On St Barbaras day the 4th of December 2018 the
southern portal of the Brenner Base tunnel near Fortezza Station broke through.
93 km of the total 230 km that will make up the Brenner Base tunnel ...
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ITALY’S A1 ROAD EXPANSION SUCCESS - Known to many as the Spinal Cord of Italy’s road network, the A1 Autostrada in Italy connects Naples in the south to Milan in the north via Rome and ...
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You can view the winners of the 2018 tunnelling festival by
clicking HERE. 49/18.
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When finished, the tunnel on the Lyon-Turin train line is expected to stretch for nearly 60 kilometers across the French-Italian border"
When finished, the tunnel on the Lyon-Turin train line is ...
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Neustadt an der Donau is a town in Lower Bavaria region of Germany, located on the River Danube. Recently there was requirement for the installation of a new 1,000 mm diameter gas pipeline over a ...
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Press Release - Draka’s Firetuf cable series has grown! The new
Firetuf OFC-LT-SWA fire resistant loose tube cable with steel wire armour, is
designed for harsh environments and to ...
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BART is taking early steps to build a second Transbay rail crossing, perhaps a second Transbay Tube.
Despite BART’s plan to increase capacity through the existing San Francisco’s ...
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Auckland’s Watercare have selected Ghella-Abergeldie Harker Joint Venture as the preferred bidder for the construction of the Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel.
The Central Interceptor ...
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Robbins PR Manager Desiree Willis writes about her adventures visiting the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project in Nepal. To read the blog “Namaste Nepal: How I Learned to Live ...
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This morning (30/11/2018) the Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland Anne Berner and Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia Kadri Simson are in a meeting in Helsinki ...
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HUGE DIGGER AT WORK BENEATH CBD
The Metro Tunnel Project has reached another significant construction milestone, with the launch of a massive roadheader machine that has begun creating the huge ...
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CIPA press release - On the 25.11.2018 the last diaphragm of the RT 3010 Tunnel was demolished: the first tunnel in the rail link between the cities of Relizane and Tiaret, which is part of the new ...
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The 14th International Conference entitled “Underground
Construction Prague 2019” will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from the 3rd to the 5th of June
2019.
On-line ...
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TERRATEC Press release - A new 4.27 m diameter TERRATEC tight radius TBM will enable a challenging alignment on the Bangkok Metropolitan Electricity Authority’s Klong Daan Cable Tunnel , in ...
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The North East Link has gone out to market, and they are
calling for expressions of interest from builders.
Builders are invited to apply to deliver the $200 million
early works package, expected ...
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The operation of the Köhlbrandbrücke is no longer regarded as economically viable beyond 2030. In addition, the bridge, which was inaugurated in 1974 and has a headroom of 53 metres, no ...
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The TBM DiGs conference series provides a specialized
technological forum discussing and exchanging knowledge related to TBM works in
difficult grounds. The 4th edition will be held between the ...
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Super sewer machine starts work as first-of-its-kind
tunnelling apprenticeship launched in UK
As the first machine digging London’s super sewer has
started work, Tideway has announced ...
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Press release - November has seen a high volume of concrete works taking place across our construction sites. At Forrestfield the future station platform walls are being poured, Airport Central ...
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CEC are involved with construction of high value projects across segments like MRTS, National Highways, Bridges, Urban Roads, Railways and SEZ projects. The team includes ...
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On the 12.11.2018 the second of five mega TBMs started tunnelling underneath Sydney. The TBM, named ‘Mum Shirl’, has been launched at the Marrickville site to help bore 31km of tunnels ...
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The Munich S-Bahn system is one of Germany’s largest suburban
rail networks. With 148 stations, 442 km of tracks and approximately 1,000
train journeys a day, the network extends far into ...
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On the 1st if December 2018 the third TBM for the Grand Paris Express project will be launched. The celebrations will include a light show which will be open to everyone who wants to see ...
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The Latest VMT Newsletter is now available. It is their
update about all VMTs current projects, product developments and general topics
that concern VMT. For further information and access to ...
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Over at The Big 5 Heavy team, we strive to make sure that we
help our visitors deal with some of the toughest challenges in the industry.
This year, sponsored by Herrenknecht, we introduce the ...
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On 12.11.2018 a group backing the construction of the
Gateway Tunnel Project released a poll that found support for the first two projects
in the program, the Port North Bridge and Hudson Tunnel ...
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Bane NOR is planning the construction of 10 km of
double-track from Drammen to Kobbervikdalen and from Drammen to Gulskogen, as
part of the ongoing modernization of the Vestfold Line. ...
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The conference dates are 11th & 12th April 2019 and its being run by Enigma Cg.
With over 25 live tenders for construction/development of
new tunnels in just Spain, Switzerland ...
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Camborne School of Mines Association invites the Australasian network to submit Expressions of Interest to showcase projects and work at a one-day workshop followed by a Gala Dinner event on the ...
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The ITA
Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards took place on 07.11.2018 in Chuzhou
(China) following the 20th CTUC conference (Chinese Tunnels and Underground
Works Conference).
The ...
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Lake Mead is one of the largest artificial lakes of the
Unites States. It is formed by the Hoover dam, which dams the Colorado river at
a few kilometres from Las Vegas.
The project involved the ...
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On 22.10.2018 Rio Tinto, Cheslatta Carrier and Haisla First
Nations launched the 1300 t TBM named Tl'ughus (pronounced tahl-ug-us, with
accent on ‘ug’). Tl’ughus is a legendary ...
