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Public invited to submit comments for EIA report on Malta-Gozo tunnel

Public invited to submit comments for EIA report on Malta-Gozo tunnel

An open consultation for the public to talk about the preparation of an EIA report on the Malta- Gozo tunnel, has been launched by the Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Development and ... More Information

PIARC international conference on Road Tunnel Operations and Safety.

If you would like to know about the PIARC conference in Lyon starting on October 3rd 2018 please click on this link to their brochure.  A representative from the tunnelbuilder team will be ... More Information

Balfour Beatty VINCI announces appointment of new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture

Balfour Beatty VINCI today announces the appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture.   Mark Davies will take on the role from Mark Cutler who leaves after a ... More Information

11th Annual breakthroughs in tunneling short course

Learn from the case studies below at the 11th annual breakthroughs in tunnelling short course. This course will be held from the 10th to the 12th of September 2018 at the University of Denver, ... More Information

EBRD finances upgrading of Cairo Metro Line 1

Millions of commuters will benefit from a EUR205 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to support the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) ... More Information

South Hartford Conveyance and Storage Tunnel update

South Hartford Conveyance and Storage Tunnel update

The Metropolitan District (MDC) announced that TBM Iris will be lowered into place this week. The parts will be lowered in separate segments approximately 61 m (200 feet) down into the South ... More Information

HRBT project

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project will move forward with the bored-tunnel construction method to deliver the next connection across the Hampton Roads harbour, the Virginia ... More Information

HS2 contract opportunities

HS2 contract opportunities

Do you want to see the latest information on HS2?  Also find information about contracts awarded directly by HS2 Ltd, including the status of current and future opportunities. Just click ... More Information

Take A Virtual Drive Through The West Gate Tunnel

Visitors to the West Gate Tunnel’s new information centre will be able to take a virtual drive through the tunnel via a high tech interactive model and learn more about the congestion busting ... More Information

The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer documentary series commissioned by BBC Two

BBC Two has commissioned Raw to produce a three-part documentary series following the £5bn project to build London’s 20 mile-long ‘super sewer’, cutting through the heart ... More Information

TELT update

Turin/Lyon - Before the end of the Summer 2018 the tenders for the French section of the base tunnel TELT will be released. The bi-national co-operation program agreed by the two European Union ... More Information

TERRATEC EPBM delivered for Bangkok’s Orange Metro Line

TERRATEC EPBM delivered for Bangkok’s Orange Metro Line

 The new 6.39 m diameter Earth Pressure Balance TBM will complete a series of complex tunnel drives for  Phase 1 of  Bangkok’s new Orange metro line , in Thailand . ... More Information

New iPS office opens in Houston

New iPS office opens in Houston

iPS – Powerful people is opening a new office in the “Energy Capital of the World”, Houston, Texas. The move is in line with the iPS goals to serve their clients all over the ... More Information

Melbourne Metro Tunnel’s Jobs Hub Drives Employment Opportunities

Thousands of Victorian jobs seekers can train and upskill as part of the state’s biggest-ever public transport project thanks to the launch of MetroHub – a one-stop-shop for jobs and ... More Information

Melbourne Metro July update

Melbourne Metro July update

Preferred contractor selected to build tunnel entrances - A consortium comprising John Holland, CPB Contractors and AECOM has been selected as the preferred bidder to deliver the $1 billion Rail ... More Information

Robbins Double Shield is conquering the Himalayas

Robbins Double Shield is conquering the Himalayas

Nepal’s First TBM bores 1,000 Meters in One Month Nepal’s first tunnel boring machine, a 5.06 m (16.6 ft) diameter Robbins Double Shield, is living up to the nation’s high ... More Information

4th International Underground Excavations Symposium and Exhibition

4th International Underground Excavations Symposium and Exhibition

4th International Underground Excavations Symposium and Exhibition is organized by the Chamber of Mining Engineers Istanbul Branch and Turkish Tunneling Society. The exhibition will be held on ... More Information

