It’s a wrap! A major milestone was achieved earlier this week with tunnelling now complete after tunnel boring machine (TBM) Sandy broke through at the Bayswater dive structure on Monday. ...
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When complete, Sydney’s AUD16.8 billion WestConnex project will provide drivers with 33km of motorway to link western and south-western Sydney with the city, Kingsford Smith Airport and Port ...
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The inauguration of the la Linea tunnel and its emergency tunnel, scheduled by Invias for 29 May 2020, will be delayed due to the slowdown in work imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic.
The La ...
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The Department for Transport has given approval for HS2 Ltd to issue Notice to Proceed to the four Main Works Civils Contractors working on the project.
On the 15/04/20, following on from the ...
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Press release - The first section of the Metro Tunnel is now complete – with Joan and Meg the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) breaking through to complete the journey from Arden Station to the ...
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The National Park Service (NPS) has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) and approved DC Water’s proposal to move forward with construction of the Potomac River Tunnel project.
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TBM Chris, launched in July 2018 has broken through on W Street as part of the Clean River Project in Washington DC. The TBM was named Chris, in honour of Christopher Allen, the assistant ...
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On the 07/04/2020 Minister for Transport Andrew Constance announced the start of the tender process to build almost 50km of new metro railway tunnels between Greater Parramatta and the Sydney CBD on ...
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On the 03/04/2010 the first blast took place to start the first tunnel for the Blue metro Line's extension under Saltsjon and Sodermalm in Stockholm: click here to view the video.
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Due to the current worldwide conditions in regards to COVID-19, the Executive Committee of the STS has decided to cancel all events relating to the Swiss Tunnel Congress scheduled to take place in ...
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The Purple Line Extension Transit Project will be welcoming the last two TBMs which will join the Section 1 TBMs Elsie and Soyeon and the Section 2 TBMs Harriet and Ruth in Los Angeles.
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Stockholm Metro to Alvsjo - Planning for the Metro between Fridhmsplan and Alvsjo, via Liljeholmen, has begun this year after an agreement was reached between the Municipality of Stockholm and ...
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The 6th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards will take place at the end of the year (exact place and date will be confirmed soon).
For this edition, some changes are proposed in the categories with ...
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Normet Oy brings you an animation to show how to optimise the
cost and quality of sprayed concrete, showing its delicate combination of
different factors. See how Normet can help you improve your ...
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What is a GuardIAN? It is a protector. A defender. A guide.
In response to industry requirements, the GuardIAN Intelligence Network has been designed to improve personnel safety, increase ...
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The Nordland County Council Bent-Joacim Bentzen assured the Liafjell - Olvikvatnet project will be completed for autumn 2021. Construction of the new 5.5km-long stretch of the Liafjellet - ...
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Despite the set of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the pace and scope of work on the construction of the Moscow's subway will not decrease. Today, active tunnelling in Moscow involves ...
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In late July 2017, TBM Grace set off from Forrestfield to Bayswater, building the tunnel that will house the Forrestfield-bound trains. On February 18 tunnel boring machine (TBM) Grace arrived at ...
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NASTT’s No-Dig Show - Postponed
Due to the COVID-19 response situation going on throughout the United States and Canada, the 2020 NASTT’s No-Dig Show, originally scheduled for April 5-9 ...
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Today Tunnelbuilder celebrated 21 years of providing the tunnelling community with up to date, daily information on tenders, awards and news from throughout the world. 21 years ago tunnelling ...
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Georgina, Margaret and Whina: these are the 3 possible names of the TBMs that will burrow under Auckland to complete the dig of the City Rail Link tunnels. The names were shortlisted from thousands ...
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The administrative principals (the Ministery of Infrastructure & Water Management and the municipality of Amsterdam) have decided on a different approach for the further implementation of the ...
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Friends of MineARC - Health and safety is what we do. Each day, over 50,000 people around the world rely on us and our products to keep them safe. We don’t take this responsibility ...
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TERRATEC marks its latest milestone on the Orange Line metro project, in Bangkok, Thailand, with the breakthrough of the Westbound running tunnel on Contract E3 .
Recently, TERRATEC joined ...
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The Breakthroughs in Tunnelling Short Course, the longest-running and most-attended course of its kind, marks its 13th year in 2020. The 2020 course returns to the University of Denver in Denver, ...
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At any given time Robbins TBMs are operating in dozens of countries around the world at all project stages. Thus far, 2020 has been no exception to the rule: From an icy visit to the world’s ...
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New dates for the trade fairs SaMoTer and Asphaltica that are to be held in Verona Italy have been announced. The two shows are being held at Veronafiere are for the construction equipment and the ...
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The World Tunnel Conference 2021 and associated events will be held between the 14th and 20th of May 2021 at the Bella Congress Center Copenhagen. Denmark and Scandinavia will present some of the ...
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New twin metro railway tunnels deep under Sydney Harbour are complete in a historic milestone – with all tunnelling now finished on the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Mega boring ...
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The A3 motorway section at the Kerenzerberg tunnel in the direction of Sargans has been in operation for over 30 years. In order to ensure road safety for the coming years and long-term operation, ...
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Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued two Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for advance tunnelling work on the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension ...
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On the 16/03/2020 construction of the tunnel between the Mamyri and Slavic World stations began for the new Kommunarskaya metro line. Mosinzhproekt JSC is the general designer and general contractor ...
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If you missed the Robbins webinar, No need to worry, you can watch an on-demand recording of their event on Big Data: Technology for Efficient TBM Tunneling please click here for further ...
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Designing a refuge chamber to fit a 4.4m diameter tunnel boring machine with limited gantry space. Learn about the custom engineering that went into building two 10-person, 24-hour TunnelSAFE refuge ...
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On 25/02/2020 two TBMs (10 m diameter) were simultaneously launched on the western part of the Big Circle Line (BCL) in Moscow. The TBMs will be driving two double track tunnels, TBM ...
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On the 04/03/2020 the first TBM, involved in the construction of the tunnel for the central section of the M4 line in Milan arrived at the De Amicis station. The TBM averaged 25m/day and has now ...
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