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Mont Blanc Tunnel Trial Opens

Mont Blanc Tunnel Trial OpensOn Monday 31st January, 2005 the trial is due to start in Bonneville, France that will investigate charges levelled against various people and companies as a result of ... More Information

Mixed Fortune at Gotthard

Mixed Fortune at GotthardStretching 2 x 57 km between Erstfeld and Bodio, the Gotthard base tunnel will be the longest and deepest in the world. Of the total 153.3 km of access adits, shafts and ... More Information

Koralm Tunnel Receives Financial Backing

Koralm Tunnel Receives Financial BackingThe 32,800 m Koralm rail tunnel on the Graz-Klagenfurt high speed line in Austria moved ahead in December, when a financing agreement was signed and work ... More Information

MSD - Backup for Your TBM

MSD - Backup for Your TBMMSD, a subsidiary company of Herrenknecht AG, is a leading supplier of TBM backup equipment and rolling stock for the transport of mortar, muck, segments and personnel. MSD ... More Information

Robbins Receives Order for Two TBMs for Canadian Job

Robbins Receives Order for Two TBMs for Canadian JobThe Robbins Company received an order for two hard rock TBMs from the Bilfinger Berger / Frucon JV, which will be used to drill the ... More Information

Delhi Opens First Underground Metro Section

Delhi Opens First Underground Metro SectionPrime Minister Manmohan Singh on 19th December, 2004 inaugurated the first underground section of the New Delhi metro, a move expected to cut pollution ... More Information

Spain and France Boost Rail Crossing Project across Central Pyrenees

Spain and France Boost Rail Crossing Project across Central PyreneesAt the Spanish-French summit held in Saragossa on 7th December, 2004 the rail project to cross the central Pyrenees through a base ... More Information

Sireg Geotechnical Products

Sireg Geotechnical ProductsFor nearly 70 years, Italian manufacturer Sireg has been supplying in the geotechnical field, and is now the market leader in thermoplastic-based products. These include ... More Information

Space Technology to Detect Threats to Sites on Earth

Space Technology to Detect Threats to Sites on Earth Vancouver engineers for Amec, the UK engineering services firm, began working to test a down-to-earth use for Satellite Earth Observation ... More Information

World Premiere in Tunnel Lighting with LEDs in Canada

World Premiere in Tunnel Lighting with LEDs in CanadaCanada-based Dellux Technologies certainly challenges common standards in the industry with its Intelligent Tunnel Lightingâ„¢ (ITL) system, a ... More Information

KHI Receives Order for Four Slurry TBMs for Circle Line Section in Singapore - sg/15

KHI Receives Order for Four Slurry TBMs for Circle Line Section in Singapore - sg/15Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has won an order from Taisei for four slurry-type shield TBMs for delivery between ... More Information

Mechanical Shaft Construction Uses Herrenknecht VSM

Mechanical Shaft Construction Uses Herrenknecht VSMIn Kuwait, the first Herrenknecht VSM mechanical shaftsinking rig recently completed a 25 m-deep x 8 m-diameter microtunnelling launch shaft in ... More Information

Headrace Tunnel is Completed at Tala Hydro Project

Headrace Tunnel is Completed at Tala Hydro ProjectDespite fearing yet another delay, the 23 km headrace tunnel of the Tala hydro power project in Bhutan was completed on 8th November, 2004. The ... More Information

All-weather Work at Karahnjukar with Heavy-duty Machinery

All-weather Work at Karahnjukar with Heavy-duty Machinery The Vatnajökull glacier in the northeast of Iceland is an area which can only be accessed under great difficulty. In the winter months from ... More Information

Stockholm's Southern Link Opens

Stockholm's Southern Link OpensSodra Lanken, Stockholm's south ring road, opened on 24th October. It is a 6 km infrastructure, comprising two main parallel 4.5 km tunnels and multiple access ... More Information

Madrid's Second Railway Connection to Open in June 2006

Madrid's Second Railway Connection to Open in June 2006The new railway connection for suburban lines C-3 and C-4 between Atocha and Chamartin railway stations in Madrid is mainly a 7,425 m tunnel, ... More Information

Soumagne Tunnel Breaks Through

Soumagne Tunnel Breaks ThroughBelgium's longest tunnel, between Chênée and Soumagne in Liege province, has holed through on 20th October, 2004 joining the Bay-Bonnet and Vaux-sous-Chèvremont ... More Information

