Hyperloop is a new transportation mode which had been
proposed by Elon Musk in 2013. The concept is that having capsules levitate
inside of a low-pressure tube (hyperloop), pods will be able to ...
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There's a
reason why more record-breaking tunnels have been constructed since the year
2000 than in the previous 150 years.
By Laurie Winkless
In 1843, it was
called the Eighth Wonder of the ...
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Mapei’s story is synonymous with Italy, the country that witnessed its birth and growth. Day in and day out, construction sites worldwide have counted on Mapei. They have been in the tunneling ...
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The Sydney Metro project is a 66km long standalone fully automated railway system with 31 metro stations between Rouse Hill and Bankstow which has been split into two stages.
Stage 1 – ...
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A Robbins
Crossover (XRE) TBM measuring 9.26 m (30.4 ft) in diameter underwent factory
acceptance on May 30, 2017. The gargantuan machine was initially unveiled at
Robbins’ Solon, ...
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The Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference will be held from the 7th to 8th September 2017 in Stavanger, Norway. The NTSC’s unique approach brings together tunnel operators and owners, ...
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The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course is right around the corner. This year, it will be held in Chicago, IL from August 14-16. You have been invited to attend this comprehensive course which covers the latest developments in tunnel design and construction. This year, there are 37 presentations which address
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The ground breaking ceremony for the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel took place on the 15.06.2017. The project will cost in the region of $188 Million. The tunnel will be 60.96 ...
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Joy Global Inc. will be renamed Komatsu Mining Corp.,headquarters
remains in Milwaukee, WI
Komatsu America Corp., a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:
6301) (“Komatsu”) has completed ...
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FUGRO
SEMINARS EXAMINE ROLE OF SITE CHARACTERISATION IN PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT
A lack of
timely, comprehensive site data is often cited as a factor in unplanned design
changes, ...
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The announcement was made at the closing ceremony in Bergen, Norway that Maylasia had would be the country to host the World Tunnel Congress in 2020! Well done Malaysia! ...
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Bane NOR is constructing a double track line between Arna and the centre of Bergen. The biggest part of the section passes through a tunnel under Mount Ulriken where Bane NOR now is constructing a ...
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The new offering from Normet improves the mechanization and
automation of the most demanding underground work phases and sets the new
standard for sprayed concrete, charging and lifting & ...
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The World Tunnel Congress 2017 in Bergen, Norway opened
yesterday its theme ‘Underground Solutions for Surface Problems’ . The event
began with an opening address by H.K.H. Crown ...
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Robbins is committed to bringing thought-provoking and
in-depth information to the industry—a credo that their new website certainly fulfils.
Robbins is excited to bring you their ...
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If you are looking to improve your tunnelling qualifications the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) can help. The courses currently available are tunnel entry and emergency ...
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If you are attending WTC 2017 in Bergen, Norway you should visit Palmieri at booth T19. Palmieri is a leader in the mechanized tunnelling business, as well as a worldwide recognised leader in ...
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The Crosstown project, owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), is a light rail transit (LRT) line that will run across Eglinton Avenue between Mount Dennis (Weston ...
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The 2018 North American Tunneling (NAT) conference organizing committee has issued a call for papers which are due in by June 30th 2017. NAT 2018 will be taking place in Washington, D.C. from ...
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Moscow has built almost 21 km of metro tunnels since early 2016. Eight of 29 TBMs are currently tunnelling their way through the Moscow’s underground. Six of them, diameter 6 m, are ...
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Construction of the first section of the Moscow Metro Second Circle line (or Third Interchange Circuit - TIC, 61 km with 30 stations) from the station Business Center to the Petrovsky ...
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Putzmeister will launch internationally their automated formwork filling system, Formkret at the World Tunnel Congress which will be taking place from June 9th to the 15th in Bergen, Norway. ...
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The TBM Angeli, boring twin tunnels for the Regional Connector Transit Project, broke through at Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station at 2nd Place and Hope Street in Downtown Los Angeles on June ...
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On 28.04.2017 the joint venture Osafl Sf Marti Contractors (50%) and IAV (50%) from Reykjavik (Iceland), completed the driving operations on the Vadlaheidi road toll tunnel in Iceland. They blasted ...
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Senbay Madencilik - Kolin - Kalyon Joint venture has made good early progress on the Dudullu - Bostancı Metro Line, in Turkey, with TBM tunnel drives now fully underway .
Two TERRATEC ...
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Companies that are looking to buy heavy machinery for their current and next jobs may be able to secure a good deal at Ritchie Bros. upcoming auction in Ocaña (Central Spain). The auction - held on June 7 & 8 - features more than 2,000 pieces of equipment, trucks and other items.
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On 22.05.2017 the first stage of the “TELT at Work” roadshow was held in Turin. TELT is a project that covers the cross-border works for the Lyon-Turin railway line. The TELT ...
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VMT are pleased
to announce that the past year has been something of a good one for their
tunnel guidance systems as well as for all other product solutions of the VMT
portfolio – with the ...
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At the end of April 2017 the construction of the section 1 of the Tehran-Shomal Freeway (or Tehran-North Freeway) project, connecting Tehran to the city of Chalus at the Caspian Sea in the northern ...
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In April 2017, a ceremony was held to celebrate the
commissioning of the Dariali Hydropower Project in the Republic of Georgia.
Many attended the ceremony marking the first carbon-neutral ...
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On the 25.04.2017 the Los Angeles Metro held a pre-proposal conference for the Section 3 tunnel contract. They are using an innovative approach by delivering the stations and tunnels separately for ...
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Normet, the innovative underground technology company, has
won several new orders from Hindustan Zinc, India’s only and the world leading
producer of Zinc-Lead-Silver.
Hindustan ...
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BBC TWO’s (UK) The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway returns for a second series on 22 May at 9pm GMT to follow the construction of the Elizabeth line under London.
Crossrail provided exclusive ...
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The
conference webpage for the 17th International Water Mist Conference (IWMC) is
now active and online! The event will take place on 25th and 26th October 2017
in Rome, Italy. The conference ...
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Excavation of the downtown Bellevue light rail tunnel began in February 2017 and construction crews have been working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on tunnel construction ever since.
Sound Transit ...
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tunnelbuilder opens the doors to all tunnelling companies, putting their products in front of thousands of qualified readers. All advertisers, large and small, have one thing in common – the ...
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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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The Trunk Road T2 and the Cha Kwo Ling(CKL) Tunnel form the middle section of Route 6. They connect the Central Kowloon Route(CKR) to the west and the main tunnel of the Tseung Kwan O –Lam ...
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The two giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that were launched earlier this year to dig the parallel northbound and southbound tunnels have now passed under the ...
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As public demands for sustainable infrastructure grows, urban leaders are taking a closer look at the economic, environmental and social benefits of underground tunnels...
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Don't miss this specialized annual tunneling industry event where you have the chance to share experiences and identify mutual opportunities for growth in tunneling, an industry ...
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At Kramertunnel is going on a full jobsite installation process. KERN Tunneltechnik is supplying several tunnel formworks and machines for secondary lining. The project is being delivered ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) jointly with NJ TRANSIT and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Final Section ...
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