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TBM Rachel breaks through after 7km journey from Fulham to Acton

TBM Rachel breaks through after 7km journey from Fulham to Acton

Press release - A giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) building part of London’s new super sewer has today completed its journey, marking another crucial step toward a cleaner, healthier River ... More Information

Martina TBM launched for the HS/HC railway line Brescia Est - Verona

Martina TBM launched for the HS/HC railway line Brescia Est - Verona

On the 05/10/2020 at the Lonato del Garda (BS) shipyard, the Cepav Due consortium, made up of Saipem (59%), Pizzarotti (27.27%) and Icm, the former Maltauro (13.64%), started work on the HS/HC ... More Information

Warsaw metro Line 2 progress report

Warsaw metro Line 2 progress report

By the 9th October 2020 TBM shield work for the construction tunnels for the second line of the Warsaw metro reached 2239/ 2908m for TBM Maria and 921/2,878m for TBM Anna in the East section; ... More Information

GEOFLUID 2021

Geofluid will take place from the 15th to the 18th of September 2021 in the Piacenza exhibition center in Italy.  This international trade fair is for the drilling & ... More Information

Eurock2021 – Call for abstracts

The Organizing Committee of the Eurock 2021 invites all interested geotechnical professionals and academics to submit abstracts for the conference, deadline: October 31st 2020. Abstracts must be ... More Information

Italy - Castelbello-Colsano Ring Road

The construction of the new 3.36 km ring road between Castelbello and Colsano is ongoing. So far 1260 m of the 2494 m long Castelbello tunnel has been completed. The excavation has been carried out ... More Information

Aucklands City Link Update

Aucklands City Link Update

The first cuts have been made underground to build the Karangahape Station on the City Rail Link.  At 32 m below street level the Karangahape Station will be New Zealand’s deepest ... More Information

World Tunnel Congress in Copenhagen Postponed to 2022

The World Tunnel Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, originally scheduled for May 2021, has been postponed to April 2022, due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The decision was taken by a vote of the 78 member ... More Information

TERRATEC Open TBM delivered for Mumbai’s Water Tunnel Project

TERRATEC Open TBM delivered for Mumbai’s Water Tunnel Project

TERRATEC’s Open TBM for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM) Amar  Mahal II Tunnel Project in Maharashtra, has passed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT),making it ... More Information

Systemair fans used in European infrastructure works

Systemair fans used in European infrastructure works

The European TEN-R (Trans Europe Netwok-Rail) programme also provides for a corridor between Amsterdam (NL) and Genoa (IT), which involves crossing Switzerland. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas ... More Information

Milestone for Watercare’s Central Interceptor project

Milestone for Watercare’s Central Interceptor project

After ten months, the Central Interceptor TBM has passed its official Factory Acceptance Test (FAT). The TBM, which has been named ‘Hiwa-i-te-Rangi’ after a Mataariki star, has been ... More Information

Ontario Line

Ontario Line

Metrolinx has been  sharing improved plans for the Ontario Line in Toronto, as teams learn more about the geography and infrastructure, both above ground and below the surface as well as ... More Information

Grand Paris Express Line 14 South updates

Grand Paris Express Line 14 South updates

TBM Koumba breakthrough at the Pont de Rungis station   On 17/09/2020 the GIE NGE GC / Impregilo Joint Venture with the TBM Koumba achieved another milestone for the Grand Paris Express ... More Information

Tunnel cross passages near completion

Tunnel cross passages near completion

Work is nearing completion on the cross passages which connect the new metro railway tunnels between Chatswood and Sydenham. Cross passages are an important safety feature of the Sydney ... More Information

Tunnelling hits halfway mark

Tunnelling hits halfway mark

Press release - The Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project’s twin rail tunnels are now halfway to completion, with the state’s biggest ever public transport project forging ahead over the past ... More Information

In depth WHITE PAPERS from the Robbins Company

In depth WHITE PAPERS from the Robbins Company

If you need more in-depth explanations of Robbins products, browse through their white papers. These downloadable and printable papers, written by Robbins employees, cover everything from disc ... More Information

