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Morgan Sindall BeMo joint venture appointed to London Underground framework

A joint venture between Morgan Sindall and BeMo Tunnelling has been awarded a place on London Underground’s ‘Future Stations’ Civils and Tunnelling Works framework. The eight-year ... More Information

ITA tunnelling awards 2016

To watch the awards and see all the winners please click on the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHESh816ATE .49/16 More Information

New date for 17th International Water Mist Conference

Due to a clash of dates with another Italian fire safety event, IWMA today announced that it will move its 17th International Water Mist Conference from September to October 2017. The new dates now ... More Information

Apply for the UCA of SME Scholarship

The Underground Construction Association of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (UCA of SME) Scholarship has been established to encourage undergraduate and graduate academic ... More Information

Rail Expansion Asia 2017

With the official support from Institution of Railway Signal Engineers – Thailand Sector, Rail Expansion Asia 2017 will deliver unmatched opportunities; leveraging expertise from all ... More Information

Lee Tunnel awarded a Concrete Society Award

The Lee tunnel in Beckton (London), a MVB joint venture (Morgan Sindall/Vinci Grand Projets and Bachy Soletanche), is the first Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) tunnel ever to be nominated and ... More Information

Line 3 of the Cairo Metro

Phase 4A of the Cairo Metro public works contract was won by a Franco-Egyptian joint venture composed of Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Bouygues Travaux Publics, an Arab Contractor and Orascom ... More Information

Pipe Jacking Association appoint new chairman and vice-chairman

Graeme Monteith, Tunnelling Engineering Manager at Barhale Construction, has been appointed chairman of the Pipe Jacking Association and Jim Kirby, an Associate at consulting engineer Donaldson ... More Information

Normet announces North American organization changes

Mike Rispin, Senior Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing at Normet Group, announces the following changes in Normet’s North American organization, effective December 1, 2016: Gregory ... More Information

Looking at your advertising budget for 2017?

Tunnelbuilder websites can offer you far more than any other magazine or website for far less. Tunnelbuilder has a global reach and is being read by over 300,000 people in 128 different countries. ... More Information

Construction starts on Forrestfield-Airport Link

Work is underway on Perth's Forrestfield-Airport Link (FAL) following a sod turning ceremony on 03.11.2016 at the site of the future Forrestfield Station. The FAL will provide a much-needed ... More Information

Tunnelling summit 2016

The NCE tunnelling summit is pleased to announce their full programme and speaker line up for this years tunnelling summit. The summit will be held on the 7th and 8th of December 2017 in London. For ... More Information

3rd Urban Underground Space and Tunnelling Conference

The 3rd Urban Underground Space and Tunnelling Conference will be held from the 27th March until the 29th in Singapore. This conference will cover technology of underground space and ... More Information

WTC 2017 – registration now open

The Norwegian Tunnelling Society (NFF) has the pleasure to announce that the registration for WTC 2017 is now open . The world tunnel congress will be from the 9th to the 15th June in Bergen ... More Information

Space is filling up fast at Eurasia's largest rail expo!

The rail expo will be held from the 2nd of March until the 4th 2017 at Istanbul’s Expo Centre. Eurasia Rail is Turkey's and the Middle East's leading exhibition providing the perfect ... More Information

Final breakthrough for Paniga tunnel

On the 14th November at 12.30am Condotte group achieved the final breakthrough in the Paniga tunnel in Morbegno. The tunnel is Lot 1 and the 2nd part of the SS38 Stelvio bypass ... More Information

SEE Tunnel 2017 call for papers

ITA Croatia is organizing for 2017 the 7th International Symposium on Tunnels and Underground Structures in South-East Europe with the title "SEE tunnel". The Symposium will be held in the ... More Information

E4 Stockholm Bypass Project

Edvirt to deliver simulator training and testing required for all operators in E4 Stockholm Bypass project - This autumn, construction will begin on the E4 Stockholm Bypass project. When finished, ... More Information

Visit Robbins at TBM DiGs

Robbins will be on Stand 54 at TBM DiGs on the 16th -18th of November in Istanbul, Turkey. Robbins has had a presence in Turkey for nearly 30 years. Robbins supplied the first TBM to ever bore ... More Information

VMT Newsletter

The latest VMT Newsletter is now available. The newsletter includes updates about VMTs current projects, product developments and general topics that concern VMT. To view the newsletter please ... More Information

Procurement notice for MAUR

Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee intends to undertake the construction and implementation of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 2 ... More Information

4th Arabian Tunnelling conference

The 20th Gulf Engineering Forum in collaboration with the 4th Arabian Tunnelling Conference will be held in Dubai from the 21st to 22nd February 2017 at the Ritz ... More Information

State grant for the Interlake Tunnel project

On 01.11.2016 the Board of Supervisors agreed to accept a EUR9 million state grant for the EUR70.43 million Interlake Tunnel project pending final terms. The supervisors adopted a resolution of ... More Information

