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Bangladesh – Karnaphuli tunnel

In August 2015 the Government of Bangladesh awarded to the China Communication Construction Company Ltd the contract to build the Karnaphuli road tunnel  (3.5 km long, 10 m wide) in Chittagong, ... More Information

IRF Global R2T

A reminder about the abstract submission deadline The IRF Global R2T Expo & Conference.   The abstract submission deadline has been postponed to April 6, 2018, click here for more. ... More Information

VIP ready to talk TSG innovation at the WTC

VIP ready to talk TSG innovation at the WTC

VIP-Polymers Ltd is taking its latest innovation in tunnel segment gaskets - a major step forward in cast-in gasket design - to the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress in Dubai. The patented ... More Information

Robbins Complimentary Webinar

Robbins Complimentary Webinar

Is Your TBM in a Tight Spot? How to Get Through Squeezing Ground, Rock Bursting and More With Brad Grothen, Sindre Log Date: May 16, 2018 If you’ve ever faced mountainous tunneling ... More Information

TERRATEC marks record-breaking TBM advance in Istanbul

TERRATEC marks record-breaking TBM advance in Istanbul

In early March, Senbay Madencilik - Kolin - Kalyon JV achieved a record - breaking TBM production shift during excavation of the Dudullu - Bostancı Metro Line, in Istanbul .    At 7am, ... More Information

Robbins TBM uncovers Spectacular Cavern at Galerie des Janots

Robbins TBM uncovers Spectacular Cavern at Galerie des Janots

Workhorse Machine makes progress in Difficult Ground  A rebuilt Robbins 3.5 m (11.5 ft) diameter Main Beam TBM has yet another milestone to add to its storied career: an unexpected ... More Information

Milestone for the Semmering base tunnel (SBT) lot 2.1

Milestone for the Semmering base tunnel (SBT) lot 2.1

On 15 and 16.02.2018 Swietelsky Tunnelbau GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary company of the Swietelsky group, reached an important milestone in the construction of the Froeschnitzgraben tunnel (SBT ... More Information

CBE Group reaches 200 automated plants worldwide

CBE Group reaches 200 automated plants worldwide

NORTH EAST BOUNDARY TUNNEL in the USA or the DUBAI DEEP STORM WATER project in the United Arab Emirates are two of the new projects signed by CBE Group at the beginning of the year. As active as ... More Information

Sydney Metro City & Southwest update

The first of five mega TBMS designed, built and to be delivered by Herrenknecht, will be in the ground before the end of this year to drive the twin 15.5km metro rail tunnels between Chatswood and ... More Information

Pickles: The Wirth Roadheader T3.20

Pickles is Australia’s leading asset remarketing organisation with thousands of assets available across vehicles, industrial, salvage and general goods. We’re currently taking EOIs for a Wirth roadheader T3.20. More Information

Twin Peaks Tunnel update

The Twin Peaks Tunnel  (3.54 km-2.2 miles) first opened for service on 03.02.1918, and still is a vital connection between downtown San Francisco (California, USA) and its southern and western ... More Information

India - Road Rehabilitation Projects approved for Jammu and Kashmir

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved the rehabilitation and upgrading of  the Chenani - Sudhmahadev section of National Highway 244  to two lanes with paved shoulders ... More Information

Cabinet approves Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand

The Indian government on Tuesday approved a Rs 1,384 crore tunnel project in Uttarakhand as part of ‘Char Dham’ project to connect the pilgrimage sites - Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri ... More Information

The TBM Luz de America update

On 27.02.2018 the TBM Luz de America, one of the 3 machines used by Acciona in the Quito Metro Line 1 Consortium, reached its third station, La Magdalena. It travelled 1,700 m and installed 1,134 ... More Information

Completed second metro line in Rennes

On the 28.02.2018 the JV led by Dodin Campenon Bernard which included GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France, along with Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie ... More Information

Metro Line E - Lyon

Sytral, from November 2016 to January 2018, studied the feasibility of a new metro line connecting the center of Lyon to Alai station in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune (at the border between Francheville and ... More Information

