $100M) category, Costain, Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Bachy Soletanche JV is nominated for its ...
More Information
Afry has secured a €9.4 million order for the installation of a Scada system in connection with the construction of the Nordhavn Tunnel in Denmark ...
More Information
Share this on : The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) has invited bids for the construction of 21 km long tunnel for ...
More Information
SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), September 26 (SeeNews) - Autoceste FBiH, the state-owned motorway operator of Bosnia's Federation, said on Monday it has received eight bids in a ...
More Information
Chinese multinational construction company Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. has been awarded the contract to build a 5.6-kilometre underground ...
More Information
This technology, which can be used on tunnel projects excavated by conventional methods (explosives, hammers or cutters) as well as on underground ...
More Information
NEW DELHI: The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has sought bids for the construction of a 21-km-long tunnel including India’s first undersea tunnel for the ...
More Information
The first tunnel boring machine that arrived from China has been lowered into the site last week, say CMRL officials. A month later, a second TBM ...
More Information
After HS2's first tunnel breakthrough by Tunnel Boring Machine 'Dorothy' at the south portal site in July this year, the front part of the TBM has ...
More Information
At Svanemøllebugten, the tunnel will be constructed using the cut-and-cover method. Due to the upheaval caused by the tunnelling work, ...
More Information
Assembly work on giant precast concrete segments for a new HS2 “green tunnel” in Northamptonshire is set to restart next week...
More Information
The planned cross-border railway tunnel is part of an expansion project for ... Brenner Base Tunnel construction proceeds with major breakthrough.
More Information
After 517 days of drilling for the Bengaluru metro, tunnel boring machine (TBM) `Varada' completed its job on Friday. It completed its second ...
More Information
The construction of a large-scale tunneling project under the Yangtze River starts in east China's Jiangsu Province, September 7, 2022. /CFP...
More Information
Produced by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corp and China Railway 18th Bureau Group Corp, the machine is about 100-meter-long. It can achieve a horizontal turning radius of 200 ...
More Information
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has shown to media work to dig an underwater tunnel for releasing treated water from the facility into the ocean...
More Information
We’re building Brisbane’s first underground stations and right now, deep under the city, those stations are really starting to take shape…
More Information
THREE groups of global construction giants have been short-listed to build the tunnels for a new $34.5 billion rail line under Melbourne's middle ...
More Information
A consortium of Belgian contractor Besix and Denmark's MT Højgaard has won a €346m contract to extend the Nordhavn Tunnel in Copenhagen from the …
More Information
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to conduct an in-depth examination in the UK market related to Sika’s planned acquisition of MBCC Group. Closing is now targeted ...
More Information
Balfour Beatty and client EDF have marked a milestone at Hinkley Point C, lowering the last of six head structures 25 metres to the bottom of the Bristol Channel...
More Information
... of Dudbridge Road A419 and Cainscross Road to create two large shafts that will allow a tunnel boring machine (TBM) to travel underground.
More Information
Breakthrough in Super Nyadi's tunnel construction. Image for Representation. (Photo: Siuri Nyadi Hydropower ). LAMJUNG: A breakthrough has been ...
More Information
We will contribute our many years of experience and proven expertise in tunnel construction and other civil engineering disciplines to this exciting ...
More Information
Sweco has won a SEK32 million (£2.5 million) contract for an extension to Stockholm’s metro between Fridhemsplan and Älvsjö...
More Information
Richardson (Dallas County) – The Mill Creek/Peaks Branch/State Thomas Drainage Relief Tunnel (Mill Creek Tunnel) reached an important milestone last month, when the tunnel boring machine ...
More Information
Pawtucket Tunnel Construction. Aerial view of a 660-lb crawler crane lowering the TBM cutter head into the launch shaft at the main site in ...
More Information
We will contribute our many years of experience and proven expertise in tunnel construction and other civil engineering disciplines to this ...
More Information
There were two major challenges of the project. One was the technical complexity of running tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for 15.5 km under heavily ...
More Information
The 28.3km Taormina-Giampilieri section is also mostly in tunnels. Webuild will use three tunnel boring machines to excavate 25.2 kilometres of ...
More Information
The second tunnel boring machine was recently launched on the scheme to extend the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit (LRT) line in Ontario, ...
More Information
An in depth study found that a new tunnel stretching from Bald Hills to Kedron could be up to six lanes wide and would connect with the airport ...
More Information
The restoration of the Boston Summer Tunnel, which carries traffic ... The construction equipment J.W. White is using on the project includes a ...
More Information
The US$206.7M (£170M) Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel project will provide ... The bored construction work was completed on the tunnel when the ...
More Information
Gulermak - Sam India Builtwell commissioned tunnel boring machine S92 on Monday (8 August) at Bada Chauraha Station for the first 3.619 km ...
More Information
According to media reports, the cost of construction has risen from €41.5 million to €102 million, mainly due to unexpected geological conditions...
More Information
Boring machines will cut through the earth and rock and spoil will be removed from behind the tunnelling machine and will be extracted in ...
More Information
Construction of a new tunnel that will supply northern Hamburg, Germany, with heat from industrial waste started on August 4...
More Information