HAGERBACH NXT 50 Webinar

Celebrating 50 years of underground space development and research, and looking forward to the NXT 50 years. Take part in the HAGERBACH NXT 50 series of webinars and broaden your understanding on ... More Information

The WTC2020 Digital Platform

The WTC2020 Digital Platform is accessible until 23rd September 2020 at https://wtdc2020.mego.events/.  The Opening Ceremony, Landmark & Keynote Lectures, Closing of WTC2020, ... More Information

Construction momentum building on Cross River Rail Project

Construction momentum building on Cross River Rail Project

Cross River Rail is boosting the Queensland Economy by $4.1 million per day, supporting a workforce of over 2,400 and providing work for more than 400 suppliers and subcontractor companies, 90% of ... More Information

VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project: Contractor Engagement Begins

The stretch of BART Silicon Valley into Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara is entering the procurement stage of the project.  The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is reaching ... More Information

Robbins announces new webinar

On Oct 15, 2020 08:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada) Robbins are hosting a new webinar called “48 Fault Zones and 26 Bar Pressure: Tunneling Turkey's Gerede Water ... More Information

E4 Bypass Stockholm update

E4 Bypass Stockholm  update

So far this year about 63% of the length of the E4 tunnel which is part of the Forbifart Stockholm project has been completed. The team working on the project have averaged about 680 meters per ... More Information

Breakthrough for the TBM Armelle on Line 16

Breakthrough for the TBM Armelle on Line 16

TBM Armelle, a TBM on the Grand Paris Express Line 16 has broken through. The TBM was originally launched from the Georges Braque shaft in October 2019 and broke through in Aulnay-sous-Bois after ... More Information

Robbins Company at WTC 2020

This year's WTC 2020 will be held virtually from September 11-17, but Robbins history in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is very real. Robbins is looking forward to your online visit to the country where it ... More Information

Milan’s new M4 Metro Line: tunnel excavations completed

On 09/09/20 the final breakthrough ceremony was held in the presence of authorities for the first of two TBMs involved in the construction of M4 metro line (Blue line) central section in Milan. The ... More Information

WORLD TUNNEL CONGRESS 2020 HAS NOW MOVED TO A DIGITAL PLATFORM!

WORLD TUNNEL CONGRESS 2020 HAS NOW MOVED TO A DIGITAL PLATFORM!

Press release - True to its commitment to innovation while embracing the “new norm”, the World Tunnel Congress 2020 will now be held fully digital, paving the way for tunnelling ... More Information

Final TBM for Tideway

Final TBM for Tideway

On 04/09/20 the last giant TBM set to create the final 5.5km stretch of London’s new super sewer has been lowered below ground. The TBM, Selina, was delivered to Tideway’s Chambers Wharf ... More Information

TERRATEC delivers its 25th TBM to India

TERRATEC delivers its 25th TBM to India

The new 3.14m diameter TERRATEC EPB TBM will empower sewage infrastructure components on the Mumbai Sewer Disposal Project Stage II Priority Works, in Mumbai, India. TERRATEC is celebrating ... More Information

TBMs arrive to dig Cross River Rail tunnels

At the beginning of August two TBMs (weight 1350 t and 165 m length)  arrived in Queensland, ready to be fitted out before being deployed to dig the Cross River Rail twin tunnels in early 2021. ... More Information

The Sydney Metro West planning process

The environmental assessment process for Sydney Metro West is being done in stages in recognition of the size of the project. Stage 1 seeks approval for station excavation and tunnelling between ... More Information

Contract signed for Merano’s North-West Bypass in South Tyrol

On the 01/09/2020 the Province of Bolzano signed a contract with the consortium, led by Carron Bau Srl GmbH (group leader) and composed of companies Mair Josef & Co. KG di Mair Klaus and Di ... More Information

HRBT Expansion Project – permit news

In August the Hampton Roads Connector Partners (HRCP) received one  of the three components of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project Permit. The receiving of the final US Army Corps ... More Information

Grand Paris Express update

Grand Paris Express update

In July TBM Sarah was launched from its shaft at Aubervilliers for its journey towards the Saint-Denis Pleyel station. It will arrive at the Finot site at Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine and then it will drive ... More Information

