Delhi Jal Board DJB is laying a 59 km-long sewer along the Yamuna river at depths of 6-18 m on which a Terratec DN1600 microtunnelling system is already halfway through its allotted task. Read ...
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As 2013 draws to a close, what a pleasure it is to read about improving financial and employment statistics across the major economies! It has taken five years and a lot of pain to get to this ...
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On 16.12.2013 Swiss federal councillor Doris Leuthard officially opened the pilot rail operation in the west tube of the Gotthard base tunnel. For the first time, a train travelled over the ...
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Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), WSDOT’s design-build tunnel contractor, have taken their first step toward resumption of progress of Bertha, the SR 99 tunnelling machine.
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More than 1,220 bidders from 72 countries registered to participate in the auction in Caorso, Italy on 10.12.2013: a record for the Italian branch.
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Terratec has announced delivery of the final two TBMs of eight ordered for Delhi Metro Phase 3.
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Near the banks of the Black River in Ohio, a 7.0 m-diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM and continuous conveyor system are starting up.
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Excavation work by Swietelsky construction company has started on the access tunnel in Wolf, near Steinach, Austria with the first blast on December 4th, St. Barbara's Day.
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Breakthrough of the east tube of the 2,167m Morazzone tunnel Pedemontana Lombarda was achieved on 04.12.2013 to complete the tunneling works.
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On 04.12.2013 final breakthrough was achieved on the Pale tunnel (2,319 m - 2,045 m) in Scopoli, Foligno municipality on SS77 Val di Chienti in Italy.
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On 02.12.2013 details were released about the 5 km-long bypass Section B for the railway network in Palermo.
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The international tunnelling award for safety initiative of the year was accepted in London by Thomas Horton of MineARC Systems for its emergency refuge chambers engineered for tunnels under construction.
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Aker Solutions has sold its German Aker Wirth tunnel-boring and shaft-boring technology to China Railway Tunneling Equipment Co. Ltd (CRTE).
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More than a hundred businesses have already supplied 1,020 heavy equipment items and trucks for Ritchie Bros’ final Caorso auction of 2013, to be held on Tuesday December 10, 2013.
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Downtown Line Stage 3 Contract 927 in Singapore involves the construction of two mainline tunnels by TBM, a breakdown siding tunnel by shotcrete lining, and the Bedok Reservoir station.
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will open the new Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) from 09.00h on Sunday, 29.12.2013. The 5 km-long MCE, Singapore’s tenth expressway,
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Sound Transit will open the University Link light rail extension by March, 2016, some six months earlier than previously scheduled.
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Prado Sud, a consortium led by Vinci Concessions with Eiffage, inaugurated the 1.5 km-long Prado Sud tunnel in Marseille on 15.11.2013.
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The JV Grandi Lavori Fincosit/Toto Costruzioni Generali has started construction of the new Colle di Tenda tunnel on SS 20 Valle di Roja and Colle di Tenda in Piemonte.
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The Arabian tunneling conference and exhibition takes place in Dubai, UAE December 10-11
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Onsite First Time Assembly was developed by Robbins for the Niagara Tunnel project, which used a 14.4 m-diameter hard rock TBM. OFTA reduces delivery schedules and overall costs significantly.
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Tunnels present designers and engineers with particular challenges when it comes to installing pipework. Read a paper prepared by Dave Hudson,
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InterTunnel Russia will take place 14-16 May at VVC All Russia Exhibition Centre, Moscow - a new venue for 2014.
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On 12.11.2013 TBM excavation started for the Maddalena survey tunnel in Chiomonte on the Lyon-Turin line.
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On 08.11.2013 the breakthrough ceremony took place for Hong Kong’s Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A sewage tunnel (North Point-Wan Chai section), marking a new milestone for the project
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The powerless EnviroLAV is a robust, self-contained, corrosion resistant steel toilet system that is easy to operate and maintain.
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As the largest Spanish manufacturer of mining and tunnelling ventilation fans, Zitron has been a mainstream advertiser at tunnelbuilder.com
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A rapid Robbins 6.25 m-diameter main beam TBM is speeding up the provision of clean water to 20.5 million residents of Mumbai, India.
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On 09.11.2013 construction started on the Los Leones station of Santiago metro Line 6.
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The underground link between the Favazzina arrival location of the submarine cables and the Scilla power station is key to the new 380 kV AC double-circuit Sorgente-Rizziconi transmission line to link Sicily and Calabria.
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For a comprehensive list of TBM records by diameter and type visit
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Top Finnish infrastructure company Lemminkainen has chosen Tamrock DT1131i jumbos to excavate the 2.3 km-long Rantavayla tunnel on its Lakeside Route project in Tampere
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Abstract submission deadline for next year’s Eastern European Tunnelling Conference is 30.11.2013.
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On 07.11.2013 Crossrail reached another important milestone as 1,000 t TBM Elizabeth broke into Stepney Green Cavern, one of Europe’s largest mined caverns, in the East End of London.
