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Agua Negra tunnel

On 25.07.2017, the EBITAN ad hoc committee (Entidad Binacional Túnel de Agua Negra) held an important meeting with the Administration Committee in Santiago de Chile. The objective was the ... More Information

tunnelbuilder welcomes BASF Construction Chemicals

tunnelbuilder welcomes BASF Construction Chemicals

BASF’s Construction Chemicals division offers advanced chemical solutions under the global umbrella brand Master Builders Solutions for the construction, maintenance, repair and renovation of ... More Information

Crossrail Project Update, August 2017

Crossrail Project Update, August 2017

The Crossrail project team continues to work around the clock to deliver the Elizabeth line, the new railway for London and the South East. Over the summer the final central station platform was ... More Information

WTC 2018 - Dubai

WTC 2018 - Dubai

The world tunnel congress will be held in Dubai from the 20th to the 26th April 2018. For more information please visit their website www.wtc2018.ae and see their video.  The call for ... More Information

ALIGN consortium is awarded a flagship HS2 civil works contract

ALIGN consortium is awarded a flagship HS2 civil works contract

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited today announced that ALIGN, the bidding joint venture (JV) of Bouygues Construction, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick, with its design partners, Jacobs and ... More Information

Shortlisted projects announced for ITA Tunnelling Awards in Paris

Shortlisted projects announced for ITA Tunnelling Awards in Paris

November 13-16 2017 will see leading international specialists in the global tunnelling sector attend the AFTES Congress in Paris which will include a special one-day event: November 15 will be ... More Information

2018 graduate program opens in Melbourne

2018 graduate program opens in Melbourne

Applications are now open for the 2018 Graduate Program. The Graduate Program provides recent graduates the opportunity to work with world-class industry experts on four of the biggest megaprojects ... More Information

The Har HaMenuchot project – a tunnel for burials

The Har HaMenuchot project – a tunnel for burials

“Har HaMenuchot is the largest cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. The hilltop burial ground lies at the western edge of the city adjacent to the neighborhood of Givat Shaul, with commanding views ... More Information

Final sprint: Only 5 month to go to STUVA Expo 2017 - Register now!

Reserve your trade fair stand for STUVA Expo 2017 now, your business platform for the tunneling industry. Take advantage of this opportunity to make new contacts, strengthen business relationships ... More Information

New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Awards

New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Awards

Do you know about New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Awards, which takes place on 7 December?   Now in its eighth year, the Tunnelling Awards attract entries from the industry’s ... More Information

What’s New, What’s Next: TBM Equipment for the Mining Industry

What’s New, What’s Next: TBM Equipment for the Mining Industry

Posted by Dennis Ofiara | From the Field TBMs have become well accepted in civil construction tunneling and excavate a high percentage of civil construction projects each year. But each year in ... More Information

Route 2020 Tunnel TBM launched in Dubai

On 24.10.2017 the 103 m long TBM named Al Wugeisha Expo 2020 was launched at the Discovery Gardens for tunnel drilling works for the Route 2020 Project. The TBM will cross the underground station ... More Information

tunneljobs recruitment drive

tunneljobs recruitment drive

tunneljobs.com is on a recruitment drive for tunnelling projects in the UK and Australia if you would like more information please contact s.evans@tunneljobs.com or call +44 (0) 2920 385707  More Information

California WaterFix

California WaterFix On 21.7.2017 the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) certified the environmental analysis of the California WaterFix project, also known as the Delta ... More Information

TBM launching soon for Forrestfield-Airport Link project

TBM launching soon for Forrestfield-Airport Link project

With the first TBM launching soon, the project at Forrestfield-Airport Link has kicked into full swing. Tunnel segment production has commenced at the project’s batching plant facility, and ... More Information

New metro line 6 in Cairo – deal signed

Bombardier signed a memorandum of understanding with the Egyptian government to develop a plan for the new Cairo Metro Line 6, a project that could cost up to $4 billion. The deal, which was signed ... More Information

TERRATEC Raises the Bar in China

TERRATEC Raises the Bar in China

One of TERRATEC’s TR3000 Raise Boring Machines (RBM) has successfully achieved a series impressive inclined raises with a high level of accuracy at the Huanggou Pumped Storage Power ... More Information