Task force to examine the Tallinn tunnel project

On the basis of the final report published in February on the railway tunnel project between Helsinki and Tallinn, the FinEst Link, the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has set up a ... More Information

AST Bochum - Just-in-time means "Immediately"

AST Bochum - Just-in-time means "Immediately"

Just-in-time delivery of materials and products becomes more and more important in our daily rush hour world. What this means for the working process, how much logistic work and what preparations ... More Information

Looking for Heavy Highway/Drilling Foreman

Industry : Site manager Type : Permanent - Full Time Hours Country : United States City : Columbus, OH Salary : Details on request Description : The purpose ... More Information

IPS Announce new appointment - Patrick Mans

IPS Announce new appointment - Patrick Mans

iPS are pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Mans as Director of Operations for iPS Holdings his appointment began today  01/03/2018. Patrick has been working with iPS for 7 years, as ... More Information

Korean Government improved Infrastructures for Winter Olympic Games

Korean Government improved Infrastructures for Winter Olympic Games

The XXIII Winter Olympic Games held in Peyongchang (South Korea) have highlighted the major underground works undertaken by Korean authorities and the Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space ... More Information

TERRATEC delivers four more EPBMs to Istanbul

TERRATEC delivers four more EPBMs to Istanbul

Gulermak, Nurol & Makyol JV gear up for tunnelling on the Ümraniye-Ataşehir-Göztepe Metro Line, in the latest addition to Istanbul’s ongoing mass transportation ... More Information

Ceneri Base Tunnel

On 23.02.2018, just 7 months after beginning the railway infrastructure systems works, the installation of the tracks in the 15.4 km East tube  of the Ceneri  Base Tunnel have now been ... More Information

WTC 2019 Naples - Call for abstracts

The WTC 2019 will take place from the 3rd  to the  5th  May 2019 at the Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples. The call for abstract started on 31 January will end on 15 May 2018. All ... More Information

Veteran Robbins TBM plays a Main Role in Ending Residential Flooding

Veteran Robbins TBM plays a Main Role in Ending Residential Flooding

Chicago’s Albany Park Diversion Tunnel to go online this spring    In Chicago, Illinois, USA Kenny Construction is nearing completion on the Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel. ... More Information

New safety tunnels for railway tunnels between Vitoria/Gasteiz and Bilbao

The Government authorized the construction of new emergency exits in 7 tunnels of the Vitoria/Gasteiz-Bilbao-Donostia/San Sebastian-French Border line, on the Vitoria/Gasteiz-Bilbao route, with a ... More Information

N-230 - Sopeira-Veilla tunnel

On the 15.01.2018 the Ministerio de Fomento with the publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE), opened a public information period. This was for an informative study of the N-230 road’s ... More Information

PIARC International Conference on Road Tunnel Operations and Safety

PIARC International Conference on Road Tunnel Operations and Safety

In order to promote the latest knowledge on current key issues and to facilitate technical discussions and debate amongst industry stakeholders, PIARC and its French National Committee have ... More Information

Tideway update – full interview

If you would like to see the full interview with Andy Mitchell and Nick Sumption on innovation at Tideway please click this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLcIVtg-sY&app=desktop .  ... More Information

First TBM launched for Grand Paris Express

First TBM launched for Grand Paris Express

On the 03.02.2018 at the Champigny Plateau site the launch and the christening of the first TBM on the Grand Paris Express took place. Nearly 4,000 people attended the event and watched the ... More Information

Thames Tideway Update

TBMs Millicent and Ursula arrived in London for the super sewer Tideway, the company building London’s super sewer, has welcomed the first shipment of two more TBMs in preparation for the ... More Information

3rd Annual conference tunnels: safety and fire protection 2018

3rd Annual conference tunnels: safety and fire protection 2018

15th and 16th March 2018, Hotel Novotel Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam – Netherlands Using our last two Editions of Tunnels - Safety & Fire Protection Conferences held in 2016 ... More Information

