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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Health and Safety at tunnelintelligence.com tunnelintelligence.com provides 50,000 consultants and contractors around the world with the latest information on Health and Safety issues. While the ...
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Newsflash: TBM Operators WantedInternational Tunnelling Services is currently recruiting tunnel professionals for more than 80 TBM's, which are starting on worldwide projects this year. Required are ...
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In the Middle of a Dark TunnelAccording to video recordings of Hrvatske Ceste, the Croatian Motorways, a tunnel can become a place to turn around, stop, or go to the bathroom.View incredible scenes ...
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Robbins TBM Goes on the Fast Track for Papua New Guinea TunnelA 5.6 m-diameter high performance main beam TBM will be delivered on a "fast track" programme just six months after contract signing. ...
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Loch Ness Hydro Tunnel Makes BreakthroughThe Glendoe hydroelectric scheme is the biggest ongoing civil engineering project in Scotland. Upon completion, it will provide enough electricity to ...
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Malaysia Special: SMART Tunnel on National Geographic ChannelAnnually, floods besiege Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city. The Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) project can ...
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Mexico City Invites International Tenders for Construction of Line 12 of its MetroCompanies interested in participating in the construction of the two sections of Line 12 of the Mexico City metro ...
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Lovat Sells Two New TBMs for Shenzhen and Canton Metro ProjectsLovat recently signed a contract to supply two new RME246SE earth pressure balance (EPB) tunnel boring machines to the China Railway ...
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Hallandsås Tunnel Halfway CompletedA total of 8.6 kilometres, or 50%, of the Hallandsås tunnel has been completed. The tunnel boring machine dubbed Åsa, which has built slightly more than two ...
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News Flash: Contractor Forum for Hong Kong The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is undertaking the implementation of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme Stage 2A which ...
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Think Deep in Amsterdam, First Important Event in 2008Amsterdam will be the venue for the international congress on Underground space challenges in urban development on 28th and 29th January, 2008 ...
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Tenders Invited for Construction of Phase 1 of Thames Tideway TunnelThames Water has advertised the GBP300-375 million Phase 1 works on its GBP2.2 billion Thames Tideway tunnel project. Phase 1 ...
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Atlas Copco Gets SEK94 Million Order in TurkeyAtlas Copco has received an order in Turkey to supply tunnelling equipment to the Cengiz-IC Ictas-Belen consortium, which is building a high speed ...
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