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 idea of transparency is one that we most often hear touted in politics and policies. But transparency is a concept that ...
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1000 abstracts is an important result, if compared with the previous editions. The figure is a good indicator of the high expectations for the next WTC 2019 in Naples.
The Organizing Secretariat ...
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Getting the most out of things: This is the motto of the company GHH Fahrzeuge GmbH from Gelsenkirchen, not just for special mining and tunnel construction vehicles. With the inauguration of its new ...
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CBE Group has recently won two sizable contracts in
Australia. The French midcap company will take part in two substantial
projects: the Melbourne metro and the West Gate Tunnel, located in ...
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On the 15.06.2018 the MML (Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima) opened the new Linea Amarilla expressway in Lima in Peru, also named the Via Parque Rimac, linking 11 districts of Lima. The new 9 km ...
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Hard Rock Machine crosses Finish Line Nearly Five Months Ahead of Schedule
In mid-May 2018 the national-record-setting 7.9 m (26 ft) Robbins Main Beam TBM at the Jilin Lot 3 Tunnel broke through. A ...
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Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) awarded the Boring
Company the contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the
Chicago Express Loop, an O’Hare Express service between ...
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Pune is the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra and ninth most populated city of the country. The population of the Pune metro region is more than 6 million. In order to improve ...
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CIPA S.p.A. has recently signed a contract with the company Autostrade per l'Italia which involves the upgrading of tunnels on the A12. The joint venture between Cipa Spa and Paolo Barghi Srl are ...
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The deadline for the project for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 has been extended to June 18th, 2018 (9AM CET). The 2018 edition will take place on 7 November, in Chuzhou-Nanjing during the ...
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On the 07.06.2018 the TBM Masha completed the Southern extension of the Metro Line 1 in Turin.
The TBM, had been launched last November 2017, and has finished driving the last 690 m section between ...
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The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has planned the use of
another TBM to dig the 13km tunnels of the Dudhkoshi Storage Hydroelectric
Project which is currently under study. The TBM will be used ...
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A Robbins Double Shield TBM 5.06 m diameter has had a successful time with its drive as part of the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project. The
Bheri Babai project is the only project in Nepal ...
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The dirt is a newsletter written for the BTSYM (British Tunnelling Society Young Members) so far they have had two issues. The first was in March ...
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The first 100 m of Exploratory tunnel had started being excavated for the Brenner base tunnel overnight the 24th and 25th May. The TBM Serena started at the beginning of May, has now ...
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Costruzioni Elettrotecniche Cear Srl continues to improve Milan's road network by participating in the construction of the M4 underground or "Blue Line", which will connect the historic ...
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The third Road2Tunnel Fair, the International Roads, Bridges
and Tunnels Fair, will bring together all stakeholders involved in the
planning, design, application, and management of international ...
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On 13.05.2018, Ashghal, the Public Works Authority in Qatar,
started the construction of the Mesaimeer pumping station project and sewage
tunnel, a sustainable solution for rainwater and ...
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The Fire Sprinkler International 2018 will be held in Stockholm 13th & 14th of June.
Bocciolone Antincendio S.p.A. the Italian leading manufacturing company for Fire Fighting Equipment and ...
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Dallas Adams delivered a raw and emotional presentation
describing the impact a workplace accident can have on family, friends and
work colleagues.
With his experience in the industry, ...
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Channel Tunnel stays cool and reduces environmental impact on
Eurotunnel, after its first season of operating a new cooling system for
maintaining requisite temperatures in the landmark Channel ...
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On the 28.05.2018 the flagging-off ceremony was held for the Kalkaji Mandir - Janakpuri West section of Line 8 (Magenta Line) in Delhi. The 24.82 km Janakpuri West – Kalkaji Mandir ...
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Moglicë Headrace Tunnel - On May 3, 2018 a 6.2 m
(20.3 ft) diameter Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM broke through, marking the
completion of the first TBM-driven tunnel in Albania. The TBM, ...
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Melbourne will be home to five stunning new landmarks when
the underground stations for the Metro Tunnel open in 2025.
Designs for the stations, unveiled earlier today, combine
functionality, ...
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The 39.259 km Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I with 32
stations will connect 4 corners of the Ahmedabad city with 2 corridors. The
18.522 km North-South Corridor, completely elevated with 15 ...
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A few days left to submit entries - Since 2015, the international competition
"the ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most
ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in ...
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As
Gulermak-TATA Projects JV celebrates the early completion of TBM tunnelling on
Phase 1 A of the Lucknow Metro, Larsen & Toubro India Ltd. gears up for launch on Package 2 of
the Ahmedabad ...
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The Fomento approved the public information document, the
technical document of the project and the Environmental Impact Study for the
northern bypass of Puertollano (Ciudad Real Province). The ...
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Europe’s biggest
infrastructure project is now in its final stages - all the platform screen
doors are installed with testing underway, installation of the overhead power
equipment in the ...
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Construction professionals can tap into
cutting edge approaches to site characterisation and ground risk modelling at
free seminars being run this summer by global geoscience leader ...
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ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 in Chuzhou – One week left to
submit entries
Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA
Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking ...