Greek candidacy for the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress in 2023

Greek candidacy for the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress in 2023

On behalf of the Greek Tunnelling Society (GTS) it is our great pleasure to inform you that the we have applied to host in Athens the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress (WTC) in 2023. The Greek ... More Information

Robbins Single Shield breaks through Turkey’s Hardest Rock

Robbins Single Shield breaks through Turkey’s Hardest Rock

On July 24, 2020, a jubilant ceremony marked a milestone for southern Turkey’s arduous Bahçe-Nurdaği High-Speed Railway Tunnel.  The first TBM-driven portion of tunneling using an ... More Information

Mumbai Metro's Line 3 updates

Mumbai Metro's Line 3 updates

In August this year MMRC (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation) completed the 1.5-km long tunnel beneath Mithi River. The Terratec-made TBM Godavari-4 completed the upline stretch of 1.5-km from BKC to ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Scarborough Subway Extension tunnelling progresses following maintenance stop

The remaining portion of the tunnel will be delivered by Scarborough Transit Connect, the development partner for the project's stations, rail and ... More Information

World's Deepest Underwater Tunnel to Have Cars Drive 16 Miles Under the Sea

Norway is building what is to become the longest and deepest road tunnel under the sea. The Rogfast project, measuring 26.7 kilometers (about 16.5 ... More Information

Tunnelling underway for National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Snowdonia

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) Buddug has commenced excavation of National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Wales’ Eryri National Park, otherwise known as Snowdonia. The tunnel is part of ... More Information

CPK signs contract for construction of HSR tunnel in Łódź

The contract for the construction of a 4.6 km long, 14-metre wide High-Speed Rail (HSR) tunnel will be carried out by construction company PORR. The project is valued at approximately PLN ... More Information

Underneath the busy Baltimore streets, the Howard Street Tunnel gets its makeover

A squad of construction workers descend daily under the streets of Baltimore. They labour deep down, in the semi-secret and highly restricted ... More Information

London Power Tunnels Milestone

We're thrilled to announce that our second 2.5km high-voltage circuit between Hurst and Crayford is now live. This £1 billion project is rewiring London, strengthening energy supply, and ... More Information

U.S. Tunneling Professionals Convene in Dallas at RETC 2025

The event drew approximately 1,400 people. Another highlight of the conference was the presentation of the now annual Underground Construction ... More Information

Construction of NY and NJ GatewayTunnel hits halfway mark

People are looking down at the ground from the Highline on Manhattan's West Side. Some parts of the new train tunnel structure ... More Information

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor for construction. Maguire told reporters during a briefing Monday morning. He noted that VTA is trying to fill a $1.2 billion ... More Information

Tunneling In The Digital Age: Rethinking Subsurface Infrastructure

But successful construction is just the start of the journey. Underground infrastructure is a long-term investment—just look at the London Underground ... More Information

Sydney Moves Forward with Final Tunnelling for Harbour Project

Sydney prepares for the arrival of the largest TBMs in the Southern Hemisphere as the Western Harbour Tunnel project enters its final tunnelling ... More Information

Metrolinx seeks help to name 2 of its massive Ontario Line tunnel digging machines

Metrolinx is now accepting names for two of its giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which will be used for twin 16-metre-deep and six-kilometre-long ... More Information

Deutsche Bahn awards contract for Munich S-Bahn project

The contract involves structural works for the expansion, including the construction of tunnels and an underground station. The Tunnel Ostbahnhof JV, ... More Information

Excavation completed on Italian side of Brenner Base Tunnel

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Flavia” successfully bored through the Alps beneath the Mules 2–3 section, reaching the Austrian border. More Information

Giant tunnel borer set for Shantou Bay project

A giant tunnel boring machine has been installed for tunnelling under Shantou Bay in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo provided to ... More Information

€0.4bn road and tunnel project in Georgia

Work is proceeding on the Kvesheti-Kobi road and tunnel scheme in Georgia. The scheme is part of a larger project, being carried out with Chinese ... More Information

