Gulermak, Nurol & Makyol JV gear up for tunnelling on the Ümraniye-Ataşehir-Göztepe Metro Line, in the latest addition to Istanbul’s ongoing mass transportation ...
More Information
On 23.02.2018, just 7 months after beginning the railway infrastructure systems works, the installation of the tracks in the 15.4 km East tube of the Ceneri Base Tunnel have now been ...
More Information
The WTC 2019 will take place from the 3rd to the 5th May 2019 at the Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples. The call for abstract started on 31 January will end on 15 May 2018. All ...
More Information
Chicago’s Albany Park Diversion Tunnel to go online this spring
In Chicago, Illinois, USA Kenny Construction is nearing completion on the Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel. ...
More Information
The Government authorized the construction of new emergency exits in 7 tunnels of the Vitoria/Gasteiz-Bilbao-Donostia/San Sebastian-French Border line, on the Vitoria/Gasteiz-Bilbao route, with a ...
More Information
On the 15.01.2018 the Ministerio de Fomento with the publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE), opened a public information period. This was for an informative study of the N-230 road’s ...
More Information
In order to promote the latest knowledge on current key
issues and to facilitate technical discussions and debate amongst industry
stakeholders, PIARC and its French National Committee have ...
More Information
If you would like to see the full interview with Andy
Mitchell and Nick Sumption on innovation at Tideway please click this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLcIVtg-sY&app=desktop
. ...
More Information
On the 03.02.2018 at the Champigny Plateau site the launch
and the christening of the first TBM on the Grand Paris Express took place.
Nearly 4,000 people attended the event and watched the ...
More Information
TBMs Millicent and Ursula arrived in London for the super
sewer Tideway, the company building London’s super sewer, has welcomed the
first shipment of two more TBMs in preparation for the ...
More Information
15th and 16th March 2018, Hotel Novotel Amsterdam Schiphol
Airport, Amsterdam – Netherlands
Using our last two Editions of Tunnels - Safety & Fire
Protection Conferences held in 2016 ...
More Information
Challenging Ground Conditions are No Match for Talented Team and their TBM
In Jilin, one of the three provinces of Northeast China, a 7.9 m (26 ft) diameter Robbins Hard Rock Main Beam TBM has ...
More Information
The MMRC (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation ) has completed 15-16% of the civil construction for the Mumbai Metro Line 3, the first underground metro line in Mumbai/Bombay.
More Information
Last year on the 27th of October in the hall of the Ministry of Energy
Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia, Debed Hydro
LLC, a subsidiary of the Energy ...
More Information
FAMA, a company in constant development, is increasing its
presence in the international market place. In the last few months they have secured
new contracts in the USA, United Arab Emirates and ...
More Information
On 13.02.2018 the second TBM, launched from Dateo Station on
05.01.2018, has completed the last underground section
from Linate airport to Tricolore Place on the East section of M4 ...
More Information
The Clean Rivers Project is DC Water's ongoing program to
reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO’s), millions of litres of untreated water,
into the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek ...
More Information
From the 5th to the 7th December 2017, the International Forum for Tunnels and Infrastructure of STUVA took place on the grounds of the Stuttgart Messe.
The result of these three days ...
More Information
For all the latest information on the construction of the Melbourne
Metro please click on this link ...
More Information
The 6.8m Robbins Single Shield TBM Nora has started boring
for the Delaware Aqueduct Repair (DAR). The TBM, operated by contractor
Kiewit-Shea Constructors (KSC), will bore a 3.8 km long tunnel ...
More Information
Stones Consult, a World leader in highly qualified Tunnelling Manpower
is proud to announce the opening of its new branch in Nigeria with office
located in Lagos, under the name of Stones Consult ...
More Information
The two-year FinEst Link project has studied the economic
and technical feasibility of a fixed link between Helsinki and Tallinn. The
results of the feasibility study will be published at the ...
More Information
On January 31st the Board of Directors of the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved the financing of Nenskra
Hydropower Plant project (HPP). Provision of a senior ...
More Information
The first locomotive has started work on the new dual-track
1822m Beskyd tunnel delivering equipment for the laying of rail tracks. The
contractor Costruction Association Interbudmontazh completed ...
