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First Tunnel Section on Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway to Open in October in Singapore

First Tunnel Section on Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway to Open in October in SingaporeFrom 26th October, 2007, motorists will be able to move between the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) and the East ... More Information

Martin Knights - First 100 days as ITA President

Martin Knights - First 100 days as ITA PresidentJust three months since the ITA Congress in Prague, and Martin Knight's election to the presidency, and already two ad-hoc meetings with the ITA ... More Information

Innovative Chemistry in World's Longest Railway Tunnel

Innovative Chemistry in World's Longest Railway TunnelThe new edition of BASF's innovation podcast "Chemistry of Innovations" talks about the applications of construction chemicals in extreme ... More Information

UK Invites Consultants to Bid for Support to Planning, Design and Construction of Thames Tideway

UK Invites Consultants to Bid for Support to Planning, Design and Construction of Thames Tideway TunnelUnder pressure from the European Commission whose urban waste water directive requires that ... More Information

Lovat Receives Order for TBM in Spain

Lovat Receives Order for TBM in SpainLovat has signed a contract with a joint venture whose members are FCC, OHL and Copisa for the supply of a new Lovat RME270SE earth pressure balance tunnel ... More Information

Unique Application of Formwork for East Side CSO Tunnel Project in Portland

Unique Application of Formwork for East Side CSO Tunnel Project in PortlandIn Portland, Oregon, a major 20-year USD1.4 billion overhaul programme dedicated to cleaning up the city's Willamette River ... More Information

Italy and France Sign Joint Request for EU Funding for Lyon-Turin High Speed Link

Italy and France Sign Joint Request for EU Funding for Lyon-Turin High Speed LinkItaly and France have made on 16th July, 2007 a joint request for European financing for the Lyon-Turin high speed ... More Information

DLR Completes Tunnel Extension to Woolwich

DLR Completes Tunnel Extension to WoolwichThe tunnel extending the Dockland Light Railway (DLR) under the River Thames to Woolwich Arsenal in East London was completed on time on 23rd July, 2007 as ... More Information

Herrenknecht Appoints New North American Sales Manager

Herrenknecht Appoints New North American Sales ManagerHerrenknecht, the world renowned manufacturer of TBM, shield and mixshield tunnelling machines, microtunnelling systems, shaft sinking ... More Information

TBM Begins Boring Sierra de La Cabrera on Madrid-Valencia High Speed Line

TBM Begins Boring Sierra de La Cabrera on Madrid-Valencia High Speed LineTBM excavation of the longest tunnel has commenced on the future 914 km Madrid-Castilla La Mancha-Valencia-Murcia ... More Information

Atlas Copco Introduces New COP 2238 Rock Drill

Atlas Copco Introduces New COP 2238 Rock DrillAtlas Copco is introducing COP 2238, a new 22 kW hydraulic rock drill for the hole range 51-76 mm. The rock drill is intended for drifting and ... More Information

Overcoming Fault Zones at Bodio on Gotthard Base Tunnel

Overcoming Fault Zones at Bodio on Gotthard Base TunnelLot 452/554 between Bodio and Faido, in the south section of the Gotthard base tunnel, is built by consortium TAT, whose partners are Implenia, ... More Information

Lochkov Tunnel under Construction on Prague South Ring Road

Lochkov Tunnel under Construction on Prague South Ring RoadLot 514 Slivenec-Lahovice of the Prague ring road project is currently under construction. This 6,013 m project, which is located in ... More Information

Austrian and Italian Governments Sign in Vienna Memorandum on Brenner Base Tunnel

Austrian and Italian Governments Sign in Vienna Memorandum on Brenner Base TunnelAustrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, Italy's minister for infrastructure Antonio Di Pietro and the Austrian ... More Information

French-Swiss Cooperation to Build, Operate and Maintain a Cross-border Sewage Tunnel

French-Swiss Cooperation to Build, Operate and Maintain a Cross-border Sewage TunnelThe Canton and Republic of Geneva, Switzerland and the Community of municipalities of the Gex territory (CCPG) in ... More Information

Second Driverless Metro Line Opens in Toulouse

Second Driverless Metro Line Opens in ToulouseToulouse's second fully automatic metro line was inaugurated on Saturday 30th June, 2007 by Jean-Louis Borloo, France's minister for ecology, ... More Information

