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Swiss Tunnel Congress 2019

The Swiss Tunnelling Society (STS) is hosting the annual Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC) in the Lucerne Culture and Congress Center (KKL) between the 04-06 June 2019. The STC 2019 is organised by the ... More Information

North East Link now fully funded by Victorian government

North East Link now fully funded by Victorian government

The Andrews Labour Government has fully funded the biggest road project ever built in Victoria as part of a Suburban Transport Blitz that will get Victorians home sooner. The Victorian Budget ... More Information

Robbins - Thuong Kon Tum hydroelectric project

Robbins - Thuong Kon Tum hydroelectric project

In our latest video, take a trip with Robbins to the scenic Thuong Kon Tum project in Vietnam where a 4.5 m (14.7 ft) Main Beam TBM has recently completed boring. After being left in high humidity ... More Information

Riverlinux consortium wins Silvertown tunnel contract

An international consortium of contractors and financiers has won one of the U.K.'s last privately financed infrastructure projects, covering the $1.3-billion Silvertown highway tunnel under the ... More Information

Tunnelling milestone at Sydney Metro

Tunnelling milestone at Sydney Metro

Sydney Metro’s second mega boring machine has made history, breaking through a wall of rock at the new Waterloo Station. TBM Mum Shirl started digging from Marrickville on 5 November 2018 and ... More Information

Grand Paris Express – Ten new TBMs by 2019

Grand Paris Express – Ten new TBMs by 2019

During 2019 ten new TBMs will be launched to be used as part of the Grand Paris Express tunnel construction. Currently  two TBMs are being assembled for line 16 in Schwanau, at the Herrenknecht ... More Information

Tunnel Revolution Conference

Tunnel Revolution Conference

Tunnel revolution press release - Be a part of our exciting and interactive international conference and learn about the regulations, latest technologies, standards and procedures that impact ... More Information

Breakthroughs in Tunnelling Short Course

The 12th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunnelling Short Course will be held at the University of Denver between September 9th and 11th. The Breakthroughs in Tunnelling Short Course is the ... More Information

Improving the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down

On the 20th of May the NAO (National Audit Office) published a report on risks and uncertainties surrounding the UK government’s plan to build the tunnel project beneath the Stonehenge ... More Information

Refuge Chamber Quality without Compromise

Refuge Chamber Quality without Compromise

Evacuation will always be the primary course of action during a hazardous event. However, in mining operations, it is not always possible. Working hundreds of meters underground can make immediate ... More Information

Construction of the Lubuk Linggau-Curup-Bengkulu Toll Road

The Indonesian government continues to improve connectivity between the centres of economic growth on the island of Sumatra. Besides the construction and maintenance of national arterial roads, ... More Information

Doha residents welcome new metro connections

Doha residents welcome new metro connections

A remarkable addition to the city’s public transport infrastructure, the first part of Doha Metro’s Red Line, started its service for the public on May 8th running from Al Qassar in ... More Information

The only way is down - International NGO and industry take on the challenge

The ITA Committee on Underground Space (ITACUS) has launched a new initiative to tackle the challenge of food security the world is facing. As part of their Next Level Program they have joined ... More Information

Press release from the ITA

THE WORLD TUNNEL CONGRESS 2019 SHOWCASES THE POTENTIAL OF UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURES The World Tunnel Congress and the 45th ITA General Assembly, organized by the International Tunnelling and ... More Information

MineARC releases step by step operator training video

MineARC releases step by step operator training video

The video shows you how to use a MineARC Refuge Chamber with an ELV/ELVP Scrubbing System.  The video is a step-by-step guide on how to operate a refuge chamber with an Extra Low Voltage ... More Information

ATS Tunnel Design and Construction Short Course – Perth, 16th – 18th June 2019

ATS Tunnel Design and Construction Short Course – Perth, 16th – 18th June 2019

This two and a half day interactive course program features a series of technical presentations and project visit. The course aim is to take the delegates through common components of a project ... More Information

The ITA tunnelling awards 2019 - Call for entries

The ITA tunnelling awards 2019 - Call for entries

This 5th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards is organised by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, and will take place from the 18th to the 20th of November 2019 , in ... More Information

