On 8 march 2024 BBT SE and H53 Consortium consisting of Porr Bau GmbH, Marti GmbH Austria and Marti Tunnel AG Switzerland completed the factory acceptance of Wilma. This will be the first of the two ...
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After more than four years of work and the use of seven TBMs, the tunnel of Grand Paris Express Line 16 is now fully excavated.
On Monday, 26 February 2024, the TBM Houda reached the Mare au ...
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On 05 March 2024 HS2 launched the last TBM to dig tunnels for the new high speed railway in the West Midlands. The 1,600 t weight and 125 m long TBM has started on its journey to dig the second bore ...
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On March 1, the joint venture Mularroya, composed of Acciona and Sacyr, celebrated the final breakthrough for the 12.6km-long water transport tunnel in the Mularroya dam project in the province of ...
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On 28 February 2024, Ferrovial on behalf of Adif completed the excavation using the drill&blast method of the new 1.9 km Oural tunnel (average advance was 5 m/day). The tunnel was built parallel ...
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In February, CRCHI (China Railway Construction Heavy Industry) completed assembly of its slurry pipe jacking machine in Changsha, China, successfully passing the acceptance inspection. This ...
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The World Tunnel Congress 2025 is excited to announce the Call for Papers for its upcoming congress to be held in Stockholm. Themed 'Tunnelling into a Sustainable Future,' the congress will ...
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The dimensions of the Stad ship tunnel are massive with a height of 50 m and a width of 36 m, in a length of 1,700 m. In total, more than three million cubic meters of solid rock must be removed ...
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On 29 February at exactly 3 p.m a further breakthrough happened in the twin tube Åstunnel in Levanger municipality, on the E6 between Kvithammar and Åsen. Nye Veier is the ...
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Piacenza Expo is already at work for the new edition of GEOFLUID, the international exhibition of technologies and equipment for the exploration, extraction and transport of underground fluids, a ...
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On February 29th, 2024 the fifth of the seven TBMs for the new Lyon-Turin railway line was delivered to the French-Italian group of companies ELYOT, consisting of Eiffage Génie civil ...
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The TBM Ida in the H41 Sill-Pfons Gorge lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel is continuing its journey through the westbound line tunnel in a southerly direction.
On Sunday, 25 February 2024, ...
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HS2’s first giant TBM – which launched almost 3 years ago – broke through on 27 February at the end of her 16 km (10-mile) journey under the Chilterns, excavating the longest ...
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Hinkley Point C’s tunnels are ready for the connection to the Bristol Channel to be completed - marking a major step in the construction of the power station’s cooling water system.
Six ...
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On 25th February HS2’s London tunnels programme passed a major milestone as the third TBM being used as part of the project was launched.
TBM Emily, named after Emily Sophia Taylor who ...
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The World Tunnel Congress 2025 will focus on sustainability, innovation, and Tunnelling into a sustainable future.
Researchers, academics, and professionals are invited to contribute to the ...
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Until 12 noon today, 22 February, you can participate in the choice of names for the two 160 m long TBMs that will come into operation in autumn 2024 for the excavation of the Austrian Pfons-Brenner ...
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TERRATEC is delighted to announce that the Ø9.86m Hard Rock Double Shield TBM has made significant progress for the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydropower Project in India. The machine excavated an ...
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On 12 February 2024, Anas and the contractor CEC - Consorzio Stabile Europeo Costruttori from Perugia started the works for the opening to traffic of the Guinza tunnel. The tunnel is between the ...
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Transport for London has considered several options to find the right public transport solution to serve Thamesmead and Beckton Riverside. These options were reviewed and compared based on cost, how ...
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The Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC) will be held from 5 to 6 June 2024 at the KKL in Lucerne. The excursions (Gotthard Road Tunnel, Gubrist Tunnel, Sihl-Lake Zurich Spillway Tunnel) will take place on 7 ...
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Press release - Britain’s biggest construction project, HS2, is helping the UK’s small business community to thrive. New figures show HS2’s civils contractors doubled their total ...
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A new milestone was reached on Thursday 25 January, with the factory acceptance of the Berthe de Puybusque TBM at Thieux. It will then be transported to the Line C worksite at La Vache during ...
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CMRL - Chennai Metro Rail Limited - in the presence of senior officials from CMRL, General Consultants, M/s AEON Consortium, and ITD Cementation - launched the TBM Pelican (S1075B) that will ...
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On January 31, 2024 Wiener Linien and the U2 17-21 consortium, consisting of Strabag and Porro Group, welcomed the news that a TBM (120 m length and 1,200 t weight) to be used for the ...
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Intermat 2024 returns after a six-year hiatus due to the pandemic. It will take place in Paris from 24-27 April 2024, placing the themes of decarbonisation and digitisation at the heart of the ...
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TERRATEC is pleased to announce the successful deployment of its 3.85m Diameter Rock Slurry TBM in the Mumbai Sewer Disposal Project (MSDP) Stage-II - PST1. Executed through J. Kumar-MEPL JV, the ...
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PRESS RELEASE JANUARY, 2024 – NEWCASTLE, NSW, AUSTRALIA - Strata Worldwide, provider of advanced safety and underground networking technologies, has signed an Equity Partnership Agreement and ...
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The last two of six TBMs, 1.3t in weight, for the 24-km Sydney Metro West project between Westmead and the Sydney CBD have successfully completed their Factory Acceptance Tests. These machines ...
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HS2 today (Tuesday 23rd January) celebrated the breakthrough of a tunnelling machine into its underground Old Oak Common station – marking a key milestone in plans to eventually carry the ...
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In the ongoing construction of the Scaleres tunnel's the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) on the Fortezza-Verona line in Italy, SELI Overseas, a specialized subcontractor for the Munich-Verona railway ...
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Between the nights of January 9th and 10th, 2024, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) assigned to excavate the dual-tube Taormina tunnel (6.2km) for the High Capacity Catania-Messina Rail Line, ...
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On January 19, 2024 the second TBM to be involved in the excavation of the new Palermo-Catania railway Lot 4B (Enna - Dittaino section) passed its FAT at the Changsha ...
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It’s a three month countdown to the opening of the World Tunnel Congress 2024!
The early bird price for WTC2024 participation has been extended to January 20, 2024! With a discount ...
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The Vestland County Council has now decided the following three suppliers who will be invited to submit bids and participate in further negotiations for the contract about levelling of county road ...
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Participating with your company in SAIE Bologna 2024 presents a valuable opportunity to capitalize on emerging market prospects. The promotional rates available for registration will conclude on ...
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