Frome Valley relief sewer

Frome Valley relief sewer

Wessex water are investing around £15 million in building a new sewer which will ensure their system copes with ongoing and future development in North Bristol and South ... More Information

ACCIONA and Gülermak complete excavation of the “Route 2020” project tunnel

ACCIONA and Gülermak complete excavation of the “Route 2020” project tunnel

Press release provided by ACCIONA and Gülermak. This tunnel is part of the Dubai Metro Red Line extension that will connect Nakheel Harbour and Tower station with the site of EXPO 2020 ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 Finalists

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 Finalists

The list of finalists for this year’s awards has now been released please see below. The awards ceremony will be held  in Chuzhou-Nanjing in China from 5-7 November 2018. For further ... More Information

SAIE 2018

SAIE 2018

The construction market is in a transformation phase. The entire construction supply chain is going through a transition phase towards new markets and new production methods. The SAIE show, which ... More Information

Plans for USD1.2 Billion Tunnelling Project in Westchester County

On the  12.07.2018 the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced plans for a EUR1.03 bn (USD1.2 bn) tunnelling project that will improve operational flexibility ... More Information

Fugro awarded pre-construction site investigation for HS2 Chliterns tunnel

Fugro awarded pre-construction site investigation for HS2 Chliterns tunnel

Fugro has been awarded a £5.2M site characterisation package by Align JV as part of design and construction preparation works for HS2 Phase 1 (Area: Central 1). The international ... More Information

ITA newsletter #65

ITA newsletter #65

MESSAGE FROM TARCISIO CELESTINO, ITA PRESIDENT     Dear ITA Friends The World Tunnel Congress 2018 in Dubai was successful and all the beneficial consequences for the industry are ... More Information

Monitoring, Surveying and Information Technology

Monitoring, Surveying and Information Technology

Geodata offers an easy access to data and information with 24/7 availability is a factor of success for our customers. A high degree of data integrity and reliability is therefore a key parameter ... More Information

Twin Robbins Crossover TBMs to bore on Mumbai Metro Line 3

Twin Robbins Crossover TBMs to bore on Mumbai Metro Line 3

Massive Metro Project Will Improve Traffic and Rail Congestion in One of India’s Largest Cities On June 11, 2018, a Robbins Crossover XRE destined for Line 3 of India’s Mumbai Metro ... More Information

11th Annual breakthroughs in tunneling short course

11th Annual breakthroughs in tunneling short course

Celebrating its 11th year, the Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course is the longest running and most-attended course of its kind. Presented by leading practitioners from around the globe, the ... More Information

Tideway update

Tideway update

Going Underground: Tideway’s first tunnelling machines lowered 53 metres into the ground  First two tunnelling machines have been lowered underground Tunnelling to ... More Information

Short-Term Rockburst Prediction in TBM Tunnels

ABSTRACT: Rockbursts in the tight confines of a TBM tunnel can be highly hazardous events given the proximity of vital equipment and workers to the rockburst source, and the space constraints that ... More Information

Robbins - White Papers

Robbins - White Papers

If you need more in-depth explanations of Robbins products, browse through our white papers. These downloadable and printable papers, written by Robbins employees, cover everything from disc ... More Information

Route 2020 update

Route 2020 update

On 30.06.2018 the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai, announced the completion of key tunnelling works for the Route 2020 Project stretching 3.2 km at a depth ranging from 12 to 36 ... More Information

TBM La Carolina completes its journey for the Quito Metro

TBM La Carolina completes its journey for the Quito Metro

On the 19.06.2018  TBM La Carolina reached the end of its underground journey after boring 3.55 km of tunnel and installing 2,281 concrete rings for the Quito Metro. The TBM began the ... More Information

40 years of Geofluid

40 years of Geofluid

2018 is a special year for Geofluid, as it celebrates its first 40 years, getting to stage its 22nd edition. at Piacenza Expo from 3rd to the 6th of October. The Piacenza is around 30,000 square ... More Information