Penetron Italia - ReSHEALience

Penetron Italia - ReSHEALience

Penetron Italia, which was a Silver Sponsor at the recent world tunnelling congress in Naples is now, an industrial partner of the European project ReSHEALience.  ReSHEALience is ... More Information

ITA-AITES – announcement

ITA-AITES – announcement

The 48th General Assembly of ITA-AITES & World Tunnel Congress in 2022 will be held in Cancun, Mexico. For further information please visit https://about.ita-aites.org/news More Information

RETC 2019 - The USA’s Leading Tunneling Conference

RETC 2019 - The USA’s Leading Tunneling Conference

For over 20 years, RETC has proven to be the leading conference for tunneling innovation. Discover why RETC is like no other tunneling conference you've attended before.  Every two years, ... More Information

Sydney Metro celebrates its first tunnelling breakthrough

Work on the Sydney Metro City and Southwest project in Australia has reached a key milestone with its first tunnel boring machine (TBM) breakthrough. A TBM named Nancy – one of five working on ... More Information

Forrestfield-Airport Link project updates

Forrestfield-Airport Link project updates

On the 9th of May 2019 the TBM Grace broke through at Redcliffe Station (click here for the video), after tunnelling 4.6km and building more than 2700 rings since starting her underground journey ... More Information

FIDIC teams up with the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association to launch new tunnelling and underground works contract

 International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) and ITA-AITES (the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) have teamed up to ... More Information

Underground Construction Prague 2019

You can now register for the 14th International Conference entitled “Underground Construction Prague 2019”, which will be held in  the Czech Republic, from June 3rd – 5th , ... More Information

Robbins TBM overcomes Multiple Caverns to Make Breakthrough

Robbins TBM overcomes Multiple Caverns to Make Breakthrough

Galerie des Janots Main Beam completes Arduous French Drive - In April 2019, a Robbins 3.5 m (11.5 ft) diameter Main Beam TBM broke through into open space, completing its 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long ... More Information

MAPEI: PLATINUM SPONSOR OF THE WORLD TUNNEL CONGRESS 2019

MAPEI: PLATINUM SPONSOR OF THE WORLD TUNNEL CONGRESS 2019

Mapei is Platinum Sponsor at WTC 2019, the Annual Congress dedicated to Tunnelling and Underground Construction, which this year will be held in Naples at the Mostra d’Oltremare exhibition and ... More Information

TERRATEC secures contract for Pune Metro TBMs

TERRATEC secures contract for Pune Metro TBMs

TERRATEC Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) are proving their worth in India with another contract secured for the underground works on Line 1 of the Pune Metro. Having delivered 22 TBMs to India ... More Information

COWI achieves Silver at Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Awards

COWI achieves Silver at Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Awards

COWI was recognised at an awards ceremony for their commitment to workplace wellbeing on Tuesday 30 April. Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Index is a benchmark of best policy and practice, ... More Information

A new tunnel for the LEB between Prilly and Lausanne

A new tunnel for the LEB between Prilly and Lausanne

The Lausanne Echallens Bercher Railway (LEB) provides an essential link between the Gros-de-Vaud and the Lausanne urban area. The construction of a new tunnel between Union-Prilly and ... More Information

Forrestfield’s TBMs are running again

Both Forrestfield TBMs are now up and running again and on their way to Redcliffe Station, where they are expected to break through in the coming months. While at Redcliffe the TBMs Grace and ... More Information

Study into impact of TELT commissioned

France is firmly committed to the new Lyon-Turin line project, which should contribute to the shift from road to rail for freight traffic crossing the Franco-Italian Alps and thus reduce the ... More Information

TBM Stella Rose launched for Sirius Minerals’

TBM Stella Rose launched for Sirius Minerals’

The 1,800-t TBM Stella Rose, the first to be used to construct Sirius Minerals’ transportation tunnel from Teesside to Whitby, was officially launched on the 12.04.2019 at a ceremony in ... More Information

Blue Line extension begins in Stockholm

Construction of the largest expansion in Stockholm public transport since the Blue Line was built in the 70s began with a ceremonial starting blast in a rock cavern in Barkarby.  The ... More Information

Cotti & Marchi welcome to tunnelbuilder!