Lahore to transform with Rs49 billion tunnel boring project

Pakistan, April 27 -- The federal government has approved Lahore's Rs49 billion Tunnel Boring Project, marking a major development for the city... More Information

Construction at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

The 2,100-foot-long tunnel connects the terminal to parking facilities and the tramway leading to the RTA public rail line. During the project, two of ... More Information

AFFHOLDER AND J.F. SHEA TEAM UP ON $700 MILLION CONTRACT

The tunneling subsidiary, Affholder LLC, will lead a joint venture with J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., to build the I-35 Capital Express Central ... More Information

Factory Testing Complete on DC Water's first tunnel boring machine for the Potomac River

Mary passed all the necessary requirements and is one of two TBM's on the project. The tunnel is part of DC Water's Clean Rivers Project, to ... More Information

Work on Chennai Metro tunnel racing to a finish

The machine Flamingo, which started boring in 2023 for the tunnel linking Light House with Thirumayilai, is expected to reach the other end in ... More Information

CPK awards contract to build high-speed rail tunnel in Lodz, Poland

The tunnel, to be constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), will have a ... More Information

Inside HS2: Meet London's miners working on the Northolt tunnels

We are on a tunnel boring machine (TBM) inside High Speed Two's huge Northolt tunnels. These tunnel boring machines are part of a tunnelling ... More Information

Ontario Begins Construction Of Last Tunnel Segment Of The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

The remaining eastern portion of tunnel construction (500-meter twin tunnels) will use the sequential excavation method, with daily progress of ... More Information

Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords

We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put ... More Information

CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

The estimated cost of construction of the FCC electron–positron stage, including the tunnel and all the infrastructure, is 15 billion Swiss francs... More Information

TBM break through on Auckland's £915M wastewater megaproject completes 16.2km tunnel

Auckland's major wastewater infrastructure project, the Central Interceptor, has reached a significant milestone with the final breakthrough of ... More Information

In pics: construction site of Chongming-Taicang tunnel

A smart assembling vehicle works at "Linghang" large diameter shield tunneling machine at the construction site of the Chongming-Taicang tunnel, part of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu ... More Information

IN PICTURES: Spectacular images of the removal of HS2's huge tunnelling machine

TBM Sushila was used to construct part of the Northolt Tunnel – an 8.4-mile tunnel ... construction/london-tunnels/progress-3/northolt-tunnel/tbm- ... More Information

Historic tunnels uncovered beneath Salisbury station during £5.3M upgrade project

Engineers from Network Rail and South Western Railway have uncovered a network of tunnels and rooms beneath Salisbury station during ongoing £5.3M upgrades to the station’s forecourt... More Information

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels. The new road will pass through Georgia along a trade route ... More Information

Buca Metro Tunnel Excavations Reached 50 Percent Level

Important progress is being made in the construction of the line, where four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), each 100 meters long, 7 meters wide and ... More Information

'Very promising' narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage

A novel tunnel boring machine (TBM) will open up Bokoni's narrow tabular dipping PGM orebody to allow narrow-reef boring to take place, so that ... More Information

A vast undersea tunnel is being built

The 7.4 billion-euro ($7.7 billion) project is a huge undertaking, in every sense. Each section of the tunnel is colossal. These concrete structures ... More Information

National Grid gets planning permission for Grain to Tilbury upgrade with new Thames tunnel

National Grid has secured full planning approval for the Grain to Tilbury project, which includes a new power tunnel under the River Thames... More Information

Right track tunnel of Huangjialing Tunnel in NW China's Gansu drilled through

A staff member works on the construction site of the right track tunnel of the Huangjialing Tunnel in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest ... More Information

Shetland Islands tunnels plan takes 'huge step forward' with sonar investigations

This phase will further inform the project's development and feasibility. The tunnel project, seen by locals as pivotal for improving ... More Information

Construction of the Tarande tunnel begins next week

On March 17th, in Vilnius district Construction of a tunnel and other related infrastructure will begin at Taranda and Bukiškis. This project aims ... More Information

Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieves major tunnel breakthrough;

The construction of Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieved a major milestone on Thursday as the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) broke through at the ... More Information