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Underground Construction Prague 2019 – Registration now open!

The 14th International Conference entitled “Underground Construction Prague 2019” will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from the  3rd to the 5th of June 2019. On-line ... More Information

TERRATEC EPBM to steer for success in Bangkok

TERRATEC EPBM to steer for success in Bangkok

TERRATEC Press release - A new 4.27 m diameter TERRATEC tight radius TBM will enable a challenging alignment on the Bangkok Metropolitan Electricity Authority’s Klong Daan Cable Tunnel , in ... More Information

North East Link Tender Announced

The North East Link has gone out to market, and they are calling for expressions of interest from builders. Builders are invited to apply to deliver the $200 million early works package, expected ... More Information

Köhlbrand crossing update

The operation of the Köhlbrandbrücke is no longer regarded as economically viable beyond 2030. In addition, the bridge, which was inaugurated in 1974 and has a headroom of 53 metres, no ... More Information

TBM-DiG 2019

The TBM DiGs conference series provides a specialized technological forum discussing and exchanging knowledge related to TBM works in difficult grounds. The 4th edition will be held between the ... More Information

Thames Tideway press release

Thames Tideway press release

Super sewer machine starts work as first-of-its-kind tunnelling apprenticeship launched in UK As the first machine digging London’s super sewer has started work, Tideway has announced ... More Information

Forrestfield Airport Link - Update

Forrestfield Airport Link - Update

Press release - November has seen a high volume of concrete works taking place across our construction sites. At Forrestfield the future station platform walls are being poured, Airport Central ... More Information

CEC India - TBM tender

  CEC India - TBM tender

  CEC are involved with construction of high value projects across segments like MRTS, National Highways, Bridges, Urban Roads, Railways and SEZ projects. The team includes ... More Information

Second mega TBM starts work on Sydney Metro's City Tunnels

Second mega TBM starts work on Sydney Metro's City Tunnels

On the 12.11.2018 the second of five mega TBMs started tunnelling underneath Sydney. The TBM, named ‘Mum Shirl’, has been launched at the Marrickville site to help bore 31km of tunnels ... More Information

Munich’s second S-Bahn route

Munich’s second S-Bahn route

The Munich S-Bahn system is one of Germany’s largest suburban rail networks. With 148 stations, 442 km of tracks and approximately 1,000 train journeys a day, the network extends far into ... More Information

3rd TBM for the Grand Paris Express

3rd TBM for the Grand Paris Express

On the 1st if December 2018 the third TBM for the Grand Paris Express project will be launched. The celebrations will include a light show which will be open to everyone who wants to see ... More Information

Latest VMT newsletter now available

Latest VMT newsletter now available

The Latest VMT Newsletter is now available. It is their update about all VMTs current projects, product developments and general topics that concern VMT. For further information and access to ... More Information

Big 5 Heavy

Big 5 Heavy

Over at The Big 5 Heavy team, we strive to make sure that we help our visitors deal with some of the toughest challenges in the industry. This year, sponsored by Herrenknecht, we introduce the ... More Information

Gateway Tunnel Project

Gateway Tunnel Project

On 12.11.2018 a group backing the construction of the Gateway Tunnel Project released a poll that found support for the first two projects in the program, the Port North Bridge and Hudson Tunnel ... More Information

Drammen-Kobbervikdalen project

Drammen-Kobbervikdalen project

Bane NOR is planning the construction of 10 km of double-track from Drammen to Kobbervikdalen and from Drammen to Gulskogen, as part of the ongoing modernization of the Vestfold Line. ... More Information

4th Annual Innovation in Tunnels: Construction, Maintenance, Safety & Fire Protection

The conference dates are 11th  & 12th  April 2019 and its being run by Enigma Cg. With over 25 live tenders for construction/development of new tunnels in just Spain, Switzerland ... More Information

Call for expressions of interest for speakers and sponsors

Call for expressions of interest for speakers and sponsors

Camborne School of Mines Association invites the Australasian network to submit Expressions of Interest to showcase projects and work at a one-day workshop followed by a Gala Dinner event on the ... More Information

ITA tunnelling awards 2018

The ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards took place on 07.11.2018 in Chuzhou (China) following the 20th CTUC conference (Chinese Tunnels and Underground Works Conference). The ... More Information

Lake Mead intake hydraulic tunnel, Las Vegas

Lake Mead is one of the largest artificial lakes of the Unites States. It is formed by the Hoover dam, which dams the Colorado river at a few kilometres from Las Vegas. The project involved the ... More Information

