Victorians will play an important part in the Andrews Labour Government’s Metro Tunnel and West Gate Tunnel projects, naming the six gigantic tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will begin ...
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The Andrews Labour Government today unveiled detailed
designs for the North East Link – giving Victorians their first look at the
state’s biggest ever road project.
With the ...
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This year, you have the unique chance to visit the entire
underground area between the Ahrental access tunnel, Aldrans and Ampass and to
see the different steps required to build a tunnel lining ...
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In July this year the BIM & DIGITAL Awards 2018 were
launched. The awards are part of the SAIE program taking place in Bologna,
Italy from the 17th to the 20th of October 2018.
The aim of the ...
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Work continues on the construction of the Turin Metro, the
TBM Masha, completed the excavation of the Lingotto-Bengasi tunnel line 1, and has
been dismantled and extracted from the back station of ...
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Press release from Bane Nor
Follow the tunnel race in Oslo: The event will be streamed from inside the mountain hall and you are most welcome to take part in the event on this website, ...
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Abstract Submission Deadline - September 30, 2018
Method of Submission - please click here On-line
Abstract Submission Form
Guidelines for submission of abstracts
All
abstracts must ...
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On the 27.08.2018 the TBM ‘Luz de America’ reached the La
Alameda Station, Line 1 of the Quito Metro. The TBM, started excavating from
the Solanda Station in April 2017, and has driven ...
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The Toyo tunnel project includes 18 tunnels divided into two
sections. On the 26.01.2018 FCC Construccion began building section one, this section
will improve connectivity between Medellin and ...
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To date more than 1000m of the main Tesalia tunnel (length
3.4km), which is part of the Pacifico 3 highway in Colombia has been excavated.
The tunnel project will connect Antioquia, the Coffee ...
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Since 2016, the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) has honoured young researchers who dedicate their masters and/or Ph.D. theses to water mist technology. The call for submissions for ...
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Only a Few Exhibit Booths are still available at the IRF
Global R2T Conference & Expo. The IRF Global R2T Conference & Expo will
be held from Nov 7-9, 2018 in Las Vegas, USA. It is your ...
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On the 29th of August 2018 Rosie, the Robbins
Crossover TBM, broke through on the Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel. This tunnel is
the largest part of the Akron Waterways Renewel project. The TBM, ...
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At the heart of the Koralm railway project between Graz and
Klagenfurt in Austria is the 33km-long Koralm Tunnel. The new 130 km
high-performance line consists of 12 new stations, over 100 bridges ...
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The first four of seven TERRATEC TBMs to be used on Mumbai
Metro ’s highly anticipated 33.5km Line 3 underground corridor , in India , are
making good progress .
In early August, ...
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The TBM Chessie, that was custom-made by Herrenknecht for
Dragados USA Inc and Schiavone Construction Co. LLC, is now ready to begin construction
of the New Tunnel under the Thimble Shoal Canal in ...
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In September 2018, work will begin on the new 3,360 m
Castelbello and Colsano bypass, which will lighten transit traffic within the
two towns and improve the traffic movement on the road to the ...
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At the end of July, the ATCOST 21 Consortium (Porr Bau GmbH
Tunnelbau, G. Hinteregger & Soehne Baugesellschaft mbH, Oestu - Stettin
Hoch - und Tiefbau GmbH, Swietelsky Baugesellschaft mbH) and ...
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On August 10, 2018 Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) started the tunnelling for package 01, which comprises of Cuffe Parade, Vidhan Bhavan, Churchgate and Hutatma Chowk stations. The TBM Surya 1, ...
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The TBMs Grace and Sandy, after a detailed maintenance program, have started tunnelling from the Airport Central Station and will install 3291 rings between them before breaking through into the ...
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The first of five mega TBMs has arrived to extend Sydney’s new metro railway deep under the city centre. The TBM arrived at the Marrickville launch site in eight shipping containers and 23 ...
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FLAVIA” joins “VIRGINIA”
The last large component of the TBM “Flavia” has arrived at
the Mules construction site. A short video shows the long journey that began ...
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In July SYTRAL, the transport association for Rhone
Department and Lyon, awarded to the Consortium Implenia (50%)/Demathieu Bard (50%)
the EUR138 million contract to build Lot GC 01 of the Metro ...
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On 07.08.2018 City Utilities unveiled the name for the 121.92
m (400-feet) long TBM – MamaJo! The TBM will dig the 8km (five-mile) Fort
Wayne’s Deep Rock Tunnel at 61 m (200 feet) ...
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An open consultation for the public to talk about the
preparation of an EIA report on the Malta- Gozo tunnel, has been launched by
the Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Development and ...
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If you would like to know about the PIARC conference in Lyon
starting on October 3rd 2018 please click on this link to their brochure.
A representative from the tunnelbuilder team will be ...
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Balfour Beatty VINCI today announces the
appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture.
Mark Davies will take on the role from
Mark Cutler who leaves after a ...
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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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Do you want to see the latest information on HS2?
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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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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