New tunneling standards to be proposed

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is working on putting forth standards for the Tunneling industry. During a meeting held in October by the American Society of Mechanical ... More Information

Robbins New Video: Breaking Records in Mexico City

At Mexico City’s Túnel Emisor Poniente II (TEP II), a Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM has excavated at record-breaking speeds through varying geology – setting two national records ... More Information

Sandvik new videos now available

Many companies make promises about their equipment and services. Sandvik however feel that “seeing is believing” and this has led them to create a selection of videos showing just ... More Information

PRESS RELEASE - TERRATEC delivers Lucknow’s first TBMs

Two 6.52m diameter TERRATEC Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines are ready to be delivered to Tata-Gulermak JV, for the North-South line (Phase 1 A) of the Lucknow Metro, in Uttar ... More Information

ITA newsletter 61

The latest ITA newsletter is now available please click here to read the newsletter which includes the following message from Tarcisio CELESTINO, the ITA President: Dear ITA ... More Information

Early works for Forrestfield-Airport Link

The Forrestfield-Airport Link will connect the existing Midland Line, near Bayswater Station, to Forrestfield through underground tunnels. In September the Public Transport Authority (PTA) formally ... More Information

Know what's ahead

Free Webinar | Wednesday, November 2, 10am (Eastern Daylight Time) hosted by The Robbins Company. High cover, squeezing ground, fault zones, water inflows … geological challenges arise but ... More Information

Crossrail update

Andrew Wolstenholme, CEO at Crossrail Ltd has said that Crossrail is more than 75% complete. “There is a huge amount of work underway to complete the stations and fit-out the physical ... More Information

Robbins - TBM dubbed “Driller Mike” digs Atlanta

Swiftly-Assembled Machine to bore Emergency Water Supply Tunnel - After an Onsite First Time Assembly (OFTA) lasting just 2.5 months, Atlanta Georgia, USA’s newest TBM, dubbed ... More Information

Abstract submissions for TBM DiGs 2017

The Third International Conference on Tunnel Boring Machines in Difficult Grounds (TBM DiGs 2017) will be hosted in Wuhan, China. Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts on various ... More Information

24th Annual Microtunneling Short Course

Since its inception in 1994, the annual Microtunneling Short Course has been the premier event devoted to advancing the industry. Much like the microtunneling market itself, the Microtunneling ... More Information

Melbourne Metro update

The Metro Tunnel will transform public transport above and below ground, including Melbourne's tram network. During the construction of Domain station, trams will continue to run along St Kilda ... More Information

17th International Water Mist Conference announced

Ragnar Wighus president of the IWMA announced today that the 17th International Water Mist Conference will take place in Rome, Italy on the 20th and 21st September 2017. A venue has ... More Information

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Webuild at work on the massive railway tunnel at the heart of the Northeast Corridor

After years of planning, the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) to improve the railway connection between New York and New Jersey has begun. The first drilling contract for the tunnels, part of ... More Information

TfL Awards Contract for Elephant & Castle Tube Station Upgrade

Transport for London (TfL) has selected Dragados UK to design and construct new passenger tunnels at Elephant & Castle Tube station. These tunnels will connect the new station box to the ... More Information

More than 10 years of transformational tunnelling

More than 23,000 workers, 11 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and an army of roadheaders and excavators are what it has taken for CPB Contractors to construct more than 80 kilometres of ... More Information

Ivy – the Newest Member of the DEME Marine Fleet on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Project

DEME have introduced “Ivy”, the newest member of their marine fleet for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project! Specifically designed for the transport and immersion of the project’s 89 massive ... More Information

Double down: SA’s groundbreaking purchase

Up to twice the number of Tunnel Boring Machines previously anticipated will be delivered to South Australia for the landmark River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project, giving hope the ... More Information

CRL Tunnel Vision September 2024

This month in Tunnel Vision we’re celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! It’s been a busy month on the CRL fitting out the stations with all the technical systems needed to run and revealing ... More Information

Siddhababa tunnel achieves key breakthroughs.

The first and third cross passages of the Siddhababa Tunnel Project on the Siddhartha Highway have achieved breakthroughs. Construction of two of ... More Information

Ontario Exploring Feasibility of New Highway 401 Tunnel

Today, the Ontario government launched the technical evaluation for the construction of a new driver and transit tunnel expressway under ... More Information

National Highways unveils modernisation plans to upgrade A38 Saltash Tunnel

National Highways will be embarking on the second phase of a major modernisation upgrade of the A38 Saltash Tunnel later this autumn... More Information

Strong sustainability score for North East Link

Three mini tunnel boring machines (TBMs) moved 1.8km of the Yarra East Main Sewer to the east of Bulleen Road, beneath homes, schools and sports ... More Information

Tunneling through the Carpathians

AKTOR's innovative use of Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) represents a leap forward in engineering and construction technology in the region. Here ... More Information

Suburban Rail Loop to repurpose enormous Sydney Metro machines

The Victorian government's Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) is making major strides, with the first four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) now ordered and set to ... More Information

