Dateline Underground Construction 2003It's high time to make travel plans for the UC 2003 conference and exhibition, which takes place at ExCeL, London on 24-25th September. ExCeL is at the old ...
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Wirth Completes Shaft II in Sedrun for Gotthard Base Tunnel in Record TimeThe breakthrough by a Wirth shaft boring machine of the tunnel floor level on 23rd June, 2003 marked another milestone at ...
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Crossrail Gets Green LightThe UK government has given the go-ahead for the £10 billion Crossrail project that will link east and west London. But transport Secretary Alistair Darling has again ...
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Herrenknecht Reports GrowthHerrenknecht AG, in its 2002 Annual Report, has reported sales in excess of €300 million for the first time, consolidating its position as market leader in TBM ...
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Putzmeister Contribute to Building Taiwanese HSR in Record TimeA 345 km high speed railway is under construction in Taiwan between capital Taipeh and Kaohsiung in the south. Numerous Putzmeister ...
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Chancellor Schröder Inaugurates Germany's Longest Road TunnelChancellor Gerhard Schröder inaugurated on 5th July the nearly 8 km-long Rennsteig tunnel, Germany's longest road tunnel linking ...
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Mühlhäuser - world leader in transportation engineeringWesterschelde and Elbe highway tunnels; Athens, Singapore and Barcelona metros; Lesotho, New York and Isafahan water tunnels; ...
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Putzmeister and Sika Form Strategic AllianceSika AG, Baar, Switzerland, a chemical specialities company, and Putzmeister AG, Aichtal, Germany have entered into a strategic global alliance in the ...
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Cat Launches 325 CCR Tunnel ExcavatorThe new 164 kw 35t Cat 325 CCR, with a swing radius of only 1.9 m, is designed specifically for tunnelling. It has a robust undercarriage, and a full size ...
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First TBM Starts Line 9 of Barcelona MetroAn Earth Pressure Balance shield built by NFM Technologies, Wirth's sister company based in Lyon, started driving line 9 in Barcelona from Can Zam in Santa ...
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High Speed Tunnel Starts in BolognaPietro Lunardi, the Italian minister for infrastructure and transport, Vasco Errani, the president of the Emilia-Romagna region, Vittorio Prodi, the president of ...
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Developing DSL BroadbandAccess to DSL Broadband is increasing rapidly, allowing us to install downloadable publications for more tunnelbuilder readers. However, the spread of DSL is not uniform. ...
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Two Wirth EPB Shields for Shiraz Metro - ir/19The Wirth Group's sister company NFM Technologies will deliver two Earth Pressure Balance TBMs to the Shiraz Urban Railway Organization for the Shiraz ...
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France Confirms Lyon-Turin High Speed LinkFrench prime minister Raffarin confirmed to Italian premier Berlusconi France's commitment to build the Lyon-Turin high speed line, loosening the strained ...
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Putzmeister - speed and precision in shotcrete placementFor many years the Putzmeister Wetkret 103 has been the standard wet shotcrete jumbo for tunnels, having made its reputation on durability, ...
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Robbins Receives Order for Three Machines for Kárahnjúkar Hydro ProjectUS TBM manufacturer, The Robbins Company, has received an order for three hard rock TBMs from Italian contractor Impregilo ...
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Zürich Thalwil Tunnel InauguratedSwiss transport minister Moritz Leuenberger inaugurated the second double-track line Zürich-Thalwil on 6th June, 2003. This 10.7 km line allows long-distance ...
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Halcrow sponsors tunnelintelligence.comHalcrow Group is taking up a foundation sponsorship of tunnelintelligence.com, the industry's most-visited bids and awards website. The company is an ...
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Herrenknecht TBM Tackles Gotthard Base Tunnel from NorthThe AGN JV between Murer and Strabag started excavation of the Gotthard base tunnel from the north side at the Amsteg jobsite on 27th May, ...
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Hsuehshan Tunnel Section Breaks ThroughTaiwan's Premier Yu Shyi-kun presided over on 31st May, 2003 the breakthrough ceremony of the 5.7 km western section of the maintenance and emergency gallery ...
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Normet Celebrates Launching of Spraymec 7110 WPC at IntermatIntermat 2003 exhibition held in Paris 13th to 17th May, 2003 has been the occasion for Normet to launch its novelty - Spraymec 7110 WPC ...
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Atlas Copco Displays Impressive Product Line at IntermatAtlas Copco has been at the forefront at the big Intermat show held in Paris 13th to 17th May, 2003. Among the highlights from the Atlas Copco ...
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Extensive Geological Campaign Under Way for Stuttgart 21Stuttgart 21 is one of Deutsche Bahn's largest projects consisting mainly of a comprehensive redesign of Stuttgart's dead-end central station, ...
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Mott MacDonald sponsors tunnelintelligence.comMott MacDonald is taking up a foundation sponsorship of tunnelintelligence.com, the industry's favourite bids and awards website from tunnelbuilder. ...
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EuroTest Survey Assesses Safety in 25 European Road TunnelsThe survey "Safety in Road Tunnels 2003" carried out by several European motoring associations for the European ADAC motoring consortium ...
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Atlas Copco at Intermat 2003Visitors to this year's Intermat exhibition which will be held in Paris 13th to 17th May will be greeted by an array of equipment from the Swedish manufacturer Atlas ...
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Meet IPS at AmsterdamIPS, the supplier of specialist personnel to tunnelling projects, has improved its website so that vacancies and available personnel can now be searched by department. This ...
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Madrid Metrosur Commissioned on Schedule - es/24Madrid, Friday 11th April, 2003 Metrosur was officially opened today, completing the Madrid Metro 1999-2003 extension programme in just 40 months. ...
