Strata Worldwide is excited to announce the global launch of its next generation emergency refuge chamber; the Strata ERCX.
The Strata ERCX is a steel-sided, walk-in refuge chamber for use ...
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Work is underway to improve brightness and visibility in the George Massey Tunnel. Claire Trevena, Canadian Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, said the government continues to move ahead ...
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This year’s Swiss Tunnel Congress will be taking place in
the form of a webinar due to the current worldwide pandemic (COVID-19). A video of
the recorded congress will be published on the ...
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The next generation of high performance, eco-friendly tail sealants for shielded tunnel boring machines have been introduced into the Normet TBM product range. The new range of ...
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The winning name for City Rail Link’s TBM is Dame Whina Cooper. City Rail Link’s TBM will share the name of Dame Whina Cooper, a woman who spent most of an illustrious life leading the ...
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London’s biggest infrastructure project has re-started
tunnelling work on the super sewer urgently needed to clean up the River
Thames.
Tideway, the company building the 25km super sewer ...
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TBM Gaia has started drilling the second 2.25km RijnlandRoute tunnel in the Netherlands. After Gaia was blessed on 07/05/2020, tunnelling began, the route will pass under the Vliet, the ...
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The Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit project has seen plenty of progress! Recently, the project reached an important milestone. As part of a testing and commissioning phase, a light rail ...
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From the 11/05/20 the REM (Reseau Express Metropolitain) construction sites in Montreal will gradually resume their operations, after a stop time that started on the 24/03/20. This is following the ...
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The new GEOFLUID show will take place from the 19th to 22nd May 2021 at the Piacenza exhibition centre in Italy . The current pandemic has considerably influenced the decision to cancel, ...
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The Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology has
been postponed from 7-10 September 2020 to 30 August - 2 September 2021 at the
same venue in Mallorca, Spain. Due to the rescheduling, ...
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At Tideway, our aim is to inspire the engineers of tomorrow
by promoting the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths.
We also want to showcase some of the many talented people ...
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On Monday, April 27, 2020 the excavation of the second tube of the 2.06km Zakopianka tunnel under the Lubon Maly Mountain in the Beskid Wyspowy was completed. The teams boring the tunnel from both ...
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Paradigm Flow Services Ltd (PFS) has successfully applied their game changing digital dry deluge testing system, Dry-Flo® on a non-oilfield project on a major transport tunnel construction ...
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On the 23.04.2020 the TBM named Aysylu was launched to start the construction of the first 5.37 section of the second metro line in Kazan from Fuchik – Sakharov, the contractor is ...
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CIPA is hiring and looking for workers for its Italian and foreign sites:
• Mechanics and drivers (with license ...
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In March 2020 Hampton Roads Connector Partners (HRCP), the joint venture consisting of Dragados USA, Flatiron Constructors, Vinci Construction and Dodin Campenon Bernard, commissioned ...
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On the 27/04/20 Metro Tunnel reached another major milestone
with TBM Millie launching from the site of the new Anzac Station in Melbourne.
Millie is digging the first tunnel between Anzac Station ...
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SWEDFAN - Complete Turnkey Ventilation Systems for underground construction since 1995.
SWEDFAN has designed and manufactured ventilation systems for more than 2.000 tunnelling projects worldwide ...
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On the 26/04/2020 the Danish minister of transport reported that construction of the immersed tunnel Fehmarnbelt will start on January 1, 2021 on the Danish side. Construction work will be ...
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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.
A ...
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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.
The ...
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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.
The ...
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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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