Finest Bay Area Development has signed a memorandum of
understanding with three Chinese companies, as part of plans to build the 100
km (60 mile) double undersea train tunnel from Tallinn in ...
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Three roadheaders
have met 30 metres underground in the first major breakthrough, connecting two
excavated caverns that will become State Library Station.
The road headers have dug out more ...
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The Bahrain Rail Congress 2019 will be held under the theme
“Designing & Developing a Well Connected, World Class, National Rail
Network in the Kingdom of Bahrain” which is ...
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On the 10th
of July 2019 a second TBM arrived at Parco Solari station in Milan. Thus
completing the excavation of the tunnels from San Cristoforo to Solari, part of
the western section of ...
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Element Construction are looking for a tunnel construction
company to be part of a joint venture on a tunnelling project. The tunnelling
project is to build two parallel tunnels for a highway, ...
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Before tunnelling for the West Gate Tunnel
Project begins in 2019, they need to divert a 600 metre section of the North
Yarra Main Sewer. Diverting a sewer is a massive job that involves ...
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London’s £4.2 billion super sewer is seen from the air as
new pictures reveal deep shafts carved into the banks of the River Thames.
The Thames Tideway tunnel snakes alongside the ...
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On Saturday, July 6th , the second 130m-long TBM arrived at Redcliffe Station for the Forrestfield Airport Link project. TBM Sandy broke through into Redcliffe Station, emerging from her most ...
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Ghella, as part of the Pulse consortium, which is led
by CIMIC Group, has reached contractual and financial close with the State
of Queensland to deliver the Tunnel, Stations and Development (TSD) ...
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Metro NET celebrated the ceremonial naming and unveiling of
its second set of tunnel boring machines that will dig twin subway tunnels
between Beverly Hills and Century City. Subway tunnelling is ...
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The International Seminar on Roads, Bridges and Tunnels, the
ISRBT2019 will take place in Thessaloniki, 7-9 November. It will consist of
three daily Sessions, 7th November: Roads, 8th November: ...
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TERRATEC’s tight radius TBMs are enabling a highly
challenging project alignment for Bangkok’s Metropolitan Electricity Authority
in one of the city’s busiest downtown areas.
In ...
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Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Kathleen has passed its final
inspection and is now ready to launch from Barangaroo next month to dig the
historic rail crossing deep under Sydney Harbour.
The 975 ...
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EXPO Ferroviaria 2019, the 9th International Railway
Exhibition, will take place from Tuesday 1st to Thursday 3rd of October 2019 at
the Rho Fiera exhibition centre, ...
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The Award-winning E-Power Pipe® system, which was developed
by Herrenknecht AG as a new method for the quick and secure installation of
small-diameter cable protection pipes underground for ...
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On the 24th of June TBM 1 which is excavating the Rome Line C arrived near the Colosseum, while TBM 2 has passed the Piazza Celimontana shaft.
After arriving at Fori Imperiali the TBMs, cannot ...
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Construction on the Xi’an utility tunnel project is ongoing.
With estimated total costs of US$2.6 billion, it is currently China’s single
largest infrastructure project. The planned ...
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The government of India, following the IL&Fs financial crisis, cancelled the contracts with first contractors for the construction of the 14-km-long Zojila and 6.5-km-long Z-Morh tunnels on the ...
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Early bird registration for the 26th World Road Congress has
now been extended until the 30th of June. For further information about the
congress please click here. To register for the event ...
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Iisalmi, Finland, June 12, 2019. Normet made history by
demonstrating battery electric emulsion charging in production environment
underground on June 4th in Pyhäsalmi mine, Finland, with ...
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The World
Tunnel Congress (WTC) 2020 will be held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre,
Kuala Lumpur.
Growing numbers
of underground innovations claimed to hold the key to unlock the door to ...
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Sydney Metro’s
third mega TBM has broken through a wall of rock at the new Crows Nest Station,
marking a major milestone in the project which will link the North West Metro
to the CBD and ...
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After appeal Europe's competition enforcer launched an
in-depth investigation on the 14.06.2019
into public financing for a planned €8.7 billion ($9.8 billion) rail and
road tunnel ...
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After relaunching, TBM Grace has now successfully tunnelled
through the station box d-wall (western end). After spending five weeks at
Redcliffe Station, where she underwent scheduled ...
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CIPA S.p.A. is carrying
out the widening excavations of the odd and even tracks on the section of the
Rome Metro C between the well 3.3 and the San Giovanni station. On the left
side of the ...
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It is with deep sadness that The Robbins Company announces
the passing of Richard James Robbins, President and CEO from 1958 to 1993. Dick
passed away surrounded by family on Thursday May 30, 2019 ...
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THE ITA TUNNELLING and UNDERGROUND SPACE AWARDS
2019- 5th EDITION. The 5th edition of the international tunnelling and
underground space awards welcomes new applications, ITA is now calling ...
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The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
announced that on June 6th, the South bound of the 6,927 m Boryeong Undersea tunnel,
Korea’s longest undersea tunnel, had broken ...
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On the 26th May 2019 the 11-km dual two-lane carriageway
Heung Yuen Wai Highway opened to public. The highway includes the 4.8km Lung
Shan Tunnel, 0.7km Cheung Shan Tunnel, 4.5km of ...
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The early registration discount for ‘The 2019 Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course’ ends July 30th. Early registrants will save $100 off the price of full conference ...
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The excavation work along Milan’s new M4 metro line came a
step closer to completion as the consortium responsible for the project led by
Salini Impregilo celebrated the latest breakthrough ...
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TBM Grace
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Grace arrived at Redcliffe
Station last month, breaking through the one-metre-thick eastern station box
wall to a cheering crowd of excited team ...
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Timeco Srl has been operating since 1976 as an Italian
dealer and agent in the world of tunnelling, piling and special foundations. Distinguishing
itself for its professionalism, speed and problem ...
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Refuge chambers are a significant but much-needed
investment. With the growth of safety requirements, refuge chambers have become
commonplace for the safe retreat of personnel engaged in ...
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The Metro Tunnel Project in Melbourne has
reached a major milestone with assembly of the first tunnel boring machine
(TBM) underway. Over the coming months, TBM pieces will be lowered into ...
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On 05 June 2019 In a joint statement of intent entitled
“Chance Ceneri 2020”, the three railway CEOs from DB (Deutsche Bahn), SBB
(Swiss Federal Railways) and FS Italiane
agreed ...
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