Cotti & Marchi welcome to tunnelbuilder!

For over 30 years Cotti & Marchi have been manufacturing products for construction and tunnelling companies worldwide. They have developed solutions that adapt to the needs of large tunnelling ... More Information

WTC 2019 & the 45th ITA General Assembly

WTC 2019 & the 45th ITA General Assembly

It’s just one month to go before the beginning of the annual international congress for the engineering sector dedicated to underground construction! The World Tunnel Congress and ITA 45th ... More Information

ISTSS 2020 - Call for papers and posters

The Call for Papers for the 9th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS 2019) is open. The symposium will be held in Munich, Germany, 11-13 March 2020. This event will bring ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Europe's $45BN Mega Tunnels through the Alps

Discover the record-breaking network of tunnels being constructed beneath the Alps. This video explores the top 6 longest tunnels in the region, .. More Information

AFRY secures contract for Switzerland's Twann Tunnel project

Construction oversight of the Twann Tunnel in the country. The tunnel on the Lake of Bienne is intended to ease traffic congestion in Twann by ... More Information

Line 5 Tunnel Project: Public comments now open for proposal to build under Straits of Mackinac

"The purpose of the project is to facilitate the construction of a tunnel beneath Lake Michigan bottomlands to replace the Line 5 dual pipelines ... More Information

ECRL Breakthrough: Genting Tunnel Becomes SEA's Longest Rail Tunnel

Genting Tunnel's construction used both Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) and traditional drill-and-blast methods. The TBMs, built in China and ... More Information

Sydney tunnel factory creates 700 manufacturing jobs

The factory will support two of the largest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the Southern Hemisphere, set to arrive later this year. Once ... More Information

2.7 km Breakthrough Achieved in Bullet Train Tunnel

The tunnel also features a 7-kilometre undersea stretch beneath Thane Creek, a first of its kind in India. To ... More Information

Australian-first Sydney tunnel fabrication facility opens

The tunnel boring machines are expected to arrive in Sydney later this year, before being assembled deep underground below Birchgrove. They will ... More Information

ECRL Breakthrough: Genting Tunnel Becomes SEA's Longest Rail Tunnel

Genting Tunnel's construction used both Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) and traditional drill-and-blast methods. The TBMs, built in China and ... More Information

4000-tonne machines dig arterial route under Melbourne's west

The West Gate Tunnel Project is in full swing beneath Melbourne's inner west, with tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Bella and Vida at the helm... More Information

Gotthard drilling machine gets no further - now it has to be blown up

Forced break in the Gotthard road tunnel: After 190 meters, the drilling machine working on the second tube has come to an end for the time being... More Information

Construction begins on 6 Cross Island Line Phase 2 stations

Tunnel Boring Machine measuring 12.8m in diameter. The machine will “bore through the ground only once for the construction of the tunnel which ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine returns after installing $22 million outfall

A 19.5 tonne tunnel-boring machine docked at Onehunga Wharf on Friday afternoon after successfully tunnelling the $22m Clarks Beach Outfall over ... More Information

Scarborough Subway Extension tunnelling progresses following maintenance stop

The remaining portion of the tunnel will be delivered by Scarborough Transit Connect, the development partner for the project's stations, rail and ... More Information

World's Deepest Underwater Tunnel to Have Cars Drive 16 Miles Under the Sea

Norway is building what is to become the longest and deepest road tunnel under the sea. The Rogfast project, measuring 26.7 kilometers (about 16.5 ... More Information

Tunnelling underway for National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Snowdonia

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) Buddug has commenced excavation of National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Wales’ Eryri National Park, otherwise known as Snowdonia. The tunnel is part of ... More Information

CPK signs contract for construction of HSR tunnel in Łódź

The contract for the construction of a 4.6 km long, 14-metre wide High-Speed Rail (HSR) tunnel will be carried out by construction company PORR. The project is valued at approximately PLN ... More Information

Underneath the busy Baltimore streets, the Howard Street Tunnel gets its makeover

