On March 29, 2016, North America’s first Crossover TBM broke new ground in Mexico City. The 8.7 m (28.5 ft) diameter Robbins XRE—a cross between a rock TBM and an EPB—emerged ...
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The updated application for planning permission for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel in Germany was submitted for public consultation in Germany between the 12th July and 26th August 2016 by ...
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UCA Young Members invite you to join
them for the webinar:
Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 10:00 am MT.
Speaker: Randall Essex, P.E., Executive V.P. Mott MacDonald
UCA webinars are funded by ...
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On 17.08.2016 the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Toronto’s new 19-km light rail transit (LRT) line project that will run along Eglinton Avenue with a central 10 km underground section, reached ...
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The British Tunnelling Society (BTS) has made available for download the recently published best practice guide on Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL) Exclusion Zone Management, which brings together a ...
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With an ever-increasing population the northwest district of Sydney is currently believed to be the region with the highest car ownership density per household in Australia. It is expected that over ...
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The Red Line in Tel Aviv is part of the Gush Dan Light Rail. The Gush Dan is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv and the Central Districts of Israel. The Red Line light rail ...
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Early July saw the TERRATEC Double Shield TBM passing the mid-way point of the 11.5km long tunnel for the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Hydropower Project in Laos.
After its assembly and sliding through the ...
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The Lake Mead Intake No. 3 project has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Tunnel Achievement Award for Project Excellence. The award is presented annually at the Breakthroughs in Tunneling ...
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Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan announced the preliminary qualification process, for technical and financial offers regarding the research bid for a three-level ...
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On 30.07.2016 the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu laid the first foundation for the Imphal Railway Station at Yurembam Awang Leikai. This is located 13km southwest of Imphal ...
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Tunnelbuilder would like to welcome Eternal Metal as the latest advertiser on our websites. Eternal Metal are builders of products for the tunnelling and mining industries, their main products ...
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The agenda has been set for the 9th Annual Tunneling Short Course, course organizers announced. The Tunnelling Short Course – titled “Breakthroughs in tunnelling” – is being ...
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Constructed at a cost of Rs 2,519 crore, the Chenani-Nashri tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August. When the tunnel is fully open ...
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On 21.07.2016 French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, launched the NFM, TBM named Federica, at Saint Martin la Porte. The 2400 t TBM will drive a 9 km survey tunnel towards ...
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On the 15.07.2016 the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission announced that the revised technical proposals were submitted from all three teams in the competitive procurement to construct a new ...
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Be part of the UK's largest tunnelling and excavation event - Registration is now open for the 2016 British Tunnelling Society exhibition, which returns to the prestigious QEII Conference Centre in ...
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This year’s International Water Mist Conference will take place in Vienna, Austria on the 21st and 22nd of September 2016. The venue will be the Arcotel Wimberger Wien.
As of today, the ...
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On 07.06.2016 at 16:00 the construction company Società Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua, Jernbaneverket and Amberg Technolgies celebrated the first breakthrough of a 20 km tunnel which is one ...
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On the 12.07.2016 the groundbreaking ceremony was held for the main works for the Isarco River Underpass construction lot. This is at the southernmost part of the Brenner Base Tunnel just before the ...
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The Norwegian Government has asked Jernbaneverket and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to start planning the Ringerike Line and the new four-lane motorway on the E16 from Hogkastet across ...
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In the first half of this year, TERRATEC has secured orders for the supply of 7 TBMs around the globe.
In Turkey the joint venture formed by Turkish Companies Senbay, Kolin and Kalyon has ordered 2 ...
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On the 14.06.2016 tunneling contractor JCM re-launched TBM1 from the U District Station site to the University of Washington Station. The TBM has been refurbished after finishing the northbound ...
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On the 23.06.2016 the right tube of the twin tubed Klokova tunnel (2.9 km) broke through on the Ionia Odos A5 motorway. The new motorway tunnel has been built by using explosives and 2 hydraulic ...
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Melbourne Metro Rail Authority (MMRA) has received authorisation from the Minister for Planning to exhibit the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for public review. The Metro Tunnel EES and draft ...
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On 23.06.2016 Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) with the SR 99 TBM Bertha, reached 940 m or one-third of the total bored tunnel length. So far they have installed 466 concrete tunnel rings. STP ...
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Expotunnel will be held in Bologna, Italy from the 19th until the 21st of October 2016. Expotunnel will dedicate one day of its international conference and program to the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The ...
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The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council together with its partners, the Harju County Government, the cities of Helsinki and Tallinn, the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications and ...
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The Robbins Company announced the appointment of Joe Lechner to the role of Small Boring Unit (SBU) Sales Manager. With over 18 years of industry experience, the role is a natural career progression ...
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The Minister of Public Works, Alberto Undurraga, announced today that the bidding process will commence within the next two months for the 13.9 km binational Agua Negra tunnel in the ...
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On 11.06.2016, following more than 1.5 years of underground work, the TBM Victoria, 1800 ton in weight, 115 m long and with a 10m diameter officially breakthrough on the south tube of the ...
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On June 8, 2016, one of two 6.4 m (21.0 ft) diameter mixed-face EPB machines broke through at Namma Metro. After being launched in March 2015, the TBM named Kaveri made its way through its difficult ...
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On the 01.06.2016 the Indian Union Cabinet approved the 9.05 km extension of Corridor-1 of the Chennai Metro Rail Project Phase-I from Washermanpet to Wimconagar (Lot UAA08). The 2.4 km ...
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The Norwegian Tunnelling Society (NFF) announced that the Call for Abstracts for WTC 2017 has been extended until the 01.07.2016.
Abstracts for WTC2017 are welcome on the following ...
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Cross River Rail in Brisbane is the Queensland Government’s highest priority infrastructure project. It is required to support the region’s growing urban population. With the population ...
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