A warm invitation from ES Rubber, renowned manufacturer of gaskets for segmental lining elements, to visit booth G122
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Three Sandvik MT720 roadheaders will be used to excavate the 2.5 km-long tunnel on Ottawa’s 12.5 km-long Confederation Line.
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STUVA Conference 2013, with the slogan ‘’Tunnels – Infrastructure for the Future’’ will be held at the Congress Centrum of Stuttgart from 27-29th November, 2013
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On 08.10.2013 the final breakthrough for the 5.7 km-long New Irvington tunnel was recorded.
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On 30.10.2013 first breakthrough was accomplished on the 4.847 km-long Steinbuehl tunnel on the 15 km-long Wendlingen-Ulm section 2.2 at Stuttgart.
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On 08.10.2013 boring of the 41 km-long Abu Dhabi deep sewer tunnel was completed at internal diameters up to 5.5 m.
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The third and final part of a major scheme to fix the Leeds Inner Relief Road can go ahead after the Department for Transport approved EUR19 million.
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The first tunnel to connect two continents has finally opened in Turkey. The Marmaray tunnel beneath the Bosphorus is the world’s deepest immersed tube at 55 m below sea level at its lowest point.
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Abstract submission deadline for next year’s Australasian Tunnelling Conference is 25.11.2013.
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DMRC has started TBM tunnelling Delhi metro from INA to South Extension on the Mukundpur-Shiv Vehar corridor as a part of its Phase 3
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MineARC systems specializes in designing and custom building refuge chambers for the safe retreat of personnel engaged in tunnelling and underground construction.
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Barrie Willis, tunnelling manager with international recruitment agency iPS, is visiting the Middle East this week to discuss opportunities for various infrastructure and tunnelling projects in Qatar and elsewhere
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Femern A/S has officially handed in its overall application for approval of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link in Germany.
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On 07.10.2013 TBM Yorkie broke through the headwall at the extraction shaft located on Highway 7,
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ILMEG develops, manufactures, markets and sells dust control systems for the construction, tunnelling and mining industries.
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Robbins hopes to see you at stand 26 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre during the BTS conference in London from October 23-24th,
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Since 1968, ES Rubber has designed, developed and manufactured superior rubber solutions for global industries.
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TBM manufacturer Terratec has now delivered six of the eight TBMs ordered for Delhi Metro Phase 3.
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In 2013 Seven Service Srl celebrates 40 years of activity in the business of industrial paints, road markings and road barriers assembly, production of signs,
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Austria-based monitoring, surveying and IT company Geodata has taken a foundation sponsorship at tunnelbuilder.es,
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Waterview’s 2.4 km-long twin tunnels, up to 45 m beneath Avondale and Waterview, both three lanes wide, are the key feature of the new six-lane, 4.8 km-long motorway being built for the
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On 28.09.2013 the second lot of Ora ring road opened to traffic, including the 1,062 m-long San Daniele tunnel.
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On 26.09.2013 the company SP M4 Scpa, composed by Impregilo Spa, Astaldi SpA, Ansaldo STA SpA, Ansaldo Breda SpA, Azienda Trasporti Milanesi SpA and Sirti SpA
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ES Rubber, producers of engineered sealing solutions for tunnels around the world, will be exhibiting at City Build, Moscow 15-17th October, 2013.
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Work has started on assembling TBM Lucia, which will drive the 3.9 km tunnel for the national road SS 1 Nuova Aurelia, access to the Savona harbour.
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On 04.09.2013 the TBM Asa had its final breakthrough on the north side of Hallandsas, completing the second 8.7 km-long tube for the double-track railway tunnel. Opening for traffic is expected in 2015.
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The key to Internet advertising is high exposure to qualified readers, something that is guaranteed at tunnelbuilder websites.
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On 13.10.2013 restoration of hydraulic functionality of the platform floor will begin in the 3.8 km-long Biassa tunnel, between Riomaggiore and La Spezia on the Genova-La Spezia railway line.
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The 2013 Infra India conference takes place in Mumbai, 12-13th December, supported by tunnelbuilder as official media portal.
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Flakt Woods provided two high-efficiency axial JM Aerofoil fans, diameter 1,400 mm, for ventilation during the construction of the new 1.8 km-long Sesto FS-Cinisello/Monza
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Femern A/S has now completed a 10,000pp application to build a fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt.
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NFM Technologies has received an order to supply four 6.99 m-diameter hard rock TBMs to the North West Rail Link in Sydney, Australia.
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Datwyler has taken a foundation sponsorship at tunnelbuilder.es, the Spanish-language edition of tunnelbuilder.com aimed at Spanish-speaking tunnelling engineers working in countries across the globe.
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The number of visitors to tunnelbuilder websites exceeded 620,758 in the past 12 months, with tunnelbuilder.com alone averaging more than 1,000 visitors/day.
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CIFA has celebrated its 85th anniversary and the fifth anniversary of its acquisition by Zoomlion Group. On 12.09.2013 CIFA officially opened its renovated Senago headquarters and production building
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On 13.09.2013 the Swiss Federal Council sent to Parliament a proposal amending the Federal Law on road transit in the Alpine region to allow the construction of a second tube for the Gotthard tunnel without increasing capacity.
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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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