The twin tube road tunnels of South Port Said and North
Ismailia under Suez Canal have been completed. The tunnels, designed to link
the Sinai Peninsula more closely to the Egyptian heartland ...
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In Jilin, one of the three provinces of Northeast China, a
7.9 m (26 ft) Robbins Hard Rock Main Beam TBM has achieved another national
record for 7 to 8 meter (23 to 26 ft) machines! The machine ...
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The Alaskan
Way Viaduct Replacement Program is making great progress. The
contractor, Seattle Tunnel Partners, is finishing up construction of the
double-deck road along with ...
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RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Efectis Group has
signed a mutual Memorandum of Understanding in order to jointly support
sustainable fire safety and fire research in society contributing ...
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At the border between the two provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan in China, the worlds largest underground hydroelectric power project is under construction. The Baihetan HEP will generate 16.000 MW ...
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Two 4.74m diameter hard rock double shield TBMs will
complete more than 15km of complex tunnelling for the Mae Tang-Mae
Ngad water diversion project, in Thailand.
Australian-based TBM ...
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The Zojila tunnel with a parallel escape tunnel has been approved
by the The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The approval has
been ...
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On the 4th January 2018 the first works started
on the Rogfast project . This will be
the first tunnel built to replace the ferry service. The road tunnel will be long. The EUR1.73 ...
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In Oslo, true pioneers are working all out on one of the
next hard rock milestones in Scandinavia – the Follo Line. They are cracking
the Norwegian hard rock with massive high-tech TBMs from ...
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The contracts to build the biggest public transport project
in Victoria’s history and equip it with next-generation, high-capacity
signalling have been signed.
Contracts to deliver the $6 ...
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Over the next several weeks parts of the Purple Line
extension TBMs, built by Herrenknecht (Germany), will begin arriving by
Palabora and Integrity cargos from Rotterdam and Antwerp, at the ports ...
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The TBM Angeli being used for the Regional Connector
resurfaced on the 08 Dec 2017 at the future Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill
Station. The TBM began digging the second tunnel on the project in ...
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CIFA have released their latest newsletter to read it please click https://www.cifa.com/static/nl/madeincifa/16/offline/download.pdf
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Join us on January 23, 2018 at the Graduate Center on the campus of City University in New York, NY. With its rich history of program excellence and ability to bring together some of the largest ...
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FCC has been recognised for the Geotechnical Specialist Innovation of the Year at the New Civil Engineer Tunnelling Awards 2017 for its work on the Bolaños tunnel on the Madrid-Galicia ...
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New Civil Engineer’s hugely popular Tunnelling Awards
returned for their eighth year today. Showcasing the very best in tunnelling
expertise the Tunnelling Awards are now firmly established ...
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MST Global
has recently acquired MISOM Technologies, based in Tucson, Arizona, for an
undisclosed fee. The move is a significant step in the progression of MST's
global digital transformation ...
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Posted by Desiree Willis | Nov 22, 2017 | From the Field
At any given time, Robbins TBMs are operating at dozens of
jobsites around the world. Our dedicated Field Service personnel ...
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In August 2017 the Victorian Government launched a campaign inviting naming suggestions for the five new underground stations being built as part of the Metro Tunnel Project. By the time the public ...
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On 26th November, a new record was set by a CREG TBM by
boring 1318.7 m/month, The Gripper TBM with 8.03 m boring diameter has reached
this new record while working on the Yinsong water supply ...
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MST Global (Mine Site Technologies; “MST”) provides fit
for purpose hardware combined with smart software solutions to support
productivity and safety processes in ...
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Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA
Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking
international innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and ...
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The Association of British Mining
Equipment Companies hosted its 7th Annual Conference with record numbers at the
Tankersley Manor near Barnsley on 16 November 2017.
Over 160 high profile ...
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ITACET Presidents address -
It is my great pleasure to announce that the ITACET Foundation and the IRF are joining their expertise to build a comprehensive programme of training sessions on ...
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Call for papers - 2 weeks left – P lease
note that call for papers closes December 1st, if you have not yet submitted
your abstract, now is the time to do so.
The first FIVE ...
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore has invited members of the public to vote for their preferred names for three of the stations of the 4 km Circle Line 6. (CCL6): Keppel, Cantonment ...
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Expansive Metro Project Will Provide Transportation Within Rapidly Developing City.
On Tuesday, October 31, 2017, a 6.65 m (21.8 ft) diameter Robbins EPB TBM broke through at Chennai Metro, making ...
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The first meeting for the discussions for the detailed design
of the Genova By-Pass Gronda di Genoa. began on the 11.10.2017 . The project
includes 72 km of new motorways with 25 tunnels, which ...
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Tunneljobs is looking for Senior Engineers and Senior Project
Managers to work on major projects in the UK. If you need to find out whether
you are eligible to work in the United Kingdom please ...
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Stones Consult, a World leader in highly
qualified Tunnelling Manpower is announcing the opening of a new branch in
India. The new branch will be based in Delhi and dedicated to follow ...
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At the beginning of November the Joint Venture between Ghella/Acciona
reached an important milestone on the Follo Line Project. The 4 TBMs involved have
now excavated 50 percent of the tunnels. ...
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Landmark Conveyor revs up Akron OCIT Muck Removal
On October 18, 2017, a Robbins 9.26 m (30.4 ft) diameter Crossover machine started up at the Akron Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel (OCIT) in Ohio, ...