MHI-Duro Felguera To Build TBM for Contract 4 of Pajares Tunnel - es/55

MHI-Duro Felguera To Build TBM for Contract 4 of Pajares Tunnel - es/55MHI-Duro Felguera, S.A., the company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Duro Felguera, clinched a contract ... More Information

Public Consultation for HATS

Public Consultation for HATSThe Hong Kong government is undertaking a public consultation exercise on the way forward for the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2. This consultation exercise ... More Information

Reliable hosting packages on our new tunnelbuilder servers

Reliable hosting packages on our new tunnelbuilder serversTunnelbuilder has three years experience in website hosting, and now looks after 35 client companies. Our latest Linux servers are powered ... More Information

Robbins Receives Two TBM orders for Dahuofang Water Transfer Project in China

Robbins Receives Two TBM orders for Dahuofang Water Transfer Project in ChinaIn the first half of 2004, Robbins received an order for two 8 m open TBMs for the Duhuofang water transfer in Liaoning ... More Information

Correction: Robbins Signs Cooperation Agreement with Dalian Heavy Industrial

Correction: Robbins Signs Cooperation Agreement with Dalian Heavy IndustrialThere is a correction to our piece of news regarding The Robbins Company published in E-News Weekly 40/2004, p.1 dated ... More Information

MS - separation equipment for slurry tunnelling projects

MS - separation equipment for slurry tunnelling projectsFrench manufacturer MS has been at the forefront of separation plant design and manufacture for more than 30 years, having supplied some of ... More Information

Robbins TBM Breaks Through Nancy Creek Tunnel - us/60

Robbins TBM Breaks Through Nancy Creek Tunnel - us/60A Robbins TBM has broken through on 27th September to a construction shaft, thus connecting the two sections of the 13 km Nancy Creek sewer ... More Information

MHI-Duro Felguera Receives Order for World Biggest TBM - es/104

MHI-Duro Felguera Receives Order for World Biggest TBM - es/104FCC and ACS Dragados have placed a EUR40 million order with MHI-Duro Felguera for the supply of possibly the world's biggest EPB ... More Information

World's Fifth Longest Road Tunnel Breaks Through in Taiwan - tw/14

World's Fifth Longest Road Tunnel Breaks Through in Taiwan - tw/14Taiwan on 16th September, 2004 celebrated the final breakthrough, the eighth of its kind since 2000, of what is the world's 5th ... More Information

Atlas Copco Completes Acquisition of Baker Hughes Mining Tools

Atlas Copco Completes Acquisition of Baker Hughes Mining ToolsAtlas Copco North America Inc. has completed its acquisition of Baker Hughes Mining Tools, a division of Hughes Christensen, a division ... More Information

British Tunnel Projects Face Long Road Ahead

British Tunnel Projects Face Long Road AheadThree major British tunnel projects have been slowed by extensive environmental requirements and funding issues.A public inquiry into the GBP150 million ... More Information

Portland's West Side Big Pipe North Drive is Completed

Portland's West Side Big Pipe North Drive is CompletedA Herrenknecht Mixshield TBM named Lewis (machine S-232) has broken through on 31st August into Confluent shaft on Swan Island after a 4-month ... More Information

Dublin Port Tunnel Breaks Through

Dublin Port Tunnel Breaks ThroughThe Herrenknecht EPB TBM excavating the second tube of the Dublin Port tunnel broke through into the reception pit at Whitehall on the 18th August, 2004. The event ... More Information

Tunnel Collapse Kills 29 in India

Tunnel Collapse Kills 29 in IndiaTwenty-nine labourers have been killed on 2nd August after a tunnel shaft collapsed in the Himalayas as part of the works for the Tehri hydro project in the northern ... More Information

New Personnel Vehicle from Normet

New Personnel Vehicle from NormetThe new RBO is a pioneering vehicle designed and built from Normet's experience over 40 years of underground mobile equipment production. Extreme conditions call for ... More Information

Lovat TBM Breaks Through Upper Reach Tunnel of NEIS - us/29

Lovat TBM Breaks Through Upper Reach Tunnel of NEIS - us/29The Traylor / J. F. Shea / Frontier Kemper / Kenny joint venture broke through on 16th July the 3.3 km Upper Reach tunnel of the North East ... More Information

