For the
second edition of the Arabian Tunnelling Conference in Abu Dhabi deadline to
submit an abstract is 15 October 2014. The conference theme will be: Sustainable
Tunnelling in GCC ...
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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s
largest industrial auctioneer, held a record-breaking multi-million Euro
auction at its site in Caorso, Italy on 02.10.2014. More than 1,360 ...
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During ExpoTunnel, on October 23-24, the SIG - Italian Tunnelling Society has organized the international conference Innovation in the construction of underground works. Among the speeches on 23 ...
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The Thimphu-Wangdue road is classified as the primary national highway in Bhutan. Except for an undefined weak zone near the portal at Nabisa, the 10.5 km-long road tunnel road Yusipang in Thimphu ...
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Excavation of the headrace tunnel from adit 1 to the de-silting chamber has been completed at Punatshangchhu-II HEP in Bhutan. The de-silting chamber helps clean up the raw water between intake and ...
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Expotunnel will be in Bologna, Italy from 23 to 25 October 2014, where tunnelbuilder team welcomes you to our stand D2-E1 in Hall 19. Fill out the registration form and you'll receive by email ...
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By 28.09.2014 EPB TBM Barbara (diameter 15.08 m, length 115 m) owned by consortium Empedocle 2, comprising CMC (leader), Tecnis and CCC, reached the 1 km mark driving the Caltanissetta tunnel on SS ...
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Metrostav and Havnen Anlegg have started drill/blast construction of the 1,565 m-long Bjornabakkane tunnel in Central Norway. The tunnel, commissioned by Statens vegvesen, will provide avalanche ...
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Northgate Link Extension will connect the Northgate, Roosevelt and U District neighborhoods to downtown Seattle, US and the airport.
A second TBM is beginning its 5.79 km journey from the Maple ...
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In August, 2014 major progress was made at a coalmine in Queensland, Australia when a specialized Robbins Dual Mode EPB/Rock TBM was successfully rolled out after completing the first of two access ...
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The exhibiting companies and those that make up the Promotion Committee are working in the underground field in Italy and abroad with their innovative solutions. For example: Spea Ingegneria ...
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The Sao Paulo, Brazil green metro line 2 extension will be a new 14.4 km-long section between Vila Prudente and Dutra stations, including 15 shafts, turnout tracks and the following 13 stations: ...
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Excavations on the Tulfes-Pfons construction lot began on 18.09.2014 with a solemn ceremony.
The BBT project along the 9,000 km north-south corridor from Helsinki to La Valletta is very important ...
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On 18.09.2014 Piedmont Region and the company Infra.To signed the agreement for funding EUR35 million for the construction of the Lingotto-Bengasi section 4 of Line 1 of Turin metro. The section ...
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The Border Roads Organization (BRO) reported the construction of the 8.8 km-long Rohtang tunnel in the State of Himachal Pradesh, India is underway, with 4.4 km completed to date.
Meantime, ...
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On 12.09.2014 was held the final conference of the three-year Interreg Italy-Austria IBBT project on flooring, lining and innovative lighting for tunnels. The project, co-funded Interreg IV ...
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On 18.09.2014 the 4th International Corridor Reno-Alps Conference was held in Genoa, Italy. The Swiss Confederation aims to transfer freight from road to rail through the Lotschberg (opened in ...
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The 18 km-long Fehmarnbelt tunnel with its electrified rail operation and a fully lit road tunnel requires the security of an uninterrupted power supply. It will have its own, major substation at ...
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The latest in the Robbins Webinar series is entitled Lessons Learned from the Field: the Greatest Challenges in TBM Tunnelling. The discussion is scheduled for one hour on Tuesday, 30th September ...
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Ritchie Bros next auction in Caorso, Italy is on Thursday 2nd October, 2014. Over 900 items are currently included in the inventory, and more will be added in the coming weeks. This wide variety of ...
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The Federal Council of Berne, capital of Switzerland, has approved construction of the western branch of Biel bypass, including the junction to the right bank of Lake Biel (port tunnel) and ...