Kemano T2 Project

Kemano T2 Project

On 22.10.2018 Rio Tinto, Cheslatta Carrier and Haisla First Nations launched the 1300 t TBM named Tl'ughus (pronounced tahl-ug-us, with accent on ‘ug’). Tl’ughus is a legendary ... More Information

Master Drilling and Ghella announce creation of TunnelPro

Master Drilling and Ghella announce creation of TunnelPro

Master Drilling and Ghella have announced the creation of TunnelPro this is a Joint Venture to combine expertise and unlock key mining and civil tunnelling projects. Master Drilling, listed on the ... More Information

Pipe Jacking Association appoint new chairman, vice-chairman and secretary whilst celebrating 45yrs of service to the tunnelling sector

Pipe Jacking Association appoint new chairman, vice-chairman and secretary whilst celebrating 45yrs of service to the tunnelling sector

At its recent AGM held on the 17th October 2018, Jim Kirby, a Technical Director at consulting engineer COWI, was appointed as the new chairman of the Pipe Jacking Association. Jim Kirby has 25 ... More Information

Ground conditioning in mechanized tunnelling - New Line of Eco Foaming Agents

Ground conditioning in mechanized tunnelling - New Line of Eco Foaming Agents

In recent years, the issue of environmental impact of chemical products for construction has become increasingly relevant in every field of application. The mechanical excavation of tunnels with ... More Information

#20 Made in CIFA!

#20 Made in CIFA!

CIFA latest magazine ‘Made in CIFA’ #20 is now available please click here to read all their latest news. 44/18. More Information

Approved feasibility project for Perca Bypass

On the 25.10.2018 the Technical Committee of the Province of Bolzano expressed its approval for the technical-economic feasibility project for the Perca bypass in Italy. The study was carried out ... More Information

Tunnelbuilder welcomes CEC

Tunnelbuilder welcomes CEC

CEC are involved with construction of high value projects across segments like MRTS, National Highways, Bridges, Urban Roads, Railways and SEZ projects. The team includes International experts from ... More Information

TERRATEC EPBMs to assist Argentina’s landmark Agua Sur water tunnel project

TERRATEC EPBMs to assist Argentina’s landmark Agua Sur water tunnel project

The first of two new 4.66 m diameter TERRATEC Earth Pressure Balance TBM s have been delivered for a 13 .5 km potable water tunnel system, in Buenos Aires , Argentina .   TERRATEC, is ... More Information

Purple Line subway extension

Purple Line subway extension

On the 15.10.2018 the TBM Soyeon, the first of two machines involved in the Purple Line Extension Phase 1,  started tunnelling 18.29 m (60 feet) below Wilshire and La Brea.  There are two ... More Information

Robbins Webinar - Tackling “Mixed Face” Conditions

Robbins Webinar - Tackling “Mixed Face” Conditions

In this complimentary 60-minute webinar, Robbins Vice President Doug Harding and Engineer Greg Michaelson will redefine the term “mixed face” within the context of both geology and ... More Information

Westgate Tunnel project update

Westgate Tunnel project update

Press release -  As the TBM 'Bella' prepares for her six-week journey to Melbourne, the team at TBM HQ in China gave our first Tunnel Boring Machine a dress rehearsal of epic proportions. ... More Information

26th Annual Microtunneling Short Course 2019

26th Annual Microtunneling Short Course 2019

Press release - The annual Microtunneling Short Course is heading to the University of Colorado Boulder February 4-7, 2019, making its way toward another quarter century of success.  The ... More Information

Herrenknecht press release - New drains for Singapore

Herrenknecht press release - New drains for Singapore

In Singapore, a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine (EPB Shield, Ø 5,250 mm) excavated two large drains for the Stamford Diversion Canal. The challenge: winding bottlenecks and an inner-city ... More Information

That’s a Wrap for Robbins Rock Machine ‘Driller Mike’

That’s a Wrap for Robbins Rock Machine ‘Driller Mike’

Tough TBM and Team overcome the odds with Atlanta breakthrough On October 4, 2018, onlookers watched as a 3.8 m (12.5 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM completed its epic journey. The TBM, ... More Information

EF Consult and DTS win major contracts

EF Consult and DTS win major contracts

EF Consult Asia Pte Ltd / Design & Technic Pte Ltd, will provide a full range of Compressed Air Works Services for Singapore’s DTSS Phase 2 and Circle Line 6 Tunnels. They have also ... More Information

