Learn from the case studies below at the 11th annual breakthroughs in tunnelling short course. This course will be held from the 10th to the 12th of September 2018 at the University of Denver, ...
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Millions of commuters will benefit from a EUR205 million
loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to
support the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) ...
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The Metropolitan District (MDC) announced that TBM Iris will
be lowered into place this week. The parts will be lowered in separate segments
approximately 61 m (200 feet) down into the South ...
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The Hampton
Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project will move forward with the bored-tunnel
construction method to deliver the next connection across the Hampton Roads harbour,
the Virginia ...
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Also find information about contracts awarded directly by
HS2 Ltd, including the status of current and future opportunities. Just click ...
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Visitors to the West Gate Tunnel’s new information centre will be able to take a virtual drive through the tunnel via a high tech interactive model and learn more about the congestion busting ...
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BBC Two has commissioned Raw to produce a three-part documentary series following the £5bn project to build London’s 20 mile-long ‘super sewer’, cutting through the heart ...
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Turin/Lyon - Before the end of the Summer 2018 the tenders for the French section of the base tunnel TELT will be released. The bi-national co-operation program agreed by the two European Union ...
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The new 6.39 m diameter Earth Pressure Balance TBM will complete a series of complex tunnel drives for Phase 1 of Bangkok’s new Orange metro line , in Thailand . ...
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iPS – Powerful people is opening a new office in the “Energy
Capital of the World”, Houston, Texas. The move is in line with the iPS goals
to serve their clients all over the ...
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Thousands of Victorian jobs seekers can train and upskill as
part of the state’s biggest-ever public transport project thanks to the launch
of MetroHub – a one-stop-shop for jobs and ...
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Preferred contractor selected to build tunnel entrances - A
consortium comprising John Holland, CPB Contractors and AECOM has been selected
as the preferred bidder to deliver the $1 billion Rail ...
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Nepal’s First TBM bores 1,000 Meters in One Month
Nepal’s first tunnel boring machine, a 5.06 m (16.6 ft) diameter Robbins Double Shield, is living up to the nation’s high ...
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4th International Underground Excavations Symposium and
Exhibition is organized by the Chamber of Mining Engineers Istanbul Branch and
Turkish Tunneling Society. The exhibition will be held on ...
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Wessex water are investing around £15 million in building a
new sewer which will ensure their system copes with ongoing and future
development in North Bristol and South ...
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Press release provided by ACCIONA and Gülermak.
This tunnel is part of the Dubai Metro Red Line extension that will connect Nakheel Harbour and Tower station with the site of EXPO 2020 ...
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The list of finalists for this year’s awards has now been released please see below. The awards ceremony will be held in Chuzhou-Nanjing in China from 5-7 November 2018. For further ...
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The construction market is in a transformation phase. The entire construction supply chain is going through a transition phase towards new markets and new production methods. The SAIE show, which ...
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On the 12.07.2018 the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced plans for a EUR1.03 bn (USD1.2 bn) tunnelling project that will improve operational flexibility ...
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Fugro has been awarded a £5.2M site characterisation package
by Align JV as part of design and construction preparation works for HS2 Phase
1 (Area: Central 1).
The international ...
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MESSAGE FROM TARCISIO CELESTINO, ITA PRESIDENT
Dear ITA Friends
The World Tunnel Congress 2018 in Dubai was successful and all the beneficial consequences for the industry are ...
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Geodata offers an easy access to data and information with
24/7 availability is a factor of success for our customers. A high degree of
data integrity and reliability is therefore a key parameter ...
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Massive Metro Project Will Improve Traffic and Rail Congestion in One of India’s Largest Cities
On June 11, 2018, a Robbins Crossover XRE destined for Line 3 of India’s Mumbai Metro ...
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Celebrating its 11th year, the Breakthroughs in Tunneling
Short Course is the longest running and most-attended course of its kind.
Presented by leading practitioners from around the globe, the ...
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Going Underground: Tideway’s first tunnelling machines
lowered 53 metres into the ground
First
two tunnelling machines have been lowered underground
Tunnelling
to ...
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ABSTRACT: Rockbursts in the tight confines of a TBM tunnel can be highly hazardous events given the proximity of vital equipment and workers to the rockburst source, and the space constraints that ...
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If you need more in-depth explanations of Robbins products,
browse through our white papers. These downloadable and printable papers,
written by Robbins employees, cover everything from disc ...
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On 30.06.2018 the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in
Dubai, announced the completion of key tunnelling works for the Route 2020
Project stretching 3.2 km at a depth ranging from 12 to 36 ...
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On the 19.06.2018 TBM
La Carolina reached the end of its underground journey after boring 3.55 km of
tunnel and installing 2,281 concrete rings for the Quito Metro. The TBM began
the ...
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2018 is a special year for Geofluid, as it celebrates its
first 40 years, getting to stage its 22nd edition. at Piacenza Expo from 3rd to
the 6th of October. The Piacenza is around 30,000 square ...
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This week marks the unveiling of Metro Tunnel HQ, an
information centre where visitors can learn how this once-in-a-generation
project will be built and get up-to-date information about works in ...
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The first of five double-shield TBMs which will deliver the
next stage of the Metro is on its way to start digging deep under Sydney on
Australia’s biggest public transport project. The TBM ...
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Mega Projects Call Their Heroes
“Where the Continents Meet” is the motto that best describes the goal of the Expo which will be held in Istanbul, a city that serves as a bridge ...
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Construction and civil engineering companies will be
informed about the Stockholm’s metro extension at the Supplier Day 2018,
organized by SLL (Stockholms lans landsting) on
Tuesday ...
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In early June, TERRATEC successfully completed the Factory
Acceptance Testing of a TR2000 Raise Boring Machine (RBM), which will be
deployed by Peruvian mining contractor INCIMMET on Continental ...
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On the 20.06.2018 Adif completed the excavation of the left
tube of the Requejo tunnel (2.5 km), on the Pedralba de la Praderia - Padornelo
Tunnel subsection (province of Zamora) of the AV ...
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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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