Updates on the HS2 contracts to build Britain’s new railway

On 17.7.2017 a series of HS2 announcements took place.The contracts to design and construct bridges, tunnels, embankments and viaducts for the London to Birmingham high speed rail line, HS2 Phase 1, ... More Information

Major contract awarded for metro tunnel project

Major contract awarded for metro tunnel project

The builders and latest concept plans for the Metro Tunnel have been selected, paving the way for major construction and the creation of thousands of new jobs across Victoria. The Cross Yarra ... More Information

Construction of Karnaphuli tunnel will start in August

Construction of Karnaphuli tunnel will start in August

The EUR912.53 million (Tk 85 billion) tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong will be constructed with the financial and technical assistance of China. The Bridges Division of the Road ... More Information

Transport investment boost to apprenticeships and skills

From: Department for Transport, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Highways England, and The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP Published: 12 July 2017 Major ... More Information

ICE Tunnel Exhibition walkthrough

ICE Tunnel Exhibition walkthrough

There is a brand new tunnelling exhibition in London to learn more please watch the video provided by the Institution of Civil Engineers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5BSBLwRA7c . For more ... More Information

Mexico - Robbins record breaking crossover TBM makes final breakthrough

Mexico - Robbins record breaking crossover TBM makes final breakthrough

Custom Robbins Machine finishes on a High Note under Low Cover On June 8, 2017, a select group of project officials, including Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, celebrated the ... More Information

Penetron knows…

Penetron knows…

Penetron knows  quite simply, the world needs durable concrete. It is not acceptable anymore that concrete structures worldwide crumble before their design life expires. Especially since we ... More Information

EES for West Gate Tunnel at Melbourne

The Environment Effects Statement (EES), EPA Works Approval application and draft Planning Scheme Amendment for the West Gate Tunnel Project are on public exhibition and open to comment. Click ... More Information

Changes in the Normet Leadership Team to strengthen strategy execution

Changes in the Normet Leadership Team to strengthen strategy execution

Normet announced today that Himanshu Kapadia has been nominated as head of GCCT (Ground Control and Construction Technologies) Business Line as of 01.07.2017 and Odd-Björn Kleven will move to a ... More Information

Metro tunnel update

Metro tunnel update

Independent reviewer role for Tunnel and Stations Public Private Partnership - market engagement An Independent Reviewer for the Metro Tunnel – Tunnel and Stations Public Private ... More Information

WARR Hyperloop thanks CREG for their amazing support

WARR Hyperloop thanks CREG for their amazing support

Hyperloop is a new transportation mode which had been proposed by Elon Musk in 2013. The concept is that having capsules levitate inside of a low-pressure tube (hyperloop), pods will be able to ... More Information

You May Not Know It, But You're Living In The Golden Age Of Tunneling

There's a reason why more record-breaking tunnels have been constructed since the year 2000 than in the previous 150 years. By Laurie Winkless In 1843, it was called the Eighth Wonder of the ... More Information

Mapei – celebrates 80 years of excellence

Mapei – celebrates 80 years of excellence

Mapei’s story is synonymous with Italy, the country that witnessed its birth and growth. Day in and day out, construction sites worldwide have counted on Mapei. They have been in the tunneling ... More Information

Sydney Metro update

Sydney Metro update

The Sydney Metro project is a 66km long standalone fully automated railway system with 31 metro stations between Rouse Hill and Bankstow which has been split into two stages.  Stage 1 – ... More Information

Robbins TBM “Rosie” is First Crossover TBM in the U.S.

Robbins TBM “Rosie” is First Crossover TBM in the U.S.

A Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM measuring 9.26 m (30.4 ft) in diameter underwent factory acceptance on May 30, 2017. The gargantuan machine was initially unveiled at Robbins’ Solon, ... More Information

Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference  2017

The Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference  will be held from the 7th  to 8th September 2017 in Stavanger, Norway. The NTSC’s unique approach brings together tunnel operators and owners, ... More Information

The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course

The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course is right around the corner. This year, it will be held in Chicago, IL from August 14-16. You have been invited to attend this comprehensive course which covers the latest developments in tunnel design and construction. This year, there are 37 presentations which address More Information

3RPORT update

The ground breaking ceremony for the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel took place on the 15.06.2017. The project will cost in the region of $188 Million. The tunnel will be 60.96 ... More Information

Komatsu acquires Joy Global to expand mining business

Komatsu acquires Joy Global to expand mining business

Joy Global Inc. will be renamed Komatsu Mining Corp.,headquarters remains in Milwaukee, WI Komatsu America Corp., a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. (TYO: 6301) (“Komatsu”) has completed ... More Information

Tunnelling News

IN MEMORIAM - OLIVIER VION (1962-2024)

Through the past decades, the energy and foresight to lead the management of the ITA International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association has been in the hands of Olivier Vion, a man ... More Information

Amtrak awards construction contract for East River Tunnel rehabilitation

The $1.6 billion project calls for demolishing all existing tunnel systems down to the liner, then restoring both tubes. During the project, one tube ... More Information

Strabag in €110 million deal to equip transalpine tunnel

Austrian contractor Strabag has won a €110 million (US$120 million) to equip a transalpine tunnel linking Austria and Slovenia... More Information

19 tunnel boring machines for Manila subway set

A close-up of the tunnel boring machine head, with a diameter of 6.9 meters. ... The first cutter head of the first tunnel boring machine (TBM), named ... More Information

$16 billion Gateway Tunnel Project gets federal funding boost after years of delays

The $16.1 billion project includes a new rail tunnel linking New York and New Jersey — and is set to be open by 2035 ... More Information

Preferred bidder announced for second tunnelling contract

The global consortium of WeBuild S.p.A, GS Engineering and Construction Australia and Bouygues Construction ... Tunnel Project, North East Link ... More Information

Bechtel Picked as CM for $12.7B Single-bore BART Extension

Officials with the VTA are aiming to begin major construction and tunnelling for the $12.7-billion BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project next ... More Information

Stonehenge could be put on world heritage danger list over tunnel plan

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recommended that Stonehenge be listed as ‘World Heritage in Danger’ due to the A303 upgrade scheme and is ... More Information

World’s longest railway tunnel to reopen after a year

The tunnel closed on 10th August last year following the derailment of a freight train, and SBB has since been pushing ahead with repair work... More Information

Afcons Infrastructure Wins Bid for Thane Tunnel Project

Afcons Infrastructure secures the L1 bid for a tunnel project in Thane, marking a significant milestone in infrastructure development. More Information

Kolkata Metro: D-Wall's Construction Work At Victoria Metro Station Is Advancing Swiftly

For the tunnelling work of the stretch from the Khidderpore to Park Street stretch of this Corridor, two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) will be deployed ... More Information

K2D Skøyen – Vækerø

Implenia has been awarded the contract for section K2D Skøyen - Vækerø, which is part of the entire Fornebu line that will be completed in 2030... More Information

Massey Tunnel replacement project hits design-build proposal stage

Tunnel replacement project has finally hit the design-and-build proposal stage. The Transportation Ministry announced Wednesday that three bid ... More Information

Barhale wins £36m East London sewer remediation

Thames Water has appointed Barhale to deliver essential remediation works on a Victorian gravity sewer as it passes above the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway in East London... More Information

Reaping Rewards From Continuous Innovation

In boring underground tunnels for Malaysia's MRTs, Gamuda developed the world's first autonomous tunnel boring machine (A-TBM), utilizing in-house ... More Information

5 of the longest tunnels in the world and how they were built

Since the invention of the tunnel boring machine in 1853, engineers have used advanced technology to drill, blast, and bore into the earth. From ... More Information

Femern - inauguration of the first tunnel element

We are pleased to announce that H.M. King Frederik X will take part in the inauguration of the first tunnel element on the construction site on 17 June. H.M. King Frederik X will arrive at ... More Information

HOCHTIEF-MURPHY Joint Venture (HMJV)

A busy first half of the year on the HOCHTIEF-MURPHY Joint Venture (HMJV) Package 5 Headhouses & M&E contract on National Grid’s LPT Phase 2... More Information