Gaia EPB TBM

Gaia EPB TBM

Gaia, the first EPM TBM certified ''Origine France Garantie'' is ready to start digging the emergency tunnel of the Meudon railway tunnel (3350 m) on Line 977000, Invalides-Versailles Rive Gauche in ... More Information

Geologist services required for Gotthard Tunnel

Open invitation to tender, deadline 23.11.2018, for geologist services, senior project geologist for the (DP) phase, chief client geologist for the construction phase up to and including ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Brenner Base Tunnel | First 1km of tunnelling complete on £560M Innsbruck section

It will also see 38 cross passages with a total length of 2.3km constructed. The work is being carried out by a consortium featuring WeBuild, CSC ... More Information

Prague completes tunnel for first section of future metro D line

The city has reached a significant milestone in construction for the latest metro line, which is on schedule with the completion of its first ... More Information

Prague completes tunnel for first section of future metro D line

The city has reached a significant milestone in construction for the latest metro line, which is on schedule with the completion of its first ... More Information

The Boring Company completes Vegas Westgate-2 tunnel with Prufrock-1

On Friday, The Boring Company page on X posted saying that the Prufrock-1 tunneling machine has completed the Westgate-2 tunnel, marking the massive ... More Information

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Construction Industry and Tunnelling

The construction industry is undergoing a transformative revolution, and at the forefront of this change is the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. Among the various ... More Information

Watch: Putting in the final piece of tunnel road deck at the West Gate Tunnel Project

The two tunnel boring machines charged with the job of building the twin West Gate Tunnels have been completely dismantled and all of the underground roadway installed in the next big ... More Information

Sydney Segments

A total of 216,000 precast concrete tunnel segments, each weighing approximately 3.8 tonnes (similar in weight to a small pickup truck!), are being installed to line the Sydney Metro West ... More Information

Submit your own name idea for San Jose's BART extension tunneling machine

Until Nov. 26, The Mercury News is accepting submissions to name San Jose's BART extension tunneling boring machine, or TBM, which will be carving out ... More Information

HS2 adopts hi-tech digital concrete testing to cut carbon on the project

A successful trial of a ground-breaking digital measuring system for concrete has led to a roll-out across multiple HS2 sites, cutting carbon and driving efficiencies on the construction ... More Information

NE Link - Watch a flyover of our tunnel sites

We’re building Victoria’s longest twin road tunnels with a design that focuses on protecting homes and sensitive environmental areas, including the Yarra River. In response to community ... More Information

Expression of Interest open for Borumba Project’s largest exploratory works package

Queensland Hydro is taking a major step forward with the release of an Expression of Interest for contractors looking to be involved in the Borumba Pumped Hydro Project... More Information

Broadway Subway TBM Elsie Breakthrough at Oak-VGH

Video clip of Tunnel Boring Machine Elsie arriving at Oak-VGH Station. TBM Elsie completed her breakthrough just after 10 am on October 28, 2023... More Information

L&T Records First Tunnel Breakthrough for Delhi Metro Silver Line

This accomplishment was made possible by L&T's CRCHI Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) DZ1122, which successfully built a 1267-meter- ... More Information

Contractor sought for Borumba Dam exploratory tunnel works

The funding will also support construction, subject to the project receiving all necessary approvals. The recent call for EOIs is linked to a tunnel ... More Information

Final breakthrough HOCHTIEF-MURPHY Joint Venture (HMJV)

After completing the final journey from Kings Avenue to Eltham for the final breakthrough which completed the 32.5km of tunnel, the 4th and final TBM has been safely removed from the shaft ... More Information

Mumbai Metro Line 7A To Reduce Travel Time To International Airport By 30-60 Minutes

Mumbai: The installation of a second tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Metro Line 7A, also known as the Red Line, has brought Mumbaikars' dream of ... More Information

Sydney Metro Completes Test Run from Tallawong to Sydenham

This is the latest milestone in the testing and commissioning programme that began earlier this year ahead of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest route opening in 2024... More Information

First of two tunnel-boring machines breaks ground at future Oak-VGH Station

VANCOUVER — The first of two tunnel-boring machines on the Broadway Subway Project has broken through at the future Oak-VGH Station. Named Phyllis, the machine has reached the fourth of ... More Information