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Northbound Tunnel Opening for Boston's Big DigThe 2.4 km northbound tunnel on Interstate 93 opened to motorists on 30th March. The tunnel runs under Atlantic Avenue starting near South Station. The ...
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On December 22, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in Kathmandu, the capital city, to provide a ...
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MILAN, November 24, 2012 - The tunnel boring machine (TBM) “Serena” has arrived at the Brenner after excavating more than 14 kilometres in 3.5 years. The milestone marks the end of work on ...
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The construction of Sörnäistentunnel will take place in several phases, with the first stage costing approximately EUR 50 million. During this phase, the northern concrete tunnel section ...
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The Brenner Base Tunnel, a highspeed railway tunnel, will connect Austria and Italy. Once completed, it will be the world’s longest underground railway connection. Reducing current travel ...
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ITD Cementation India Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidder for the civil construction & tunneling contracts of Chennai Metro Line-4’s 10 km underground packages UG-01 and UG-02 ...
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The twin tunnels are a key component of the 45.5-kilometer Davao City Bypass Construction Project in Southern Mindanao, which will begin in Barangay ...
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A new partner is being sought for India’s Chenani-Nashri Tunnel (CNTL) project in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The Indian firm IL&FS Transportation Networks manages CNTL link at present...
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The fourth and final Supava Tunnel, 1.3km long and being built by the Greek firm Avax, on the access road to Peljesac Bridge has been completed...
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New York’s Hudson Tunnel project is entering a new preliminary engineering phase with additional geotechnical investigations at future construction access shaft and fan plant sites, after ...
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The 6.9 km-long Boryeong tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in Korea, will open on Dec. 1 after 11 years of construction...
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Light rail vehicles were recently moving across the Toronto transit route. In a moment that is a glimpse of transit to come, the vehicles were being moved for maintenance...
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The SEK1.2bn (£100M) contract to build a new stage of Stockholm’s metro in Nacka, Sweden, was awarded to Skanska by the Stockholm Regional Council.
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Sometimes a widened creek does the job to alleviate flooding. Perhaps a stormwater detention feature does the trick. Or maybe, if you’re Harris County, Texas and facing massive floods ...
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With local job vacancies ranging from apprenticeships, to site operatives and office-based support roles, BBV is encouraging residents to step forward and consider a career in ...
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Bengaluru Metro Rail's tunnel boring machine (TBM) Varada, which was launched at the Rashtriya Military School station in Vellara in March 2021, ...
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Students from the Fulton Avenue Elementary School flank the boring machine named "Marsh-Mellow © New York State Department of Environmental ...
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Two more tunnel boring machines (TBM) working on the underground section of Namma Metro's (Phase 2) Reach 6 line achieved breakthrough on Thursday ...
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With the last tunnel drilled through on Tuesday, the construction of a railway that will allow Chinese high-speed trains to reach the China-Vietnam border has made a significant step ...
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore has granted two civil contracts for the design and construction works of the Cross Island Line Phase 1 (CRL1)...
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Swedish contractor Peab has won a $42.3m contract from the Swedish Transport Administration to renovate the Tingstad Tunnel, which connects Hisingen to the Gothenburg mainland...
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The final tunnelling breakthrough on the M4-M5 Link Tunnels has been competed, wrapping up a major construction milestone on the WestConnex ...
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Construction on the new tunnel is expected to start in August 2023, according to officials at the bi-state Gateway Development Corporation...
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Strata is excited to announce a new partnership agreement with tunnel boring machine experts, Traylor Bros. Inc. for the distribution of Boraid® specialty enhancement products for TBM ...
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Work will include a 7km undersea stretch, to be constructed using tunnel boring machine and the new Austrian tunnelling method...
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Nevada’s Clark County approved plans for 46-km (29-mile) network of tunnels beneath Las Vegas, NV. The tunnels will be built by The Boring Co. and are an extension of the 2.7-km (1.7-mile) ...
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The Victorian government has signed an $11.1 billion contract with a multinational consortium to build, operate and maintain the North East Link tunnel for 25 years...
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This 5-mile, 35-feet diameter tunnel project is silently making progress despite all the challenges during Covid-19. With 24/6 shifts, we’re more than halfway to see the light at the end ...
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The Thames super sewer has cost almost £4bn and it's designed to clean up the river from raw sewage and rain water. Our Environment Correspondent Tom Edwards has been finding out how the ...
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The transportation system, the Vegas Loop, will go under the Las Vegas Strip and will also link Allegiant Stadium and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Boring also envisions expanding ...
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HS2 Ltd has shortlisted three teams to become the Phase 2a design and delivery partner for the planned section of high-speed rail connecting the West Midlands and Crewe...
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The Lane Construction Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Webuild Group, has broken ground on the Kansas City Levee Flood Risk Management Project. The $258 million U.S. Army Corps of ...
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HS2 Ltd releasing over 250 packages of work for small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, worth millions of pounds...
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National Highways has today announced that Turner & Townsend Limited has been awarded the £23.3 million Commercial Partner contract on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing scheme, the most ...
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Don’t miss out on the #WTC2022! Submit your registration now on our website and take advantage of a substantial discount! You will be able to attend workshops, discover the latest ...
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The second of three offshore tunnels needed for Hinkley Point C’s cooling water system has been completed under the Bristol Channel...
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In a major milestone for Rio Tinto’s Kemano T2 hydropower project in British Columbia, the tunnel boring machine has broken through to complete its journey...
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Bridges, tunnels and viaducts: works in progress to build the highways of the future...
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