Robbins Main Beam Breaks Records in China

Robbins Main Beam Breaks Records in China

Challenging Ground Conditions are No Match for Talented Team and their TBM In Jilin, one of the three provinces of Northeast China, a 7.9 m (26 ft) diameter Robbins Hard Rock Main Beam TBM has ... More Information

Mumbai Metro Line 3

The MMRC (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation ) has completed 15-16% of the civil construction for the Mumbai Metro Line 3, the first underground metro line in Mumbai/Bombay. More Information

The Shnogh hydro project Armenia

Last year on the 27th of October  in the hall of the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia, Debed Hydro LLC, a subsidiary of the Energy ... More Information

New contracts for Fama

New contracts for Fama

FAMA, a company in constant development, is increasing its presence in the international market place. In the last few months they have secured new contracts in the USA, United Arab Emirates and ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Europe's $45BN Mega Tunnels through the Alps

Discover the record-breaking network of tunnels being constructed beneath the Alps. This video explores the top 6 longest tunnels in the region, .. More Information

AFRY secures contract for Switzerland's Twann Tunnel project

Construction oversight of the Twann Tunnel in the country. The tunnel on the Lake of Bienne is intended to ease traffic congestion in Twann by ... More Information

Line 5 Tunnel Project: Public comments now open for proposal to build under Straits of Mackinac

"The purpose of the project is to facilitate the construction of a tunnel beneath Lake Michigan bottomlands to replace the Line 5 dual pipelines ... More Information

ECRL Breakthrough: Genting Tunnel Becomes SEA's Longest Rail Tunnel

Genting Tunnel's construction used both Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) and traditional drill-and-blast methods. The TBMs, built in China and ... More Information

Sydney tunnel factory creates 700 manufacturing jobs

The factory will support two of the largest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the Southern Hemisphere, set to arrive later this year. Once ... More Information

2.7 km Breakthrough Achieved in Bullet Train Tunnel

The tunnel also features a 7-kilometre undersea stretch beneath Thane Creek, a first of its kind in India. To ... More Information

Australian-first Sydney tunnel fabrication facility opens

The tunnel boring machines are expected to arrive in Sydney later this year, before being assembled deep underground below Birchgrove. They will ... More Information

ECRL Breakthrough: Genting Tunnel Becomes SEA's Longest Rail Tunnel

Genting Tunnel's construction used both Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) and traditional drill-and-blast methods. The TBMs, built in China and ... More Information

4000-tonne machines dig arterial route under Melbourne's west

The West Gate Tunnel Project is in full swing beneath Melbourne's inner west, with tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Bella and Vida at the helm... More Information

Gotthard drilling machine gets no further - now it has to be blown up

Forced break in the Gotthard road tunnel: After 190 meters, the drilling machine working on the second tube has come to an end for the time being... More Information

Construction begins on 6 Cross Island Line Phase 2 stations

Tunnel Boring Machine measuring 12.8m in diameter. The machine will “bore through the ground only once for the construction of the tunnel which ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine returns after installing $22 million outfall

A 19.5 tonne tunnel-boring machine docked at Onehunga Wharf on Friday afternoon after successfully tunnelling the $22m Clarks Beach Outfall over ... More Information

Scarborough Subway Extension tunnelling progresses following maintenance stop

The remaining portion of the tunnel will be delivered by Scarborough Transit Connect, the development partner for the project's stations, rail and ... More Information

World's Deepest Underwater Tunnel to Have Cars Drive 16 Miles Under the Sea

Norway is building what is to become the longest and deepest road tunnel under the sea. The Rogfast project, measuring 26.7 kilometers (about 16.5 ... More Information

Tunnelling underway for National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Snowdonia

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) Buddug has commenced excavation of National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Wales’ Eryri National Park, otherwise known as Snowdonia. The tunnel is part of ... More Information

CPK signs contract for construction of HSR tunnel in Łódź

The contract for the construction of a 4.6 km long, 14-metre wide High-Speed Rail (HSR) tunnel will be carried out by construction company PORR. The project is valued at approximately PLN ... More Information

Underneath the busy Baltimore streets, the Howard Street Tunnel gets its makeover

