iPS are pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Mans as Director of Operations for iPS Holdings his appointment began today 01/03/2018. Patrick has been working with iPS for 7 years, as ...
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The XXIII Winter Olympic Games held in Peyongchang (South Korea) have highlighted the major underground works undertaken by Korean authorities and the Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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For all the latest information on the construction of the Melbourne
Metro please click on this link ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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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