Melbourne Metro Tunnel HQ opens

Melbourne Metro Tunnel HQ opens

This week marks the unveiling of Metro Tunnel HQ, an information centre where visitors can learn how this once-in-a-generation project will be built and get up-to-date information about works in ... More Information

First TBM on its way for Sydney Metro

First TBM on its way for Sydney Metro

The first of five double-shield TBMs which will deliver the next stage of the Metro is on its way to start digging deep under Sydney on Australia’s biggest public transport project. The TBM ... More Information

3rd International Roads, Bridges and Tunnels Fair

3rd International Roads, Bridges and Tunnels Fair

Mega Projects Call Their Heroes  “Where the Continents Meet” is the motto that best describes the goal of the Expo which will be held in Istanbul, a city that serves as a bridge ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme

Bowing to pressure to reduce the project's environmental impact two tunnels are now proposed for the new stretch of railway in Cambridgeshire. Design ... More Information

Balfour Beatty VINCI reaches halfway point on key HS2 'green tunnel'

As well as Burton Green, green tunnels will be constructed at Copthall in Hillingdon, Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Chipping Warden and Greatworth, ... More Information

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work (US$1.1 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project to a consortium of ... More Information

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

The London-based contractor will reconstruct 2.5 miles of the highway through downtown Austin and build a link to the future light rail line. AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel ... More Information

Metro Vancouver digs water tunnel designed to withstand 'the big one' under Fraser River

Crews have begun construction on a new $450-million water supply tunnel between New Westminster and Surrey designed to withstand a major earthquake. More Information

Longest tunnel in Poland begins construction

The project, managed by the Polish company Budimex and Turkish Gülermak, includes 10 viaducts and 12 bridges. This unprecedented investment will ... More Information

Watercare Passes Key Milestone On $300M Programme To Improve Wastewater Services

Watercare and McConnell Dowell celebrate Piper's final breakthrough. On Sunday (subs note: November 10), Piper – a tunnel-boring machine – completed ... More Information

Tutor Perini Scores Contracts

The tunnel project includes the construction of two new shafts connecting to the surface and the use of a tunnel boring machine. The completed ... More Information

Bengaluru Metro completes tunnelling for longest underground line

The final breakthrough came from Bhadra, the last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed, which completed a 937-meter stretch from K G Halli to Nagawara ... More Information

Eastern Freeway Upgrade preferred bidders confirmed

Tunnel boring is currently underway on the North East Link project, with machines currently digging under Yallambie. Federal Minister for ... More Information

Bengaluru civic body completes DPR for 18-km underground tunnel road network

Designed to ease Bengaluru's notorious traffic congestions, the project will deploy six massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) with a diameter of 14.7 ... More Information

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project for New York City Department of Environmental Protection... More Information

Assam's first underwater tunnel: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says DPR nears completion

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Gohpur-Numaligarh tunnel project is almost ... More Information

The Tunnel Vision: A look at California's $20B plan to solve to the state's water crisis

Minassian describes the process, locations and implications of the operation using four tunnel boring machines. READ STORY | HEAR PODCAST. PART 3 ... More Information

Ruby deployed for final Metro West tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ruby has begun carving out the final section of tunnel for the Sydney Metro West project. More Information

Photos: Inside the $250 Million Tunnel Being Constructed Under Columbus

Located at an average depth of 50 feet underground, the 12-foot-diameter tunnel has been under construction since early 2021. By the time it is ... More Information

Tideway: £4.5bn ‘super sewer’ begins to protect Thames as first 4 sites activated

The Thames Tideway Tunnel has commenced operation as the first four of 21 sites have been switched on. This means that, after eight years of construction, the 25km £4.5bn “super sewer” has ... More Information

Lowest bidder emerges for Dubai Metro Blue line

Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) opened bids from contractors for the contract to design and build Dubai Metro’s Blue Line on 8 October. The group of China Tiesiju Civil ... More Information

Sanya River estuary passage project makes steady progress

A drone photo shows the construction site of the Sanya River estuary passage project in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 12, 2024. The Sanya River estuary passage project ... More Information