Dubai Metro expansion: RTA plans new 30km, multi-billion dollar Blue Line

Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has reached out to contractors for their interest in a significant infrastructure development. In a notice seen by Arabian Business, the RTA ... More Information

Tunnel boring machines (TBMs)

We’re preparing to build Victoria’s longest road tunnels. When complete, the North East Link Tunnels will take 15,000 trucks off local roads every day and reduce travel times by up to 35 ... More Information

Unlocking Growth Opportunities: Norway's 2023-2024 Infrastructure Investments - Nye Veier has sent out its first competition for rv.13

Nye Veier has sent out its first competition for the improvement of national highway 13. Work can start in the autumn of 2024. In the rapidly evolving landscape of global construction and ... More Information

Milestone reached on Woodsmith's mineral transport system shaft

... tunnel had reached 24km in length. The MTS tunnel is being constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM). There was a planned maintenance pause ... More Information

What does The Boring Company do? A closer look at Elon Musk's USD 7 billion worth venture

They began using standard tunnel boring equipment, but have subsequently developed their own ground-breaking technology. The Prufrock machine ... More Information

How we use freezing temperatures to create new tunnel passages

The innovative and sustainable process of ground freezing has rarely been used in the UK, until now. Our experts from ZÜBLIN are using this process in the ground treatment of cross ... More Information

Trelleborg Supplying Sealing Systems For Iraq Tunnel Project

... Construction (Daewoo E&C) for the Khor Al Zubair Immersed Tunnel project. ... tunnel being constructed in the Middle East. It says that Trelleborg's ... More Information

Japan agrees to construct tunnel and flyover at Koteshwar-Jadibuti section

The second option was to build a two-way tunnel of Rs 24 billion, 1.2 km crossing the Koteshwar Chowk. The third option involved the construction ... More Information

Investigation finds no pollution to environment from Chiltern 'sinkhole'

... tunnels in May of this year. Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Florence and Cecilia were excavating the twin tunnels between the M25 and South Heath ... More Information

National Grid launches consultation on planned Grain to Tilbury infrastructure upgrades

The Grain to Tilbury project will see the replacement of the existing Thames Cable Tunnel, linking Tilbury and Gravesend, alongside the delivery of a new headhouse at each end of the ... More Information

Gateway Tunnel Project begins construction

It has been talked about for decades and the shovels are finally ready... More Information

Secondary lining finished in eastern section of the super sewer project

The team behind London’s new super sewer are another step closer to delivering the tunnel following the completion of the final section of secondary lining. Tideway’s tunnel boring ... More Information

Broadway Subway TBM Phyllis Breakthrough at Oak-VGH October 12, 2023

Video clip of Tunnel Boring Machine Phyllis arriving at Oak-VGH Station. TBM Phyllis completed her breakthrough just after 9:30 pm on October 12, 2023... More Information

€540m contract awarded for Montcada i Reixac tunnel project

ACTING through national infrastructure manager Adif, Spain’s Ministry of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda (Mitma) has awarded a joint venture of Comsa, FCC and Ferrovial a €540.4m ... More Information

AmcoGiffen signs partnership deal with tunnelling start-up hyperTunnel

hyperTunnel co-CEO Steve Jordan said:“Construction and maintenance companies are consumed day-to-day with delivering against contracts on tight ... More Information

Trapped Toronto boring machine finally freed after 19 months

See trapped boring machine being removed from under Old Mill Drive in Etobicoke on 11 Oct. The rear section of a micro tunnel boring machine, finally ... More Information

Group mulls creation of 'underground tunnels' vs intense EDSA floods

... consider the construction of "underground storm drainage tunnels" as a permanent solution to Metro Manila floods, particularly along EDSA. More Information

National Highways completes road, tunnel and viaduct works as part of ongoing A27 upgrades

Transport for the South East has previously mooted the construction of “the longest road tunnel in the UK” – around 5km long and costing £2bn – along ... More Information

Tory conference latest: HS2 row dominates agenda as No10 insists ‘no final decision made’

Monday's Conservative Party Conference was overshadowed by news that the government may be scrapping the Manchester leg of the high-speed railway - the news coming as the Tories held their ... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing - 2023 in review, so far

From our Development Consent Order examination starting and the launch of our first sustainability report, to our parliamentary reception and hearing stories from Dartford, read on for our ... More Information

$583M stormwater tunnel complete in DC

The tunnel is part of the Clean Rivers Project, which stems from a lawsuit that environmental groups filed in 2000 against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority for allowing ... More Information