On the 19th November 2015, 24 projects and their representatives, along with 8 engineers, 5 engineering companies and 5 contractors who were all candidates for this years ITA Tunnelling Awards in ...
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Tunnelbuilder is pleased to announce that A.S.T. Bochum of Germany has become a new advertiser on our website. A.S.T. Bochum is your specialised supplier for all Tunnelling, Microtunnelling as ...
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Zürich / Lyon, 13.11.2015: NFM Technologies and MÜHLHÄUSER have signed an exclusive agreement whereby Mühlhäuser will represent NFM Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) with ...
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The detailed design of the Castelbello and Colsano ring road has been approved for the SS 38 in Stelvio. The tender is about the construction phase and will be reviewed in 2017, the value will be ...
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Wendlingen-Ulm Line
Steinbuehl Tunnel
On 06.11.2015 at the Todsburg portal the breakthrough took place of the 4847 m long Steinbuehl tunnel. This was originally expected in the spring of 2016 ...
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As part of the Koralm tunnel (lot KAT 3) two tunnels, which are 5.9 km long and with a 9.5 m external diameter, will be driven by a bi-modal TBM and will be lined with about 45,000 segments ...
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On 19.11.2015 the government announced the EUR6.08-7.43 billion (AUD9-11 billion) Melbourne Metro project in Australia can be procured as an availability based Public Private Partnership (PPP) ...
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Scottish Water reached a key milestone in the construction of the Shieldhall Tunnel in Glasgow. Bachy Soletanche, the UK company contracted last June by the JV VINCI Construction Grands Projets and ...
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The on-line registration has now opened the for the 2016 Underground Construction conference that will be held in Prague from 23.05.2016 to 25.05.2016. To register please visit the website ...
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A ceremony was held for the breakthrough of Line 3 of Riyadh's Metro, it is the longest part of the network at 40.7 km. The line runs from the west near the Jeddah Expressway and ends in the ...
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On 08.11.2015 Seli Overseas broke through at Al Wabb Station on the Doha Metro Gold Line and set a new production record for the line with 625 m excavated in one month. Seli Overseas subcontract ...
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STUVA-Expo 2015 - these 164 exhibitors are prepared for your visit!
3D Mapping Solutions GmbH, A.S.T. Bochum GmbH, AB Alvenius Industrier, ACO Tiefbau Vertrieb GmbH, ADCOS NV, Adolf Würth GmbH ...
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A TBM, built in Germany by Herrenknecht, will be assembled and lowered in the metro station ready to dig and build a tunnel under Nizza Street, first towards Moncalieri and then towards Lingotto for ...
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On 06/11/2015 the TBM Brenda reached the future station of the extension of the U District Northgate Link to Seattle, completing the third segment of the twin 3.5-mile tunnels being mined by JCM ...
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Sandvik Construction will not now be exhibiting at Bauma in April 2016. The reason for this decision is due to their continuing strategy of focusing on the real needs and requirements of their ...
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The Midtown Tunnel is comprised of 11 different concrete elements which are now complete. The final layer which is called armor stone will protect the tunnel from ship anchors in the Federal ...
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A referendum will be held on 28.02.2016 for Swiss citizens will make a decision about the federal government proposal to build a second tube for the Gotthard road tunnel under the Alps before ...
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The Ministry of the Interior for the technical regulations for fire prevention in the design, construction and operation of metropolitan railways have published their latest guidelines. Visit ...
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On 19.10.2015 a veteran Robbins Main Beam (diameter 4.20 m, weight 260 t) completed the excavation of the 5,084 m-long Sachseln safety tunnel on the A8 motorway, in Switzerland. Works, ...
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This Autumn the company SMU Engeocom from Moscow completed two tunnels for the third interchange (second circle line) of the Moscow metro, using two Robbins EPB TBMs. On 24.10.2015 the TBM Victoria ...