Record-breaking Robbins TBM Demolishes Rock at Kárahnjúkar

Record-breaking Robbins TBM Demolishes Rock at KárahnjúkarOn 25th June, 2007, a Robbins 7.23 m main beam TBM set its second world record in the 7 to 8 m size range while boring at ... More Information

Vedeggio-Cassarate Tunnel under Construction in Lugano, Switzerland

Vedeggio-Cassarate Tunnel under Construction in Lugano, SwitzerlandThe Vedeggio-Cassarate tunnel in Lugano, Switzerland is the first piece within Lugano’s transport plan. This big scheme ... More Information

Last Breakthrough at Grouft Tunnel in Luxembourg

Last Breakthrough at Grouft Tunnel in LuxembourgThe entrance of the Grouft rescue tunnel was holed through on 18th June, 2007 near the Lorentzweiler-Blaschette road, thus marking the last ... More Information

Work Finishes on Olympic Power Tunnel in London

Work Finishes on Olympic Power Tunnel in LondonConstruction of two tunnels to take power into the Olympic Park has been completed. Four Lovat TBMs dug the two 6 km-long bores, and despite a delay to ... More Information

Betuwe Line Starts Operating between the Netherlands and Germany

Betuwe Line Starts Operating between the Netherlands and GermanyQueen Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the Betuwe line on 16th June, 2007 at Barendrecht station where, besides the Betuwe line, four ... More Information

Preparatory Works at Allegheny River Tunnel in Pittsburgh Awaiting TBM Arrival in August

Preparatory Works at Allegheny River Tunnel in Pittsburgh Awaiting TBM Arrival in AugustThe work to prepare for Pittsburgh's first underwater tunnels is marching forward on schedule. Excavators, ... More Information

First Section of Pajares Tunnel is Completed

First Section of Pajares Tunnel is CompletedOf the five machines used to bore the Pajares high speed rail tunnels in Spain, the NFM Technologies 9.88 m-diameter hard rock tunnel boring machine ... More Information

First, West Mont Sion Tunnel Breaks Through in France

First, West Mont Sion Tunnel Breaks Through in FranceAfter eight months of tunnelling under the Mont Sion, Herrenknecht’s TBM dubbed ‘Adelaide’ has emerged to light on 12th June, 2007 at ... More Information

Loetschberg Base Tunnel Officially Opens

Loetschberg Base Tunnel Officially OpensThe Loetschberg rail tunnel has been officially opened by Swiss transport minister Moritz Leuenberger on 15th June, 2007. Leuenberger and other ... More Information

First LIRR's East Side Access TBM Arrived in NYC

First LIRR's East Side Access TBM Arrived in NYCLong Island Rail Road's East Side access project includes two new tunnels under Manhattan and Queens to connect with the existing 63rd Street tunnel ... More Information

Capilano-Seymour Water Project in Progress in Vancouver

Capilano-Seymour Water Project in Progress in VancouverWater from the Capilano reservoir will be pumped through a 3.8 m-diameter tunnel to the filtration plant in the Lower Seymour Conservation ... More Information

World's Biggest TBMs at Work at Yangtze Tunnel in China

World's Biggest TBMs at Work at Yangtze Tunnel in ChinaThe People's Republic of China is one of the most dynamic economic regions in the world. With its unprecedented growth, the country ... More Information

China's SHMG Takes Control of NFM Technologies amid Booming Domestic Market

China's SHMG Takes Control of NFM Technologies amid Booming Domestic MarketThe Lyon Commercial Court agreed upon the safeguard plan of NFM Technologies on 24th May, 2007. This plan will be approved ... More Information

Grands Goulets Tunnel Breaks Through in Gorges of Vercors

Grands Goulets Tunnel Breaks Through in Gorges of VercorsThe breakthrough of the Grands Goulets tunnel on 27th April, 2007 is a historical milestone for the economic development and the ... More Information

San Cristobal Tunnel Breakthrough in Santiago de Chile

San Cristobal Tunnel Breakthrough in Santiago de ChileThe San Cristobal tunnel will connect Huechuraba and Recoleta, two municipalities north of Santiago de Chile, with Providencia and Las ... More Information