Atlas Copco to Acquire Baker Hughes Mining Tools

Atlas Copco to Acquire Baker Hughes Mining ToolsAtlas Copco North America Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Baker Hughes Mining Tools, a division of Hughes Christensen, a division of Baker ... More Information

Hook Fiber Goes Global

Hook Fiber Goes GlobalFrom its manufacturing base in Seoul, Korea, Hookfiber International Corporation (HIC) is bringing more competition into the steel fibre concrete and shotcrete reinforcement ... More Information

Robbins Breakthroughs in Sydney

Robbins Breakthroughs in SydneyTwo breakthroughs in two days, on July 27th and 29th, made for an eventful week on the Epping to Chatswood Rail Line project in Sydney, Australia. Thiess-Hochtief ... More Information

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IN MEMORIAM - OLIVIER VION (1962-2024)

Through the past decades, the energy and foresight to lead the management of the ITA International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association has been in the hands of Olivier Vion, a man ... More Information

Amtrak awards construction contract for East River Tunnel rehabilitation

The $1.6 billion project calls for demolishing all existing tunnel systems down to the liner, then restoring both tubes. During the project, one tube ... More Information

Strabag in €110 million deal to equip transalpine tunnel

Austrian contractor Strabag has won a €110 million (US$120 million) to equip a transalpine tunnel linking Austria and Slovenia... More Information

19 tunnel boring machines for Manila subway set

A close-up of the tunnel boring machine head, with a diameter of 6.9 meters. ... The first cutter head of the first tunnel boring machine (TBM), named ... More Information

$16 billion Gateway Tunnel Project gets federal funding boost after years of delays

The $16.1 billion project includes a new rail tunnel linking New York and New Jersey — and is set to be open by 2035 ... More Information

Preferred bidder announced for second tunnelling contract

The global consortium of WeBuild S.p.A, GS Engineering and Construction Australia and Bouygues Construction ... Tunnel Project, North East Link ... More Information

Bechtel Picked as CM for $12.7B Single-bore BART Extension

Officials with the VTA are aiming to begin major construction and tunnelling for the $12.7-billion BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project next ... More Information

Stonehenge could be put on world heritage danger list over tunnel plan

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recommended that Stonehenge be listed as ‘World Heritage in Danger’ due to the A303 upgrade scheme and is ... More Information

World’s longest railway tunnel to reopen after a year

The tunnel closed on 10th August last year following the derailment of a freight train, and SBB has since been pushing ahead with repair work... More Information

Afcons Infrastructure Wins Bid for Thane Tunnel Project

Afcons Infrastructure secures the L1 bid for a tunnel project in Thane, marking a significant milestone in infrastructure development. More Information

Kolkata Metro: D-Wall's Construction Work At Victoria Metro Station Is Advancing Swiftly

For the tunnelling work of the stretch from the Khidderpore to Park Street stretch of this Corridor, two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) will be deployed ... More Information

K2D Skøyen – Vækerø

Implenia has been awarded the contract for section K2D Skøyen - Vækerø, which is part of the entire Fornebu line that will be completed in 2030... More Information

Massey Tunnel replacement project hits design-build proposal stage

Tunnel replacement project has finally hit the design-and-build proposal stage. The Transportation Ministry announced Wednesday that three bid ... More Information

Barhale wins £36m East London sewer remediation

Thames Water has appointed Barhale to deliver essential remediation works on a Victorian gravity sewer as it passes above the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway in East London... More Information

Reaping Rewards From Continuous Innovation

In boring underground tunnels for Malaysia's MRTs, Gamuda developed the world's first autonomous tunnel boring machine (A-TBM), utilizing in-house ... More Information

5 of the longest tunnels in the world and how they were built

Since the invention of the tunnel boring machine in 1853, engineers have used advanced technology to drill, blast, and bore into the earth. From ... More Information

Femern - inauguration of the first tunnel element

We are pleased to announce that H.M. King Frederik X will take part in the inauguration of the first tunnel element on the construction site on 17 June. H.M. King Frederik X will arrive at ... More Information

HOCHTIEF-MURPHY Joint Venture (HMJV)