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TBM Alice, one of the largest TBM's ever used in the Southern Hemisphere, completed its work on the Waterview Connection, a link in a motorway network through the city of Auckland, between the ...
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On 22.10.2015 Cipa SpA completed the excavation of the railway tunnel Monte Poggio Maria. The project is part of construction for the enlarging of the Cefalu'- Ogliastrillo section on ...
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FCC has been awarded the contract for the project which includes the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Toyo tunnel in the Urabá Port (around 80 kilometres from ...
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On 20.10.2015 the Turin City Council approved the tender design to authorize the start of tendering process for contracts to construct the city's second driverless metro line, connecting Rebaudengo ...
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Tunnelbuilder would like to welcome Seli Overseas SpA as the latest sponsor of the tunnelbuilder websites.
In February last year Seli Constructions SpA partnered with Grandi Lavori Fincosit Spa ...
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With the breakthrough of TBM S-867 on 10.10.2015 and
S-865 on 13.10.2015 at the Legtaifiya Station in Doha, Salini Impregilo,
leader of the ISG joint venture, has completed 11 out of the 16 ...
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On 22.10.2015 Cipa Spa, along with the contractor COCIV, finished the excavation of the 278 m Chiaravagna tunnel. The tunnel is part of the new high speed, high capacity railway line ...
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On 02.10.2015 Sydney metros North West TBM number 2 Florence broke through into the site of the future Castle Hill station after a 6.5 km dig. Work began at Bella Vista in late October last year. ...
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The final wall of the 2.1 km Pinchat tunnel came down on the 10/08/201. The tunnel is 30 meters below the Route de Troinex, creating the connection between Carouge-Bachet and Val d'Arve, on the ...
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RFI and Italferr have completed the final design for the Fortezza-Ponte Gardena access, which is part of the Brenner Base Tunnel project and filed it at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. ...
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The federal office of transport has given the go ahead for testing to begin in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The first successful test runs began on 01/10/2015 with the first trains using ...
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The construction of the Iran-Armenia railway will begin after the creation of an important cargo base. The railway will be used mainly for in-transit freights from Iran to other countries. The ...
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On the 15/10/2015 C.M.C Ravenna with TBM Barbara broke through on the first part of the 4 km Caltanissetta tunnel, which is part of the 28 km-long section upgrade at the A19 ...
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The contract was awarded equally between JV Costain and VINCI Construction Grands Projets and covers the construction of two shafts, 15 m diameter each, with a depth of 20 m, a 300 m long ...
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On 06.10.2015 FAST, the FCC-led consortium made up of Samsung, Alstom, Strukton, Freyssinet Saudi Arabia, Typsa, Atkins and Setec, finished drilling the first tunnel section of line 5 (green ...
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The London Underground, the oldest in the world and the largest in Europe, comprises 11 different lines and 270 stations. Of these the Victoria Line is a deep-level underground route that was ...
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The tunnel-way, dubbed the “Vegas loop”, is a nearly $52.5 million ... Reporters and various Las Vegas media entities were shown the project on ...
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THE TRANSPORTATION department has started seeking bidders for the tunneling works contract connecting the South Commuter Railway Project to ...
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After construction crews spent months drilling, digging, mucking, paving, lining and electrifying tunnels, representatives of Las Vegas media were ...
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Construction of Australia’s biggest road infrastructure project has reached another major milestone, with Rozelle Interchange tunnelling passing the half way mark...
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YOU ARE HERE:INNOVATIVE THINKING
Western Isles to mainland Scotland tunnel to be considered
07 APR, 2021 BY CATHERINE KENNEDY
A 27km tunnel linking the Western Isles and mainland ...
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Construction begins on Snøhetta's entrance for the mile-long ship tunnel which will introduce a safe passage for large vessels along the turbulent ...
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Egis has successfully signed the Contract Agreement with Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) for the design of the Dhaka Metro Line 5 South. Egis, leader of the consortium will work ...