A squad of construction workers descend daily under the streets of Baltimore. They labour deep down, in the semi-secret and highly restricted ... More Information

London Power Tunnels Milestone

We're thrilled to announce that our second 2.5km high-voltage circuit between Hurst and Crayford is now live. This £1 billion project is rewiring London, strengthening energy supply, and ... More Information

U.S. Tunneling Professionals Convene in Dallas at RETC 2025

The event drew approximately 1,400 people. Another highlight of the conference was the presentation of the now annual Underground Construction ... More Information

Construction of NY and NJ GatewayTunnel hits halfway mark

People are looking down at the ground from the Highline on Manhattan's West Side. Some parts of the new train tunnel structure ... More Information

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor for construction. Maguire told reporters during a briefing Monday morning. He noted that VTA is trying to fill a $1.2 billion ... More Information

Tunneling In The Digital Age: Rethinking Subsurface Infrastructure

But successful construction is just the start of the journey. Underground infrastructure is a long-term investment—just look at the London Underground ... More Information

Sydney Moves Forward with Final Tunnelling for Harbour Project

Sydney prepares for the arrival of the largest TBMs in the Southern Hemisphere as the Western Harbour Tunnel project enters its final tunnelling ... More Information

Metrolinx seeks help to name 2 of its massive Ontario Line tunnel digging machines

Metrolinx is now accepting names for two of its giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which will be used for twin 16-metre-deep and six-kilometre-long ... More Information

Deutsche Bahn awards contract for Munich S-Bahn project

The contract involves structural works for the expansion, including the construction of tunnels and an underground station. The Tunnel Ostbahnhof JV, ... More Information

Excavation completed on Italian side of Brenner Base Tunnel

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Flavia” successfully bored through the Alps beneath the Mules 2–3 section, reaching the Austrian border. More Information

Giant tunnel borer set for Shantou Bay project

A giant tunnel boring machine has been installed for tunnelling under Shantou Bay in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo provided to ... More Information

€0.4bn road and tunnel project in Georgia

Work is proceeding on the Kvesheti-Kobi road and tunnel scheme in Georgia. The scheme is part of a larger project, being carried out with Chinese ... More Information

Lahore to transform with Rs49 billion tunnel boring project

Pakistan, April 27 -- The federal government has approved Lahore's Rs49 billion Tunnel Boring Project, marking a major development for the city... More Information

Construction at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

The 2,100-foot-long tunnel connects the terminal to parking facilities and the tramway leading to the RTA public rail line. During the project, two of ... More Information

AFFHOLDER AND J.F. SHEA TEAM UP ON $700 MILLION CONTRACT

The tunneling subsidiary, Affholder LLC, will lead a joint venture with J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., to build the I-35 Capital Express Central ... More Information

Factory Testing Complete on DC Water's first tunnel boring machine for the Potomac River

Mary passed all the necessary requirements and is one of two TBM's on the project. The tunnel is part of DC Water's Clean Rivers Project, to ... More Information

Work on Chennai Metro tunnel racing to a finish

The machine Flamingo, which started boring in 2023 for the tunnel linking Light House with Thirumayilai, is expected to reach the other end in ... More Information

CPK awards contract to build high-speed rail tunnel in Lodz, Poland

The tunnel, to be constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), will have a ... More Information

Inside HS2: Meet London's miners working on the Northolt tunnels

We are on a tunnel boring machine (TBM) inside High Speed Two's huge Northolt tunnels. These tunnel boring machines are part of a tunnelling ... More Information

Ontario Begins Construction Of Last Tunnel Segment Of The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

The remaining eastern portion of tunnel construction (500-meter twin tunnels) will use the sequential excavation method, with daily progress of ... More Information

Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords

We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put ... More Information

CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

The estimated cost of construction of the FCC electron–positron stage, including the tunnel and all the infrastructure, is 15 billion Swiss francs... More Information

TBM break through on Auckland's £915M wastewater megaproject completes 16.2km tunnel

Auckland's major wastewater infrastructure project, the Central Interceptor, has reached a significant milestone with the final breakthrough of ... More Information