South Tunnel on M-30 South Bypass Opens in Madrid

South Tunnel on M-30 South Bypass Opens in MadridAlberto Ruiz Gallardon, the Mayor of Madrid, inaugurated on 8th May, 2007 the south tunnel of the south bypass on the inner ring road, a 4.2 ... More Information

Andorra Completes Service Tunnel at Dos Valires

Andorra Completes Service Tunnel at Dos ValiresThe 2,870 m-long Dos Valires service tunnel broke through in the Principality of Andorra. The first blast took place on 19th October, 2005 and ... More Information

TBM Breaks Through Beacon Hill in Seattle

TBM Breaks Through Beacon Hill in SeattleA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries tunnel boring machine broke through the east side of Beacon Hill in the Seattle's south end a little after 8:15 a.m on ... More Information

Godwin Pumps at RETC

Godwin Pumps at RETCThe Godwin Dri-Prime® - an automatic self-priming centrifugal pump set available in sizes from 2" to 18" (50 mm to 450 mm) - has been proven in tunnel and shaft ... More Information

Third China International Tunnel and Underground Space Exhibition and Conference

Third China International Tunnel and Underground Space Exhibition and ConferenceThe Third China International Tunnel and Underground Space Exhibition and Conference, or Tunnel China 2007 as it is ... More Information

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PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel in J&K

The tunnel works with the under-construction Zojila tunnel to enhance travel efficiency and road connectivity. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra ... More Information

Metro's tunnel construction on track

Meanwhile, the 'Azad' TBM is already working on the 'up-line' tunnel for the same stretch. After arriving at Transport Nagar, both TBMs were 'dragged' ... More Information

Potomac River Tunnel: Tunnel Forum Meeting

The Potomac River Tunnel project team will provide overviews of the project and the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) 022 Construction Site located at ... More Information

Valley Water District to vote on an additional $9.69 million for Delta Tunnel

Tunnel Boring Machines would launch in both directions from each launch shaft site. ... Tunnel opponents weren't impressed with the 'refined' tunnel ... More Information

The Moles Present 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards

Paul C. Schmall and Anthony J. Binsfeld received the Outstanding Achievement Awards by The Moles, a National Heavy Construction Industry Professional ... More Information

Silvertown Tunnel opening confirmed for April

The tunnel boring machine (TBM), Jill (named after Jill Viner ... bore the second tunnel back towards Newham - a UK engineering first. More Information

Major road tunnel between France and Italy set to reopen after ten years

Discover the reopening of the Tende Tunnel, a crucial link between France and Italy, after a decade of construction. Learn about the project's ... More Information

Opening date for new London tunnel announced

Transport for London (TfL) said construction work and “rigorous testing” of the Silvertown Tunnel are “sufficiently complete” to enable it to set out ... More Information

Meet our Women in Tunneling

Most recently, she was the project geotechnical engineer on the Pawtucket tunnel design in Rhode Island where she assisted in field exploration ... More Information

Five bids submitted to build CPK Łódź tunnel

The contractor will be required to complete the project within 46 months of contract signature. As the tunnel will run beneath densely built-up areas, ... More Information

The new £3.1bn underwater tunnel that will be world's longest and connect continents

A four-mile multi-purpose underwater tunnel is set to link the continents of Europe and Asia and cater to 1.3 million passengers when it opens in 2028... More Information

Prague-Beroun Tunnel Project: Faster Rail Travel in Czechia

The Prague-Beroun tunnel will improve rail travel in Czechia, cutting travel times and easing congestion. This transformative project promises ... More Information

The Longest Road Tunnel on Earth is a Stunning Masterpiece of Engineering

The world's longest road tunnel is a marvel of engineering, planning, and construction that connects the cities of Oslo and Bergen in Norway... More Information

United Utilities names preferred bidder for £2.5billion tunnel project

Water firm United Utilities has announced its preferred bidder to design, build, finance and maintain the replacement of six tunnel sections of ... More Information

World's longest expressway tunnel built in Xinjiang, China

The use of new technologies helped reduce the construction time from 10 years to just over four years... More Information

Procurement kicks off for Norway ship tunnel main contract

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has put out a tender for the £247M main construction contract for the Stad ship tunnel... More Information