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It is part of the Changzhou-Wuxi Highway which has a total length of 43.9 km. Construction of the underwater tunnel began in January 2018 in east ...
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The La Paz tunnel is located in the La Paz mountain range in Lebrija, a municipality in the department of Santander (Colombia). This region has a warm climate with two annual periods of ...
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“Sir Digs-A-Lot” is one of five finalists out of 1,200 community suggestions for the name of Seattle’s next big underground tunnel boring machine...
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(CNN) — Norway has got the go-ahead to construct what's being billed as the world's first ship tunnel, designed to help vessels navigate the treacherous Stadhavet Sea...
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Cross River Rail will have 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels running deep under Brisbane.
Giant underground factories...
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Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke joint venture has just completed excavation of the ninth and final shaft of the central section of the super sewer project...
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Fugro delivered the ground investigation for Femern Link Contractors, a consortium formed by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Per Aarsleff, Wayss ...
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For his long and distinguished career in tunnelling, dedication to the BTS and commitment to developing young tunnel engineers...
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The tunnel, originally announced in 2017, will bore through just over a mile of the peninsula at its narrowest, southern end and allow ships to avoid the ...
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Two Iseki 1200 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) named after two deities – the Norse goddess Freya and the Greek goddess Artemis – will complete ...
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The scope of work in the project includes the construction of a 10.5km highway, plus five tunnels with a combined length of 4km. The longest of these ...
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The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) recognized nine WSP USA projects for Engineering Excellence..
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Vehicles travel through the Saigon River Tunnel that links District 1 and Thu Duc City, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen...
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The Australasian Tunnelling Conference (ATS2020+1), our premier industry event, will be held in Melbourne on the 10th – 13th May 2021 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre ...
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Tracking devices have been clamped on two 165-metre long boring machines digging the first rail tunnels beneath the Brisbane River. The two giant ...
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Tunnel construction as a climate-friendly source of energy. The Brenner Base Tunnel will relieve transit traffic between Italy and Austria and, incidentally, ...
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More than 20 tunnel boring machines have been put to work to date to build lines 15, 16, 17 and 18 as part of a Grand Paris Express metro expansion ...
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For the first time, LTA will use a large-diameter tunnel boring machine to construct a single tunnel with two tracks in it. CRL1 is slated to commence ...
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True to its dedication to strive for innovation and sustainability, Normet has continued to develop and optimise its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ...
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... two major planning approvals in readiness for the tunnel boring machines to start ... The first tunnelling contracts are likely to be issued in mid-2021.
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Watch the trailer for episode 2 of Tideway’s brand new web series - Tunnel Vision...
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HS2 Ltd has set a construction start date of Spring 2024 for Phase 2a of the project.
The target date for the start of earthworks is revealed in board minutes from December but just ...
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They will build their tunnelling machine and test it against competitors to get top spot.Caption: A render of the Warwick Boring Team's tunnelling device ...
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The M4-M5 Link Tunnels is the first stage of the M4-M5 Link which is being delivered in two stages...
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The Yokohama Loop Northwest Route is a 7.1km-long motorway that connects the Tomei Expressway and the Daisan Keihin Road...
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Tunnel Vision is a new web series from Tideway that will take a closer-then-ever look at the two dozen construction sites that make up the project, its amazing engineering and the people ...
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The NSW Government expects the first of four large tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be in the ground by mid-2023. For more information visit the ...
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Uninterrupted connection was provided in the first tunnel of the Fahrettin Altay-Narlıdere metro line, which is under construction by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality...
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Two former ICE presidents have been brought in to carry out an official feasibility study of a possible Irish Sea crossing...
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Upgrades on the London Underground continue to gather pace, with work progressing on the capacity upgrade at Bank station and the Northern Line Extension programme...
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... LOT main tunnel will consist of approximately 17,000 feet of 144-inch hand-mined diameter tunnel and will be mined with a tunnel boring machine ...
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