A busy first half of the year on the HOCHTIEF-MURPHY Joint Venture (HMJV) Package 5 Headhouses & M&E contract on National Grid’s LPT Phase 2... More Information

Tesla Cybertruck escorts Boring Co's Prufrock-3 tunnel boring machine

The Boring Company's Prufrock-3 tunnel boring machine (TBM) recently completed a tunnel to Giga Texas, and in true Elon Musk fashion, ... More Information

Kazakhstan’s First Automobile Tunnel and Largest Bridge to be Completed this Year

As reported by the Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport, Kazakhstan’s first automobile tunnel through the Shakpak Baba Pass and the country’s largest bridge over the Bukhtarma Reservoir ... More Information

HRBT Expansion Project hits big milestone, could be on track for early completion

The tunnel boring machine, known as Mary ... construction of our two new bored tunnels,” said Project Director Ryan Banas... More Information

TBMs Pass Factory Test For Lesotho Highlands Water Project

A team of engineers and tunnel experts from the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) together with consultants and contractors working on the Polihali transfer tunnel recently ... More Information

Royal Cargo opts for Goldhofer heavy transport equipment

It has also been in action moving tunnel boring machines (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway project ... machine part posed a significant challenge due ... More Information

Tunnel breakthrough on NI Water's £7.8M Portadown wastewater project

The tunnel boring machine excavated roughly 1,000m3 of material, which would have risen to 8,000m3 of spoil with a more traditional open-cut method. More Information

The Boring Company announces Cybertunnel at Tesla Texas HQ

In January, the company's latest tunnel boring machine (TBM), Prufrock 3, was first spotted near Tesla's Giga Texas. Prufrock-3 has ... More Information

How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater?

Underground construction usually uses powerful tunnel-boring machines to excavate soil directly. This machine is often called a mole for a reason. More Information

Five Huge New Construction Projects Coming To The US

A spokesperson for the project told Newsweek: "The Hudson Tunnel Project is a generational investment that is expected to create 95,000 new jobs and ... More Information

Chennai Metro Corridor 3: Adyar River Tunnel Work Hampered By Geological Setbacks

For the stretch between Greenways Road and Adyar, CMRL engaged two TBMs, 'Kauvery' and 'Adyar.' These machines were launched from Greenways Road ... More Information

French and Danish firms to build Valby 'cloudburst tunnel'

The underground tunnel will be 2,380m long and will be constructed as a drilled tunnel with an internal diameter of 3.4m. The tunnel will have the ... More Information

Howard's approved budgets include $44.9M for Ellicott City tunnel

The Howard County Council has approved a $2.4 billion operating budget for fiscal 2025, along with a $413 million capital construction budget that ... More Information

DC Water Breaks Ground On Potomac River Tunnel Project

DC Water on May 21 hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to officially commence construction activities for the Potomac River Tunnel Project... More Information

Silvertown Tunnel portal connections completed

A complete transformation of the tunnel shape was needed to connect the circular tunnel boring machine (TBM) constructed ... More Information

The $4BN Tunnel to Save Stockholm - The B1M

Above: A tunnel entrance under construction. When it completes in 2030, the $4BN project will be one of the longest road tunnel systems in the world. More Information

OHLA awarded the Gjønnes tunnel in Norway for nearly 160 million euros

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) has awarded the company the design and construction of the Gjønnes tunnel for 156 ... More Information

Utilities tunnel dug through 'challenging' ground conditions under River Tees

Main contractor Farrans Construction worked with specialist contractor Joseph Gallagher to construct the tunnel. During its five weeks of tunnelling ... More Information

China develops world's first boring and blasting machine

In a groundbreaking development, the world's first boring and blasting machine, jointly developed by Tsinghua University and China Railway Science and Industry Group, has successfully ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine wedged in hard rock, leaving Snowy 2.0 hydropower project with new issues

Tunnelling problems are plaguing the $12 billion Snowy 2.0 hydropower project, with a boring machine previously bogged in soft ground now wedged in ... More Information

Construction Complete On New High-Speed Rail Tunnel

Inside the completed Desheng Tunnel, and inset, a Chinese high-speed train. Work on the project is now complete. © China ... More Information

DC Water Breaks Ground on Potomac River Tunnel Project

The Project consists of a large-diameter deep sewer tunnel, diversion facilities, drop shafts, and support structures to capture flows from existing ... More Information