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ExpoTunnel is dedicated to the world of tunnelling, drilling, mining, underground construction and research. Following a successful first show in 2013, the second edition will take place in Bologna, ...
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The 15th triennial Australian Tunnelling Conference takes place in Sydney 17-19th September, with more than 80 technical papers due for presentation. ES Rubber, the manufacturer and international ...
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Contractors Costain Skanska JV recently completed the 3.4 km-long stretch of tunnel under the River Thames between Wandsworth and Earls Court using TBM Evelyn. This involved the twin challenges of ...
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An underground concrete machinery open house dedicated to tunnelling machines was held in July at CIFA headquarters in Senago (MI). On the CIFA test field, which was set up for the occasion, ...
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Datec has approved the FFS project for the widening to four tracks of the Olten–Aarau rail section, including the new 3 km-long Eppenberg tunnel. Work starts on the tunnel next spring. Value ...
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Middle East Rail convention takes place in Dubai 17-18 March, 2015. The CEO of Qatar Rail has given an overview of the 14-year plan for the construction of Qatar Metro’s complex tunnel design ...
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Terratec has handed over a factory tested, customized 6.56 m-diameter EPB with versatile electric drive cutterhead designed to excavate the mixed geology along the alignment of Istanbul metro in ...
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French supplier CBE Group will provide 30 segment moulds for a 15.2 m external diameter combined road-subway tunnel in Wuhan, China. Read the press release and visit www.cbe-tunnels.com. CBE ...
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The EUR457 million financing agreement for Phase 2A of the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir motorway in Turkey has been signed. This section includes the bi-tube Selcukgazi tunnel, length 1,037 m. Overall, the ...
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A 9 km-long stretch of A16 motorway between Bure and Porrentruy was inaugurated and opened to traffic on 21.08.2014. The last link of the A16 connecting the canton of Jura with France, this highway ...
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The deadline to submit abstracts for the WTC 2015 in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 22 to 28 May 2015 has been extended to September 15th. Visit http://wtc15.com. 36/14.
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German specialist locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer Schoema will be presenting new technology at Innotrans 2014 in Berlin, September 23-26th. Don’t miss their exhibition stand, and ...
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BTS 2014 takes place at the QE 2 Centre in London on 23-24th September. Free online registration is available. Accompanied by “a very well attended exhibition, with many key people from the UK and international tunnelling sectors”. 33/14.
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A Robbins 7.2 m-diameter main beam TBM is at work on the Rossaga hydro project in Norway, the first Norwegian tunnel to be mechanically bored in 22 years. Watch the six-minute video and visit ...
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The first two of a scheduled 18 breakthroughs of Terratec TBMs have been accomplished on the CC-07 and CC-24 projects at New Delhi Metro Phase-III. Read the press release and visit ...
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The Lake Washington Ship Canal is a navigable channel that connects Lake Washington to the Puget Sound. Each year it receives over 75 million gallons (283.9 ML) of polluted stormwater...
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Drone flyover of "Mary", the Tunnel Boring Machine that will build the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, new twin tunnels...
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The largest tunnelling machine ever used on a UK rail project is officially starting work...
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Overview of the Phase 2 extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit to Silicon Valley. The extension will add 6 miles of track and 4 stations to BART system and finally bring BART service to ...
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On 21/04/2021 the Moroccan and Spanish Ministers of Transport programmed in the months a new intergovernmental meeting in Casablanca on the railway tunnel project between Morocco and ...
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Karagozian has shadowed engineers as they drill into the dirt with behemoth tunnel boring machines and reinforce fragile tunnels with concrete.
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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 (MCEC).
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HS2 Ltd main works contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci JV (BBV JV) is looking to appoint suppliers for civil and ground engineering work in the West Midlands...
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Pay a visit to Carnwath Road for a look at the connection tunnel junction, drop in to King Edward Memorial Park for an update on the shaft excavation, and take a first trip to Abbey Mills, ...
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CPB Contractors, John Holland and Laing O’Rourke are on the shortlist for phase one of Melbourne’s $50-billion suburban rail loop...