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LONDON - A British court on Friday overturned government approval for the construction of a controversial road tunnel close to the Stonehenge stone circle, following opposition from ...
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Thames Tideway tunnellers have achieved a significant milestone linking up all three sections of the super sewer project for the first time. West main ...
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The Philippines and Japan on Tuesday, (July 27) formally signed an additional P116-billion (JPY253 billion) loan package to finance the building of the country’s first underground railway...
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All four of the Metro Tunnel’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are being retrieved from underground...
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A High Court judge has ruled that transport secretary Grant Shapps did not break the law when approving the £27.4bn Road Investment Strategy (RIS2)...
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The Formwork, designed and manufactured for the Tunnel des Evouettes, has been pre-assembled and inspected by the client...
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Major work is expected to start in the coming months, with the tunnelling contract awarded by the end of the year and tunnel boring machines in the ...
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The Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel Project will replace the 2.25km-long rail tunnel on the Northeast Corridor in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Project Type...
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ON the evening of Monday July 19, the tunnel boring machine that is working on the construction of the sanitation pipeline in Palma completed the ...
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Following the launch of HS2's first two giant tunnelling machines, Align JV have now begun excavating the first of five shafts that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the ...
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A 6.6m (21.8ft) diameter Robbins Crossover XRE TBM has made its third and final breakthrough for India’s Mumbai Metro Line 3. The project has an estimated cost of US$4.2 billion...
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Start time: 6.00pm AEST. The discussion will cover the concept of a system being an integration of people, process and technology, starting with the end in mind needing to understand the ...
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The construction of a large tunnel system in the District requires the ... To help mitigate construction impacts, D.C. Water partnered with three of the ...
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Join us to celebrate the launch of our tunnel boring machine Hiwa-i-te-Rangi with a self-guided tour of our Central Interceptor construction site. You will be able to immerse yourself in ...
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SCS's contract will involve the construction of a variety of structures and 21km of the line will be in a tunnel created using six tunnel boring machines.
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It is part of a major project to modernise the Trakia railway from Sofia to Bourgas, which has been under construction for 15 years. The hopes are that the ...
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The Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel is a construction project that will bring needed infrastructure improvement to east Dallas, Texas...
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Construction of the latest phase of National Grid’s London Power Tunnels will reach a major milestone later this month with the launch of its second tunnel boring machine (TBM) following ...
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KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): The first of two tunnel boring machines (TBM) which will be used to start excavation works for the Genting Tunnel as part of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project ...
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Singapore’s longest fully underground MRT line – Cross Island Line (CRL – CR108) will be linked to existing MRT lines for seamless connectivity...
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The new IMM management, which solved the financing problem of the lines, downloaded the TBMs (Tunel Boring Machine - Tunnel Boring Machines) ...
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This site known as the Southern laydown area will be used to assemble two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) that will dig 4kms of tunnels for the new ...
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The Boring Company (TBC) unleashed its new tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Prufrock in Las Vegas recently. Prufrock may help Elon Musk's ...
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The largest construction project in Fort Wayne's history recently struck a new milestone with the conclusion of boring for a new sewer tunnel.
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Highways England is seeking feedback on changes to its plans to ...
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We are proud to introduce our renewed EFNARC C2 compatible VR concrete spraying training simulator! The video shows how industry professionals see the importance of operator competence in ...
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): It took over three years and involved boring through more than five miles of bedrock beneath the Summit City, and on Thursday morning, officials announced that the ...
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This month, James and Taylor are at Barn Elms to visit the greenest site on the Tideway project... and to recreate Ireland's famous goal against England at Euro '88...
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The Coffs Harbour Bypass project is a priority for the Australian and NSW governments as the Pacific Highway is a major contributor to Australia's economy. The bypass will be a key link in ...
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It's not every job that you get to use big pieces of machinery deep underneath Auckland...
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Contest to build Tesla of tunnel boring machines ... Musk's competition aim to revolutionise tunnelling methods so advanced smart and efficient ... and mathematics students have been ...
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The 110-year old Hudson River rail tunnels are used by 450 trains a day. Funding for the $11.6 billion project — $9.8 billion for new tunnel construction ...
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Highways England has launched the hunt for a Delivery Assurance Partner to support the delivery of its £1.7bn A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down upgrade past Stonehenge...
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Founder and president of the Himalaya Bachao Samiti Kulbhushan Upmanyu has pleaded for giving priority to the construction of the Chamba-Chowari tunnel beneath the Jot Pass...
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We've been given a first look at one of the completed Sydney Metro railway tunnels under Sydney Harbour. It'll connect North Sydney to Barangaroo. It's a massive project that's been ...
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Look back at the last 20 months of TBM tunnelling with a highlight reel of everything our mighty machines have accomplished so far...
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PAWTUCKET – The Narragansett Bay Commission last Friday broke ground on its Pawtucket Tunnel project, a milestone that’s seen plenty of advance legwork leading up to it...
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A new technical communication solution is now being used in the construction of the double-track railway through Moss...
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Specialist engineering and civils contractor J Murphy & Sons battled through the pandemic year to lift revenue by 26% to a record £1.1bn...
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