New allocation from the FTA for section three of the Metro
has received a new allocation of AUD100 million from the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) for the third and final section of the ...
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The launch site - from where the 90 m long TBMs will dig
south west to build the twin tunnels to connect the West Gate Freeway to the
port, city and CityLink in Melbourne - has taken a year to ...
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Finest Bay Area Development has signed a memorandum of
understanding with three Chinese companies, as part of plans to build the 100
km (60 mile) double undersea train tunnel from Tallinn in ...
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Three roadheaders
have met 30 metres underground in the first major breakthrough, connecting two
excavated caverns that will become State Library Station.
The road headers have dug out more ...
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The Bahrain Rail Congress 2019 will be held under the theme
“Designing & Developing a Well Connected, World Class, National Rail
Network in the Kingdom of Bahrain” which is ...
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On the 10th
of July 2019 a second TBM arrived at Parco Solari station in Milan. Thus
completing the excavation of the tunnels from San Cristoforo to Solari, part of
the western section of ...
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Element Construction are looking for a tunnel construction
company to be part of a joint venture on a tunnelling project. The tunnelling
project is to build two parallel tunnels for a highway, ...
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Before tunnelling for the West Gate Tunnel
Project begins in 2019, they need to divert a 600 metre section of the North
Yarra Main Sewer. Diverting a sewer is a massive job that involves ...
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London’s £4.2 billion super sewer is seen from the air as
new pictures reveal deep shafts carved into the banks of the River Thames.
The Thames Tideway tunnel snakes alongside the ...
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On Saturday, July 6th , the second 130m-long TBM arrived at Redcliffe Station for the Forrestfield Airport Link project. TBM Sandy broke through into Redcliffe Station, emerging from her most ...
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Ghella, as part of the Pulse consortium, which is led
by CIMIC Group, has reached contractual and financial close with the State
of Queensland to deliver the Tunnel, Stations and Development (TSD) ...
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Metro NET celebrated the ceremonial naming and unveiling of
its second set of tunnel boring machines that will dig twin subway tunnels
between Beverly Hills and Century City. Subway tunnelling is ...
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The International Seminar on Roads, Bridges and Tunnels, the
ISRBT2019 will take place in Thessaloniki, 7-9 November. It will consist of
three daily Sessions, 7th November: Roads, 8th November: ...
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TERRATEC’s tight radius TBMs are enabling a highly
challenging project alignment for Bangkok’s Metropolitan Electricity Authority
in one of the city’s busiest downtown areas.
In ...
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Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Kathleen has passed its final
inspection and is now ready to launch from Barangaroo next month to dig the
historic rail crossing deep under Sydney Harbour.
The 975 ...
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EXPO Ferroviaria 2019, the 9th International Railway
Exhibition, will take place from Tuesday 1st to Thursday 3rd of October 2019 at
the Rho Fiera exhibition centre, ...
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The Award-winning E-Power Pipe® system, which was developed
by Herrenknecht AG as a new method for the quick and secure installation of
small-diameter cable protection pipes underground for ...
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On the 24th of June TBM 1 which is excavating the Rome Line C arrived near the Colosseum, while TBM 2 has passed the Piazza Celimontana shaft.
After arriving at Fori Imperiali the TBMs, cannot ...
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Construction on the Xi’an utility tunnel project is ongoing.
With estimated total costs of US$2.6 billion, it is currently China’s single
largest infrastructure project. The planned ...
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The government of India, following the IL&Fs financial crisis, cancelled the contracts with first contractors for the construction of the 14-km-long Zojila and 6.5-km-long Z-Morh tunnels on the ...
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Early bird registration for the 26th World Road Congress has
now been extended until the 30th of June. For further information about the
congress please click here. To register for the event ...
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Iisalmi, Finland, June 12, 2019. Normet made history by
demonstrating battery electric emulsion charging in production environment
underground on June 4th in Pyhäsalmi mine, Finland, with ...
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The World
Tunnel Congress (WTC) 2020 will be held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre,
Kuala Lumpur.
Growing numbers
of underground innovations claimed to hold the key to unlock the door to ...
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Sydney Metro’s
third mega TBM has broken through a wall of rock at the new Crows Nest Station,
marking a major milestone in the project which will link the North West Metro
to the CBD and ...
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After appeal Europe's competition enforcer launched an
in-depth investigation on the 14.06.2019
into public financing for a planned €8.7 billion ($9.8 billion) rail and
road tunnel ...
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After relaunching, TBM Grace has now successfully tunnelled
through the station box d-wall (western end). After spending five weeks at
Redcliffe Station, where she underwent scheduled ...
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CIPA S.p.A. is carrying
out the widening excavations of the odd and even tracks on the section of the
Rome Metro C between the well 3.3 and the San Giovanni station. On the left
side of the ...
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It is with deep sadness that The Robbins Company announces
the passing of Richard James Robbins, President and CEO from 1958 to 1993. Dick
passed away surrounded by family on Thursday May 30, 2019 ...
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THE ITA TUNNELLING and UNDERGROUND SPACE AWARDS
2019- 5th EDITION. The 5th edition of the international tunnelling and
underground space awards welcomes new applications, ITA is now calling ...
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The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
announced that on June 6th, the South bound of the 6,927 m Boryeong Undersea tunnel,
Korea’s longest undersea tunnel, had broken ...
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On the 26th May 2019 the 11-km dual two-lane carriageway
Heung Yuen Wai Highway opened to public. The highway includes the 4.8km Lung
Shan Tunnel, 0.7km Cheung Shan Tunnel, 4.5km of ...
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The early registration discount for ‘The 2019 Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course’ ends July 30th. Early registrants will save $100 off the price of full conference ...