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Construction of the new rail tunnels through the Alps has set a new record for the project with significant advances made on the Italian side of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) project by ...
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LTT podcast with Kopu Tutu part 1 & 2 is now available on the LTT Youtube channel and LTT Soundcloud channel...
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We designed a cost efficient, scalable and relatively fast boring machine that could revolutionise the transport & logistics industry...
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In continuation to the tender for the Contract DC-07 of Phase-4, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited has now invited online open e-tenders for the “Contract DC-09: Design and ...
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Teams have begun preparing the tunnel boring machine (TBM) launch shaft site for major construction work, bringing the Scarborough Subway Extension another step toward reality...
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Final checks are now underway before the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) starts cutting into Auckland soil, excavating the first of the two rail tunnels that will completely change the way ...
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The first of two #Crossover XRE TBMs at India's Mumbai Metro made its final breakthrough in late April 2021. Check out this great #breakthrough video shot by our team!
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Design and Construction of Underground UP & Down Tunnels by Shield TBM from end of Cut & Cover tunnel near Sangam Vihar metro Station up to ...
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Stockholm Region and Implenia have signed a contract for construction of the new 'Sofia' metro station and associated tunnels in Stockholm | The order is worth SEK 1 billion (approximately ...
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Fornebubanen and Implenia Norway have today signed the contract on the Lysaker – Fornebu tunnel line, a contract with an estimated value of NOK 1.2 billion.,,
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Contractors bidding for work on the UK’s biggest roads job must embrace modularisation and demonstrate ways to save time and cost on the Lower Thames Crossing project...
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The Blue Mountains could become home to Australia’s longest road tunnel, as part of an “ambitious” proposal for the Great Western Highway upgrade...
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A two-hour Apprenticeship seminar covering apprenticeships in great detail and specifically apprenticeships in Construction. We will also cover the different career paths that can be taken ...
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Chris has been underground since 2018, diligently digging, starting at RFK Stadium and slowly moving northwest. Now, Chris’s work is complete — a 5-mile long, 23-ft. wide tunnel ...
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J Kumar Infraprojects on Wednesday received their two tunnel boring machines in Palanpur neighborhood for constructing Surat Metro Phase 1’s 3.56 km underground Package CS3 between Surat ...
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Construction alone is expected to cost $3 billion or more. ... on the so-called "higher speed" Crest Canyon tunnel and the Camino Del Mar alignment.
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A new tunnel is being proposed as part of the US&1.93 billion (A$2.5 billion) Great Western Highway duplication project. The link is intended to improve ...
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With smart underground lighting, you can alert and inform, from the control room at the push of a button...
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Construction crews begin to assemble a massive Tunnel Boring Machine, which will weigh more than 500 tonnes and be almost 65 metres long...
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Engineers, local councillors and politicians in both houses have raised concerns that HS2 Ltd and its contractors have failed to fully assess how to best build a 4.2km stretch of the ...
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The Lower Olentangy Tunnel (LOT) project aims to improve water quality and reduce the risk of exposure of humans to waterborne pollutants by ...
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The project aims to build 18 miles of such tunnels, capturing sewage overflow that would otherwise flow into the Anacostia, the Potomac, and Rock ...
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Two tunnel boring machines (TBM) had started the excavation at the beginning of April and reached the other side of the river completing 240-metre- ...
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The S$980m (£532m) contract covers the design and construction of Pasir Ris interchange station and the associated tunnels. Work also includes ...
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Meanwhile, the 254km Autopista al Mar 2 project is worth $492.2 million and requires the construction of 62 bridges and 12 tunnel stretches. This work is ...
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The £6bn Lower Thames Crossing project comprises two bored tunnels beneath the River Thames with interconnecting link roads to the M25, A13 ...
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Because nandito na at kinukumpina na, the actual construction of Metro Manila subway will actually start to commence before the end of the year," ...
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Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine Surya-2 operated by Larsen & Toubro – Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company JV arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on Mumbai Metro’s 33.5 km ...
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