More Information
Lyon, February 5th, 2018 - NFM TECHNOLOGIES sells its Energy
Business Unit dedicated to the design, implementation and maintenance of
complex mechanical systems for the nuclear, oil & gas ...
More Information
The 18th International Water Mist Conference (IWMC) will
take place in London, UK, on the 19th and 20th of September 2018 at the Grange
City Hotel. The call for papers has now been released. ...
More Information
On the 03.02.2018 the first TBM for the Grand Paris Express
line will be named and launched at Champigny-sur-Marne (Ile de France) at
around 5.30 pm. A decisive step in the progress of the works ...
More Information
The IRF Global Road Conference in conjuction with the Road2Tunnel Global Expo, has become the only international tradeshow of its kind dedicated to Road, Tunnel, and Bridge Construction. With over ...
More Information
The construction of the second Baikal tunnel - the most
important of the Baikal-Amur Main Line (4344 km from Siberia to the East) and
Trans-Siberian modernisation programme - is nearing ...
More Information
CBE Group recently delivered several segment moulds and a
carousel to the city of Chengdu, in the Sichuan province, for an innovative
technical gallery project.
The project’s ...
More Information
The biggest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the southern
hemisphere are on their way to Melbourne, with an order now placed for the two
massive machines that will build the West Gate ...
More Information
ISTT’s
36th Annual International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition is to be held on the
8-9 October 2018 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC),
South ...
More Information
AECOM and the
Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have launched a unique apprenticeship
programme where apprentices gain experience in client, consultant and
contractor roles ...
More Information
In response to c ontinued growth in the Central and South
American Raise Boring Machine s demand , TERRATEC has opened a dedicated new
office in Lima , Peru .
At the end of last year, ...
More Information
In March 2018 the Salini-Impregilo Group will deliver, the DC Water and Sewer Authority the Anacostia River Tunnel project.
The Anacostia River Tunnel in Washington DC (USA) is part of the Clean ...
More Information
Whilst improvement works and lengthy construction times can be tedious for commuters, the importance of keeping a tight check on transport tunnels is paramount. Within construction, usage, ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
THE TRANSPORTATION department has started seeking bidders for the tunneling works contract connecting the South Commuter Railway Project to ...
More Information
After construction crews spent months drilling, digging, mucking, paving, lining and electrifying tunnels, representatives of Las Vegas media were ...
More Information
Construction of Australia’s biggest road infrastructure project has reached another major milestone, with Rozelle Interchange tunnelling passing the half way mark...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
Construction begins on Snøhetta's entrance for the mile-long ship tunnel which will introduce a safe passage for large vessels along the turbulent ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
“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...
More Information
(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...
More Information
Cross River Rail will have 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels running deep under Brisbane.
Giant underground factories...
More Information
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...
More Information
Fugro delivered the ground investigation for Femern Link Contractors, a consortium formed by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Per Aarsleff, Wayss ...
More Information
For his long and distinguished career in tunnelling, dedication to the BTS and commitment to developing young tunnel engineers...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
Two Iseki 1200 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) named after two deities – the Norse goddess Freya and the Greek goddess Artemis – will complete ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) recognized nine WSP USA projects for Engineering Excellence..
More Information
Vehicles travel through the Saigon River Tunnel that links District 1 and Thu Duc City, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
Tracking devices have been clamped on two 165-metre long boring machines digging the first rail tunnels beneath the Brisbane River. The two giant ...
More Information
Tunnel construction as a climate-friendly source of energy. The Brenner Base Tunnel will relieve transit traffic between Italy and Austria and, incidentally, ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
True to its dedication to strive for innovation and sustainability, Normet has continued to develop and optimise its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ...
More Information
... 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.
More Information
Watch the trailer for episode 2 of Tideway’s brand new web series - Tunnel Vision...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
The M4-M5 Link Tunnels is the first stage of the M4-M5 Link which is being delivered in two stages...
More Information
The Yokohama Loop Northwest Route is a 7.1km-long motorway that connects the Tomei Expressway and the Daisan Keihin Road...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
Uninterrupted connection was provided in the first tunnel of the Fahrettin Altay-Narlıdere metro line, which is under construction by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality...
More Information
Two former ICE presidents have been brought in to carry out an official feasibility study of a possible Irish Sea crossing...
More Information
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...
More Information
... 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 ...
More Information