Mumbai Metro 3: Breaking Ground, Defying Odds

Two tunnels for the 33.5-km corridor (Colaba to Aarey), totalling 55 km, were carved out, using 17 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). Certain sections ... More Information

VIDEO: Drone fly through inside new HRBT tunnel

We can't fly you to the moon, but we can fly you through the new #HRBTExpansion tunnel. Drone video gives you a quick glimpse into the... More Information

Skanska receives Innovate UK funding to accelerate decarbonisation of concrete

Our Skanska Costain STRABAG JV has secured funding to trial repurposed London Clay as a low carbon alternative to cement... More Information

Longest Tunnel in the World Entering Final Phase Underneath Newburgh

Repair Plans for the Delaware Aqueduct in Wawarsing and Newburgh, NY. The plan for repairs involved the construction of a 2.5 mile bypass tunnel ... More Information

Two TBM's break through

Two TBM's break through. Joshua Farrell ... tunnelling segments to line the new tunnel walls. Work inside the ... More Information

Texas A&M eyes Elon Musk's Boring Company for tunnel system

A&M officials have conducted a feasibility study with positive results, but they have yet to talk with Musk about the project, Chief Operating Officer ... More Information

Construction Begins on £1.8bn Underwater Tunnel Under Panama Canal

The tunnel is part of Panama's Metro Line 3 monorail project, designed to ease traffic congestion in the metropolitan area. tunnel boring machine... More Information

Webuild at work on the massive railway tunnel at the heart of the Northeast Corridor

After years of planning, the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) to improve the railway connection between New York and New Jersey has begun. The first drilling contract for the tunnels, part of ... More Information

TfL Awards Contract for Elephant & Castle Tube Station Upgrade

Transport for London (TfL) has selected Dragados UK to design and construct new passenger tunnels at Elephant & Castle Tube station. These tunnels will connect the new station box to the ... More Information

More than 10 years of transformational tunnelling

More than 23,000 workers, 11 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and an army of roadheaders and excavators are what it has taken for CPB Contractors to construct more than 80 kilometres of ... More Information

Ivy – the Newest Member of the DEME Marine Fleet on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Project

DEME have introduced “Ivy”, the newest member of their marine fleet for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project! Specifically designed for the transport and immersion of the project’s 89 massive ... More Information

Double down: SA’s groundbreaking purchase

Up to twice the number of Tunnel Boring Machines previously anticipated will be delivered to South Australia for the landmark River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project, giving hope the ... More Information

CRL Tunnel Vision September 2024

This month in Tunnel Vision we’re celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! It’s been a busy month on the CRL fitting out the stations with all the technical systems needed to run and revealing ... More Information

Siddhababa tunnel achieves key breakthroughs.

The first and third cross passages of the Siddhababa Tunnel Project on the Siddhartha Highway have achieved breakthroughs. Construction of two of ... More Information

Ontario Exploring Feasibility of New Highway 401 Tunnel

Today, the Ontario government launched the technical evaluation for the construction of a new driver and transit tunnel expressway under ... More Information

National Highways unveils modernisation plans to upgrade A38 Saltash Tunnel

National Highways will be embarking on the second phase of a major modernisation upgrade of the A38 Saltash Tunnel later this autumn... More Information

Strong sustainability score for North East Link

Three mini tunnel boring machines (TBMs) moved 1.8km of the Yarra East Main Sewer to the east of Bulleen Road, beneath homes, schools and sports ... More Information

Tunneling through the Carpathians

AKTOR's innovative use of Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) represents a leap forward in engineering and construction technology in the region. Here ... More Information

Suburban Rail Loop to repurpose enormous Sydney Metro machines

The Victorian government's Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) is making major strides, with the first four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) now ordered and set to ... More Information

The incredible tunnel that cost £108m to build is the longest on an entire continen

Colombia's mega project will see the country honoured as having the longest tunnel in South America when completed, benefitting locals and ... More Information