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From 12-15th November, Femern A/S will gather together around 125 representatives from the nine consortia that have pre-qualified to bid for work on the immersed tunnel.
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A week ago, Seattle’s SR 99 tunnelling machine Bertha stopped near South King Street for scheduled maintenance.
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The tunnel-way, dubbed the “Vegas loop”, is a nearly $52.5 million ... Reporters and various Las Vegas media entities were shown the project on ...
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THE TRANSPORTATION department has started seeking bidders for the tunneling works contract connecting the South Commuter Railway Project to ...
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After construction crews spent months drilling, digging, mucking, paving, lining and electrifying tunnels, representatives of Las Vegas media were ...
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Construction of Australia’s biggest road infrastructure project has reached another major milestone, with Rozelle Interchange tunnelling passing the half way mark...
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Western Isles to mainland Scotland tunnel to be considered
07 APR, 2021 BY CATHERINE KENNEDY
A 27km tunnel linking the Western Isles and mainland ...
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Construction begins on Snøhetta's entrance for the mile-long ship tunnel which will introduce a safe passage for large vessels along the turbulent ...
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Egis has successfully signed the Contract Agreement with Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) for the design of the Dhaka Metro Line 5 South. Egis, leader of the consortium will work ...
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It is part of the Changzhou-Wuxi Highway which has a total length of 43.9 km. Construction of the underwater tunnel began in January 2018 in east ...
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The La Paz tunnel is located in the La Paz mountain range in Lebrija, a municipality in the department of Santander (Colombia). This region has a warm climate with two annual periods of ...
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“Sir Digs-A-Lot” is one of five finalists out of 1,200 community suggestions for the name of Seattle’s next big underground tunnel boring machine...
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(CNN) — Norway has got the go-ahead to construct what's being billed as the world's first ship tunnel, designed to help vessels navigate the treacherous Stadhavet Sea...
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Cross River Rail will have 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels running deep under Brisbane.
Giant underground factories...
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Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke joint venture has just completed excavation of the ninth and final shaft of the central section of the super sewer project...
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Fugro delivered the ground investigation for Femern Link Contractors, a consortium formed by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Per Aarsleff, Wayss ...
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For his long and distinguished career in tunnelling, dedication to the BTS and commitment to developing young tunnel engineers...
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The tunnel, originally announced in 2017, will bore through just over a mile of the peninsula at its narrowest, southern end and allow ships to avoid the ...
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Two Iseki 1200 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) named after two deities – the Norse goddess Freya and the Greek goddess Artemis – will complete ...
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The scope of work in the project includes the construction of a 10.5km highway, plus five tunnels with a combined length of 4km. The longest of these ...
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The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) recognized nine WSP USA projects for Engineering Excellence..
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Vehicles travel through the Saigon River Tunnel that links District 1 and Thu Duc City, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen...
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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 ...
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Tracking devices have been clamped on two 165-metre long boring machines digging the first rail tunnels beneath the Brisbane River. The two giant ...
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Tunnel construction as a climate-friendly source of energy. The Brenner Base Tunnel will relieve transit traffic between Italy and Austria and, incidentally, ...
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More than 20 tunnel boring machines have been put to work to date to build lines 15, 16, 17 and 18 as part of a Grand Paris Express metro expansion ...
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For the first time, LTA will use a large-diameter tunnel boring machine to construct a single tunnel with two tracks in it. CRL1 is slated to commence ...
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True to its dedication to strive for innovation and sustainability, Normet has continued to develop and optimise its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ...
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... two major planning approvals in readiness for the tunnel boring machines to start ... The first tunnelling contracts are likely to be issued in mid-2021.
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Watch the trailer for episode 2 of Tideway’s brand new web series - Tunnel Vision...
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HS2 Ltd has set a construction start date of Spring 2024 for Phase 2a of the project.
The target date for the start of earthworks is revealed in board minutes from December but just ...
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They will build their tunnelling machine and test it against competitors to get top spot.Caption: A render of the Warwick Boring Team's tunnelling device ...
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The M4-M5 Link Tunnels is the first stage of the M4-M5 Link which is being delivered in two stages...
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The Yokohama Loop Northwest Route is a 7.1km-long motorway that connects the Tomei Expressway and the Daisan Keihin Road...
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Tunnel Vision is a new web series from Tideway that will take a closer-then-ever look at the two dozen construction sites that make up the project, its amazing engineering and the people ...
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The NSW Government expects the first of four large tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be in the ground by mid-2023. For more information visit the ...
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Uninterrupted connection was provided in the first tunnel of the Fahrettin Altay-Narlıdere metro line, which is under construction by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality...
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Two former ICE presidents have been brought in to carry out an official feasibility study of a possible Irish Sea crossing...
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Upgrades on the London Underground continue to gather pace, with work progressing on the capacity upgrade at Bank station and the Northern Line Extension programme...
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... LOT main tunnel will consist of approximately 17,000 feet of 144-inch hand-mined diameter tunnel and will be mined with a tunnel boring machine ...
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