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The excavation work along Milan’s new M4 metro line came a
step closer to completion as the consortium responsible for the project led by
Salini Impregilo celebrated the latest breakthrough ...
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TBM Grace
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Grace arrived at Redcliffe
Station last month, breaking through the one-metre-thick eastern station box
wall to a cheering crowd of excited team ...
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Timeco Srl has been operating since 1976 as an Italian
dealer and agent in the world of tunnelling, piling and special foundations. Distinguishing
itself for its professionalism, speed and problem ...
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Refuge chambers are a significant but much-needed
investment. With the growth of safety requirements, refuge chambers have become
commonplace for the safe retreat of personnel engaged in ...
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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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In the first of a special two-part Deep Dive, two of the nation’s leading tunnel engineers use detailed animations to reveal the inner workings of today’s state-of-the-art of tunnel boring ...
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This twin-bore road tunnel under the Thames in east London will link Silvertown to the Greenwich Peninsula. Construction is now underway - we plan to open the new tunnel in 2025...
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India has completed work on the first of four tunnels drilled through the Himalayas to connect the Indian-controlled Kashmir with its northern Ladakh region ...
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For lining tunnel construction works, the excavation of one of the two intake tunnels and launched the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for the Outfall Tunnel.
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‘Florence’ – the first of HS2's ten Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) has completed her first mile of tunnel for the UK’s new high speed railway. Watch this youtube fly through video...
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Watch the successful bore of the Mine Development Machine (MDM)5000, manufactured by Robbins for Fresnillo Plc, Mexico's oldest silver mine. The MDM5000 is ideal for underground mine ...
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The New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Festival 2021 has released its short list of companies...
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Here you may register for STUVA Conference 2021 or log in to your already created user account...
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TunnelSkills are pleased to be attending and exhibiting at the BTS Conference on Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st October...
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National Highways has announced the companies shortlisted for the road building contracts either side of the Lower Thames Crossing...
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At 18.2 km, the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be the world’s longest immersed tunnel for both vehicles and trains. It will take only ten minutes to travel from Denmark to Germany by car and ...
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Two bidders for the Malta-Gozo tunnel project have filed objections after a single bidder was shortlisted to design and build the tunnel.
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The majority of workers will return to Auckland’s huge City Rail Link tunnelling scheme this week as the New Zealand city finally moves out of full lockdown – but project chiefs have ...
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Procurement has begun on the second major contract for the Scarborough Subway Extension project with the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) by Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and ...
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Take a tour inside a HS2 tunnel boring machine (TBM) with one of our tunnelling engineers. Walk the length of this 170m long underground 'factory' and discover how it excavates the 10 mile ...
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The most boring job in Britain! As wide as a house and 500ft long, two monster HS2 drills are chewing their way through the Chilterns. ROBERT HARDMAN hopped on board for an express ride... ...
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It's one year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the Interchange station site in Solihull to announce the formal start of construction on the London-Birmingham phase of HS2...
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A dozen contracts with a value of more than £500M have been revealed as part of the government’s updated National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline...
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Construction of the longest tunnel in Georgia, 9-km long and 15-m in width Kvesheti-Kobi tunnel, has started today, announces the Ministry of Infrastructure...
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The project comprises approximately 2.5 miles of 78-in. welded steel pipeline, and is being constructed by Frontier-Kemper. In addition to the 11,755 ft main line tunnel, Frontier-Kemper’s ...
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The Not-a-Boring Competition happened on September 12th, 2021. We will be sharing updates on all our social media channels. Please make sure to follow us there. We would like to thank our ...
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The project, meant to improve travel between Bergen and the island of Sotra on the west coast, includes a 900m-long suspension bridge and 12.5km of tunnels...
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The project's contractor – the Riverlinx consortium – has revealed that it is getting ready to welcome the TBM to site “so we can reassemble it here ...
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In a recent drone video, Prufrock-2, The Boring Company's newest tunnel boring machine (TBM), was spotted at the tunneling startup's Bastrop, TX location...
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Herrenknecht crews working on the lower half of the tunnel boring machine forward shield. While Metrolinx continues work in Ontario to prepare the launch shaft ...
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Five companies have shown interest in the construction of the much-awaited Jalori tunnel on the Aut-Luhri National Highway connecting Banjar and Anni in ...
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Work on this major Flooding Project commenced within the grounds of Musgrave Park in April 2021. BSG Civil Engineering Ltd. has been appointed as the main contractor for this phase, with ...
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NHSRCL plans to get 3 TBMs for the tunnelling process. Each of the TBMs will progress at a speed of 200-300m per month.The reason for using both techniques ...
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Have you always wanted to know how Keller carries out a large construction site...
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The water tunnel project holds an estimated contract value of $353.9m (AED1.3bn). This project is considered the first of its kind in the region to drain ...
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The Trunk Road T2 and the Cha Kwo Ling(CKL) Tunnel form the middle section of Route 6. They connect the Central Kowloon Route(CKR) to the west and the main tunnel of the Tseung Kwan O –Lam ...
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The two giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that were launched earlier this year to dig the parallel northbound and southbound tunnels have now passed under the ...
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As public demands for sustainable infrastructure grows, urban leaders are taking a closer look at the economic, environmental and social benefits of underground tunnels...
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Don't miss this specialized annual tunneling industry event where you have the chance to share experiences and identify mutual opportunities for growth in tunneling, an industry ...
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At Kramertunnel is going on a full jobsite installation process. KERN Tunneltechnik is supplying several tunnel formworks and machines for secondary lining. The project is being delivered ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) jointly with NJ TRANSIT and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Final Section ...
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