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The Road Infrastructure Agency launched a new open procedure for design and construction of Lot 3.1, the Zheleznitsa tunnel of Struma motorway. The indicative value of the contract is BGN 250 ...
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On the 6 October 2017 the construction of the Albvorland
Tunnel began, on the railway line between Stuttgart and Ulm. The first of the
two tunnel drilling machines named Wanda, will carve its way ...
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HS2 Ltd has shortlisted three teams to become the Phase 2a design and delivery partner for the planned section of high-speed rail connecting the West Midlands and Crewe...
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The Lane Construction Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Webuild Group, has broken ground on the Kansas City Levee Flood Risk Management Project. The $258 million U.S. Army Corps of ...
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HS2 Ltd releasing over 250 packages of work for small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, worth millions of pounds...
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National Highways has today announced that Turner & Townsend Limited has been awarded the £23.3 million Commercial Partner contract on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing scheme, the most ...
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Don’t miss out on the #WTC2022! Submit your registration now on our website and take advantage of a substantial discount! You will be able to attend workshops, discover the latest ...
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The second of three offshore tunnels needed for Hinkley Point C’s cooling water system has been completed under the Bristol Channel...
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In a major milestone for Rio Tinto’s Kemano T2 hydropower project in British Columbia, the tunnel boring machine has broken through to complete its journey...
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Bridges, tunnels and viaducts: works in progress to build the highways of the future...
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In the first of a special two-part Deep Dive, two of the nation’s leading tunnel engineers use detailed animations to reveal the inner workings of today’s state-of-the-art of tunnel boring ...
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This twin-bore road tunnel under the Thames in east London will link Silvertown to the Greenwich Peninsula. Construction is now underway - we plan to open the new tunnel in 2025...
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India has completed work on the first of four tunnels drilled through the Himalayas to connect the Indian-controlled Kashmir with its northern Ladakh region ...
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For lining tunnel construction works, the excavation of one of the two intake tunnels and launched the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for the Outfall Tunnel.
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‘Florence’ – the first of HS2's ten Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) has completed her first mile of tunnel for the UK’s new high speed railway. Watch this youtube fly through video...
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Watch the successful bore of the Mine Development Machine (MDM)5000, manufactured by Robbins for Fresnillo Plc, Mexico's oldest silver mine. The MDM5000 is ideal for underground mine ...
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The New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Festival 2021 has released its short list of companies...
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Here you may register for STUVA Conference 2021 or log in to your already created user account...
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TunnelSkills are pleased to be attending and exhibiting at the BTS Conference on Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st October...
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National Highways has announced the companies shortlisted for the road building contracts either side of the Lower Thames Crossing...
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At 18.2 km, the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be the world’s longest immersed tunnel for both vehicles and trains. It will take only ten minutes to travel from Denmark to Germany by car and ...
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Two bidders for the Malta-Gozo tunnel project have filed objections after a single bidder was shortlisted to design and build the tunnel.
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The majority of workers will return to Auckland’s huge City Rail Link tunnelling scheme this week as the New Zealand city finally moves out of full lockdown – but project chiefs have ...
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Procurement has begun on the second major contract for the Scarborough Subway Extension project with the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) by Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and ...
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Take a tour inside a HS2 tunnel boring machine (TBM) with one of our tunnelling engineers. Walk the length of this 170m long underground 'factory' and discover how it excavates the 10 mile ...
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The most boring job in Britain! As wide as a house and 500ft long, two monster HS2 drills are chewing their way through the Chilterns. ROBERT HARDMAN hopped on board for an express ride... ...
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It's one year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the Interchange station site in Solihull to announce the formal start of construction on the London-Birmingham phase of HS2...
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A dozen contracts with a value of more than £500M have been revealed as part of the government’s updated National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline...
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Construction of the longest tunnel in Georgia, 9-km long and 15-m in width Kvesheti-Kobi tunnel, has started today, announces the Ministry of Infrastructure...
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The project comprises approximately 2.5 miles of 78-in. welded steel pipeline, and is being constructed by Frontier-Kemper. In addition to the 11,755 ft main line tunnel, Frontier-Kemper’s ...
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The Not-a-Boring Competition happened on September 12th, 2021. We will be sharing updates on all our social media channels. Please make sure to follow us there. We would like to thank our ...
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The project, meant to improve travel between Bergen and the island of Sotra on the west coast, includes a 900m-long suspension bridge and 12.5km of tunnels...
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The project's contractor – the Riverlinx consortium – has revealed that it is getting ready to welcome the TBM to site “so we can reassemble it here ...
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In a recent drone video, Prufrock-2, The Boring Company's newest tunnel boring machine (TBM), was spotted at the tunneling startup's Bastrop, TX location...
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Herrenknecht crews working on the lower half of the tunnel boring machine forward shield. While Metrolinx continues work in Ontario to prepare the launch shaft ...
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Five companies have shown interest in the construction of the much-awaited Jalori tunnel on the Aut-Luhri National Highway connecting Banjar and Anni in ...
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Work on this major Flooding Project commenced within the grounds of Musgrave Park in April 2021. BSG Civil Engineering Ltd. has been appointed as the main contractor for this phase, with ...
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NHSRCL plans to get 3 TBMs for the tunnelling process. Each of the TBMs will progress at a speed of 200-300m per month.The reason for using both techniques ...
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Have you always wanted to know how Keller carries out a large construction site...
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The water tunnel project holds an estimated contract value of $353.9m (AED1.3bn). This project is considered the first of its kind in the region to drain ...
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