A squad of construction workers descend daily under the streets of Baltimore. They labour deep down, in the semi-secret and highly restricted ... More Information

London Power Tunnels Milestone

We're thrilled to announce that our second 2.5km high-voltage circuit between Hurst and Crayford is now live. This £1 billion project is rewiring London, strengthening energy supply, and ... More Information

U.S. Tunneling Professionals Convene in Dallas at RETC 2025

The event drew approximately 1,400 people. Another highlight of the conference was the presentation of the now annual Underground Construction ... More Information

Construction of NY and NJ GatewayTunnel hits halfway mark

People are looking down at the ground from the Highline on Manhattan's West Side. Some parts of the new train tunnel structure ... More Information

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor for construction. Maguire told reporters during a briefing Monday morning. He noted that VTA is trying to fill a $1.2 billion ... More Information

Tunneling In The Digital Age: Rethinking Subsurface Infrastructure

But successful construction is just the start of the journey. Underground infrastructure is a long-term investment—just look at the London Underground ... More Information

Sydney Moves Forward with Final Tunnelling for Harbour Project

Sydney prepares for the arrival of the largest TBMs in the Southern Hemisphere as the Western Harbour Tunnel project enters its final tunnelling ... More Information

Metrolinx seeks help to name 2 of its massive Ontario Line tunnel digging machines

Metrolinx is now accepting names for two of its giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which will be used for twin 16-metre-deep and six-kilometre-long ... More Information

Deutsche Bahn awards contract for Munich S-Bahn project

The contract involves structural works for the expansion, including the construction of tunnels and an underground station. The Tunnel Ostbahnhof JV, ... More Information

Excavation completed on Italian side of Brenner Base Tunnel

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Flavia” successfully bored through the Alps beneath the Mules 2–3 section, reaching the Austrian border. More Information

Giant tunnel borer set for Shantou Bay project

A giant tunnel boring machine has been installed for tunnelling under Shantou Bay in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo provided to ... More Information

€0.4bn road and tunnel project in Georgia

Work is proceeding on the Kvesheti-Kobi road and tunnel scheme in Georgia. The scheme is part of a larger project, being carried out with Chinese ... More Information

Lahore to transform with Rs49 billion tunnel boring project

Pakistan, April 27 -- The federal government has approved Lahore's Rs49 billion Tunnel Boring Project, marking a major development for the city... More Information

Construction at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

The 2,100-foot-long tunnel connects the terminal to parking facilities and the tramway leading to the RTA public rail line. During the project, two of ... More Information

AFFHOLDER AND J.F. SHEA TEAM UP ON $700 MILLION CONTRACT

The tunneling subsidiary, Affholder LLC, will lead a joint venture with J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., to build the I-35 Capital Express Central ... More Information

Factory Testing Complete on DC Water's first tunnel boring machine for the Potomac River

Mary passed all the necessary requirements and is one of two TBM's on the project. The tunnel is part of DC Water's Clean Rivers Project, to ... More Information

Work on Chennai Metro tunnel racing to a finish

The machine Flamingo, which started boring in 2023 for the tunnel linking Light House with Thirumayilai, is expected to reach the other end in ... More Information

CPK awards contract to build high-speed rail tunnel in Lodz, Poland

The tunnel, to be constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), will have a ... More Information

Inside HS2: Meet London's miners working on the Northolt tunnels

We are on a tunnel boring machine (TBM) inside High Speed Two's huge Northolt tunnels. These tunnel boring machines are part of a tunnelling ... More Information

Ontario Begins Construction Of Last Tunnel Segment Of The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

The remaining eastern portion of tunnel construction (500-meter twin tunnels) will use the sequential excavation method, with daily progress of ... More Information

Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords

We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put ... More Information

CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

The estimated cost of construction of the FCC electron–positron stage, including the tunnel and all the infrastructure, is 15 billion Swiss francs... More Information

TBM break through on Auckland's £915M wastewater megaproject completes 16.2km tunnel

Auckland's major wastewater infrastructure project, the Central Interceptor, has reached a significant milestone with the final breakthrough of ... More Information