Tesla Cybertruck escorts Boring Co's Prufrock-3 tunnel boring machine

The Boring Company's Prufrock-3 tunnel boring machine (TBM) recently completed a tunnel to Giga Texas, and in true Elon Musk fashion, ... More Information

Kazakhstan’s First Automobile Tunnel and Largest Bridge to be Completed this Year

As reported by the Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport, Kazakhstan’s first automobile tunnel through the Shakpak Baba Pass and the country’s largest bridge over the Bukhtarma Reservoir ... More Information

HRBT Expansion Project hits big milestone, could be on track for early completion

The tunnel boring machine, known as Mary ... construction of our two new bored tunnels,” said Project Director Ryan Banas... More Information

TBMs Pass Factory Test For Lesotho Highlands Water Project

A team of engineers and tunnel experts from the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) together with consultants and contractors working on the Polihali transfer tunnel recently ... More Information

Royal Cargo opts for Goldhofer heavy transport equipment

It has also been in action moving tunnel boring machines (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway project ... machine part posed a significant challenge due ... More Information

Tunnel breakthrough on NI Water's £7.8M Portadown wastewater project

The tunnel boring machine excavated roughly 1,000m3 of material, which would have risen to 8,000m3 of spoil with a more traditional open-cut method. More Information

The Boring Company announces Cybertunnel at Tesla Texas HQ

In January, the company's latest tunnel boring machine (TBM), Prufrock 3, was first spotted near Tesla's Giga Texas. Prufrock-3 has ... More Information

How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater?

Underground construction usually uses powerful tunnel-boring machines to excavate soil directly. This machine is often called a mole for a reason. More Information

Five Huge New Construction Projects Coming To The US

A spokesperson for the project told Newsweek: "The Hudson Tunnel Project is a generational investment that is expected to create 95,000 new jobs and ... More Information

Chennai Metro Corridor 3: Adyar River Tunnel Work Hampered By Geological Setbacks

For the stretch between Greenways Road and Adyar, CMRL engaged two TBMs, 'Kauvery' and 'Adyar.' These machines were launched from Greenways Road ... More Information

French and Danish firms to build Valby 'cloudburst tunnel'

The underground tunnel will be 2,380m long and will be constructed as a drilled tunnel with an internal diameter of 3.4m. The tunnel will have the ... More Information

Howard's approved budgets include $44.9M for Ellicott City tunnel

The Howard County Council has approved a $2.4 billion operating budget for fiscal 2025, along with a $413 million capital construction budget that ... More Information

DC Water Breaks Ground On Potomac River Tunnel Project

DC Water on May 21 hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to officially commence construction activities for the Potomac River Tunnel Project... More Information

Silvertown Tunnel portal connections completed

A complete transformation of the tunnel shape was needed to connect the circular tunnel boring machine (TBM) constructed ... More Information

The $4BN Tunnel to Save Stockholm - The B1M

Above: A tunnel entrance under construction. When it completes in 2030, the $4BN project will be one of the longest road tunnel systems in the world. More Information

OHLA awarded the Gjønnes tunnel in Norway for nearly 160 million euros

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) has awarded the company the design and construction of the Gjønnes tunnel for 156 ... More Information

Utilities tunnel dug through 'challenging' ground conditions under River Tees

Main contractor Farrans Construction worked with specialist contractor Joseph Gallagher to construct the tunnel. During its five weeks of tunnelling ... More Information

China develops world's first boring and blasting machine

In a groundbreaking development, the world's first boring and blasting machine, jointly developed by Tsinghua University and China Railway Science and Industry Group, has successfully ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine wedged in hard rock, leaving Snowy 2.0 hydropower project with new issues

Tunnelling problems are plaguing the $12 billion Snowy 2.0 hydropower project, with a boring machine previously bogged in soft ground now wedged in ... More Information

Construction Complete On New High-Speed Rail Tunnel

Inside the completed Desheng Tunnel, and inset, a Chinese high-speed train. Work on the project is now complete. © China ... More Information

DC Water Breaks Ground on Potomac River Tunnel Project

The Project consists of a large-diameter deep sewer tunnel, diversion facilities, drop shafts, and support structures to capture flows from existing ... More Information