The $20-Trillion Tunnel That Could Link New York and London

With the two global cities being over 3,000 miles apart, construction would take several years—the 23.5-mile Channel Tunnel linking .. More Information

HS2 reveals two giant tunnelling machines preparing to dig Euston Tunnel

Engineers have started assembling two massive tunnelling machines that will excavate the final 4.5 miles of underground high-speed railway, connecting HS2 di... More Information

Around 75 tunnel projects worth Rs 49K cr under construction in India

Around 75 tunnel NHAI projects entailing investment of Rs 49,000 crore are under construction in the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. More Information

Spain to study seismic risks for Gibraltar tunnel project linking Morocco

Spain's Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility is moving forward with a seismic study for the proposed tunnel that would link Morocco and ... More Information

Excavation Progresses for the Ontario Line Project

A 16-meter-deep launch shaft marks the starting point for two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) set to create twin tunnels extending approximately 6 ... More Information

Record-breaking open-type TBM rolls off production line

An open-type rock tunnel ... tunnel diameters and numerous fault zones. The project faces multiple construction challenges, including rock bursts and ... More Information

State builders speed up undersea tunnel work

The tunnel will be 17.48 kilometers long, marking a new milestone in China's construction prowess, said Liu Aiwu, CREC4 project manager of the No ... More Information

Spain - Awarded contract for  improving energy efficiency in Pilar de la Horadada tunnel

The company San Jose SA from Tres Cantos (Spain) secured the EUR2.93 million contract, excluding VAT, for compliance with Royal Decree 635/2006 and for improving energy efficiency ... More Information

East West Rail between Bedford and Cambridge to include new tunnels

15 November, 2024 By Thames Menteth Revised proposals for the East West Rail scheme’s section between Bedford and Cambridge include a new section of railway, as well as new stations and ... More Information

Amtrak's $1.6B East River Tunnel Rehab Work Contractors Get Notice to Proceed

Amtrak's $1.6-billion East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project in New York is advancing after construction manager STV Inc./Naik Consulting Group ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine for National Grid's VIP project in Eryri set to arrive in North Wales

National Grid is reaching a major milestone on the Eryri Visual Impact Provision (VIP) scheme with the arrival of its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine hits major milestone on Snowy 2.0 project

The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject recently marked a significant milestone, with one of three tunnel boring machines (TBM), Lady Eileen Hudson ... More Information

Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel Plans Move Forward with Renewed Focus

Discover the ambitious Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel project, set to connect continents in under 30 minutes and revolutionize travel between ... More Information

Alaska Transportation Department to spend $1 million on Knik Arm tunnel study

The results of the feasibility study will give us a better picture of how the project could be constructed, potential costs, and financing options,” ... More Information

Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme

Bowing to pressure to reduce the project's environmental impact two tunnels are now proposed for the new stretch of railway in Cambridgeshire. Design ... More Information

Balfour Beatty VINCI reaches halfway point on key HS2 'green tunnel'

As well as Burton Green, green tunnels will be constructed at Copthall in Hillingdon, Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Chipping Warden and Greatworth, ... More Information

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work (US$1.1 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project to a consortium of ... More Information

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

The London-based contractor will reconstruct 2.5 miles of the highway through downtown Austin and build a link to the future light rail line. AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel ... More Information

Metro Vancouver digs water tunnel designed to withstand 'the big one' under Fraser River

Crews have begun construction on a new $450-million water supply tunnel between New Westminster and Surrey designed to withstand a major earthquake. More Information

Longest tunnel in Poland begins construction

The project, managed by the Polish company Budimex and Turkish Gülermak, includes 10 viaducts and 12 bridges. This unprecedented investment will ... More Information

Watercare Passes Key Milestone On $300M Programme To Improve Wastewater Services

Watercare and McConnell Dowell celebrate Piper's final breakthrough. On Sunday (subs note: November 10), Piper – a tunnel-boring machine – completed ... More Information

Tutor Perini Scores Contracts

The tunnel project includes the construction of two new shafts connecting to the surface and the use of a tunnel boring machine. The completed ... More Information

Bengaluru Metro completes tunnelling for longest underground line

The final breakthrough came from Bhadra, the last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed, which completed a 937-meter stretch from K G Halli to Nagawara ... More Information