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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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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On 31.08.2015 a 14 m diameter dual-mode EPB TBM was launched in Hong Kong at the north portal of the tunnel that will link the north-eastern New Territories and the Liantang border crossing in ...
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On 21st August 2015, the Tunnel Boring Machine S36 broke through at Palam Station, 27 days after its twin S37 did the same, completing the last drives on Contract CC-34 of Delhi Metro Phase-III. ...
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HS2 Ltd has shortlisted three teams to become the Phase 2a design and delivery partner for the planned section of high-speed rail connecting the West Midlands and Crewe...
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The Lane Construction Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Webuild Group, has broken ground on the Kansas City Levee Flood Risk Management Project. The $258 million U.S. Army Corps of ...
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HS2 Ltd releasing over 250 packages of work for small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, worth millions of pounds...
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National Highways has today announced that Turner & Townsend Limited has been awarded the £23.3 million Commercial Partner contract on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing scheme, the most ...
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Don’t miss out on the #WTC2022! Submit your registration now on our website and take advantage of a substantial discount! You will be able to attend workshops, discover the latest ...
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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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