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Master Drilling and Ghella have announced the creation of TunnelPro this is a Joint Venture to combine expertise and unlock key mining and civil tunnelling projects.
Master Drilling, listed on the ...
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At its recent AGM held on the 17th October 2018, Jim Kirby, a Technical Director at consulting engineer COWI, was appointed as the new chairman of the Pipe Jacking Association. Jim Kirby has 25 ...
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In recent
years, the issue of environmental impact of chemical products for construction
has become increasingly relevant in every field of application. The mechanical
excavation of tunnels with ...
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CIFA latest magazine ‘Made in CIFA’ #20 is now available
please click here to read all their latest news. 44/18.
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The tunnel-way, dubbed the “Vegas loop”, is a nearly $52.5 million ... Reporters and various Las Vegas media entities were shown the project on ...
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THE TRANSPORTATION department has started seeking bidders for the tunneling works contract connecting the South Commuter Railway Project to ...
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After construction crews spent months drilling, digging, mucking, paving, lining and electrifying tunnels, representatives of Las Vegas media were ...
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Construction of Australia’s biggest road infrastructure project has reached another major milestone, with Rozelle Interchange tunnelling passing the half way mark...
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YOU ARE HERE:INNOVATIVE THINKING
Western Isles to mainland Scotland tunnel to be considered
07 APR, 2021 BY CATHERINE KENNEDY
A 27km tunnel linking the Western Isles and mainland ...
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Construction begins on Snøhetta's entrance for the mile-long ship tunnel which will introduce a safe passage for large vessels along the turbulent ...
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Egis has successfully signed the Contract Agreement with Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) for the design of the Dhaka Metro Line 5 South. Egis, leader of the consortium will work ...
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It is part of the Changzhou-Wuxi Highway which has a total length of 43.9 km. Construction of the underwater tunnel began in January 2018 in east ...
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The La Paz tunnel is located in the La Paz mountain range in Lebrija, a municipality in the department of Santander (Colombia). This region has a warm climate with two annual periods of ...
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“Sir Digs-A-Lot” is one of five finalists out of 1,200 community suggestions for the name of Seattle’s next big underground tunnel boring machine...
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(CNN) — Norway has got the go-ahead to construct what's being billed as the world's first ship tunnel, designed to help vessels navigate the treacherous Stadhavet Sea...
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Cross River Rail will have 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels running deep under Brisbane.
Giant underground factories...
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Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke joint venture has just completed excavation of the ninth and final shaft of the central section of the super sewer project...
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Fugro delivered the ground investigation for Femern Link Contractors, a consortium formed by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Per Aarsleff, Wayss ...
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For his long and distinguished career in tunnelling, dedication to the BTS and commitment to developing young tunnel engineers...
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The tunnel, originally announced in 2017, will bore through just over a mile of the peninsula at its narrowest, southern end and allow ships to avoid the ...
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Two Iseki 1200 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) named after two deities – the Norse goddess Freya and the Greek goddess Artemis – will complete ...
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The scope of work in the project includes the construction of a 10.5km highway, plus five tunnels with a combined length of 4km. The longest of these ...
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The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) recognized nine WSP USA projects for Engineering Excellence..
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Vehicles travel through the Saigon River Tunnel that links District 1 and Thu Duc City, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen...
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The Australasian Tunnelling Conference (ATS2020+1), our premier industry event, will be held in Melbourne on the 10th – 13th May 2021 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre ...
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Tracking devices have been clamped on two 165-metre long boring machines digging the first rail tunnels beneath the Brisbane River. The two giant ...
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Tunnel construction as a climate-friendly source of energy. The Brenner Base Tunnel will relieve transit traffic between Italy and Austria and, incidentally, ...
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More than 20 tunnel boring machines have been put to work to date to build lines 15, 16, 17 and 18 as part of a Grand Paris Express metro expansion ...
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For the first time, LTA will use a large-diameter tunnel boring machine to construct a single tunnel with two tracks in it. CRL1 is slated to commence ...
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True to its dedication to strive for innovation and sustainability, Normet has continued to develop and optimise its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ...
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... two major planning approvals in readiness for the tunnel boring machines to start ... The first tunnelling contracts are likely to be issued in mid-2021.
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Watch the trailer for episode 2 of Tideway’s brand new web series - Tunnel Vision...
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HS2 Ltd has set a construction start date of Spring 2024 for Phase 2a of the project.
The target date for the start of earthworks is revealed in board minutes from December but just ...
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They will build their tunnelling machine and test it against competitors to get top spot.Caption: A render of the Warwick Boring Team's tunnelling device ...
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The M4-M5 Link Tunnels is the first stage of the M4-M5 Link which is being delivered in two stages...
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The Yokohama Loop Northwest Route is a 7.1km-long motorway that connects the Tomei Expressway and the Daisan Keihin Road...
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Tunnel Vision is a new web series from Tideway that will take a closer-then-ever look at the two dozen construction sites that make up the project, its amazing engineering and the people ...
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The NSW Government expects the first of four large tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be in the ground by mid-2023. For more information visit the ...
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Uninterrupted connection was provided in the first tunnel of the Fahrettin Altay-Narlıdere metro line, which is under construction by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality...
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Two former ICE presidents have been brought in to carry out an official feasibility study of a possible Irish Sea crossing...
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Upgrades on the London Underground continue to gather pace, with work progressing on the capacity upgrade at Bank station and the Northern Line Extension programme...
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... LOT main tunnel will consist of approximately 17,000 feet of 144-inch hand-mined diameter tunnel and will be mined with a tunnel boring machine ...
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