The incredible tunnel that cost £108m to build is the longest on an entire continen

Colombia's mega project will see the country honoured as having the longest tunnel in South America when completed, benefitting locals and ... More Information

Panama Excavates First Underwater Transport Tunnel

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino this week officially began construction and lining work on the first underwater transport tunnel that will ... More Information

Ningbo-Zhoushan High-Speed Railway, China

The tunnelling operation uses two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) named Dinghai and Yongzhou. The two are anticipated to converge midway beneath the ... More Information

Boring on metro tunnel below Adyar river complete

The tunnel boring machines - nicknamed Kaveri and Adyar - were engaged for the work. Kaveri has successfully completed the tunnelling drive, while ... More Information

DMRC completes first twin tunnels

DMRC completes first twin tunnels breakthrough under Phase-IV construction tunnels breakthrough under Phase-IV construction. The two tunnel boring machines (TBMs), Bhoomi and Srishti, ... More Information

BART celebrates 50 years with completion of Transbay Tube retrofit

BART celebrates 50 years with completion of Transbay Tube retrofit. Tunnel project ends agency's $1.5B earthquake safety effort. Avatar photo by Bay ... More Information

US$12.2 billion for new Indian tunnels

A US$12.2 billion budget will boost tunnel construction in India. The plans from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways calls for 74 new tunnels to be built. These will measure 273km ... More Information

Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel

Arup is the consultant to the Hong Kong Drainage Services Department in carrying out the design, pre-qualification, tender and construction ... More Information

Lane JV Wins Tunnel Package for Hudson River Tunnel Project Valued at $466 Million

CHARLOTTE, NC – The Lane Construction Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Webuild Group, has won a $466 million contract, of which Lane has a 35% share, to construct the Palisades Tunnel ... More Information

World’s biggest developers eye bids for Dublin MetroLink contracts

A consortium made up of some of the biggest infrastructure developers in the world has formed in preparation to bid for contracts to build and operate the long awaited MetroLink rail line ... More Information

The Boring Company's Prufrock-3 completes Las Vegas tunnel

The tunneling startup did not share the length of the tunnel that ... construction projects with speed and automation. This is highlighted by ... More Information

Coastal road phase 2: Mumbai's second twin tunnel to pass under rivers, mangroves

As part of phase 2 of Mumbai's Coastal Road Project, a 22.93 km high-speed corridor linking Versova with Dahisar will be created. More Information

Rock tunnel for £1.7bn Norway road scheme takes shape

The consortium responsible for the construction of a new road system in Norway has excavated approximately 500m of a new 1.9km long tunnel... More Information

Tunnel boring machine reaches halfway point on HS2's route into Birmingham

Balfour Beatty VINCI is celebrating a key milestone in the construction of HS2's gateway to Birmingham. The joint venture today (Thursday 29 ... More Information

Gateway Development Commission secures $3.8B in funding for Hudson Rail Tunnel project

The money is the final funding piece for the $16 billion project to build a new rail tunnel that will carry Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains under ... More Information

TBM Zelda starts on 6.5km Melbourne tunnel

The 4,000t machine is the first of two TBMs that will excavated a section of the project's twin road tunnels in the city's suburbs. Named after local ... More Information

Tunnels of the Future: Key Innovations and Projects at InnoTrans 2024

BBT SE, responsible for the construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel, will provide details on its ambitious project. This 55-kilometer tunnel is ... More Information

Hudson tunnel contract awarded

Webuild's Lane, ACS firms win $466 million Hudson Tunnel contract tunnels as part of the Hudson Tunnel Project in the New York City area, the Italian construction group said on Thursday. More Information

All women crew to build SRL tunnels

Crews are moving underground services and building tunnel boring machine launch sites, preparing sites for major construction. Suburban .. More Information

Officials break ground on one of world's longest underwater rail tunnels connecting 2 major cities

This tunneling project, which is part of the larger Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR corridor spanning 315.66 miles, is part of an effort to reduce the ... More Information

Severn Trent unveils huge 25m deep new storm tank to ease flooding and prevent spills

Four tunnel boring machines were used to install the new sewer pipes under the town to minimise disruption, as well as lining 1km of old brick ... More Information

Here's how downtown Toronto's first subway tunnel in over 60 years will be dug

Crews are now drilling deep into the soil around the launch shaft ... Once piling is complete and this massive pit is dug, tunnel boring machines ... More Information

LTA awards S$199M contract for Maju-Clementi rail tunnels and S$400M for Cross Island

Construction will use a slurry tunnel-boring machine due to the hard sedimentary rock in the area. LTA has assured that rigorous safety measures ... More Information

Northside Interceptor Tunnel named after local environmental advocate

The machine will be named “Elaine” after environmental advocate Elaine Marsh. A tunnel boring machine is used to excavate tunnels through hard ... More Information

Tunnelling works complete on NI Water's £7.8m wastewater upgrade at Meadow Lane

The 25-tonne Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) broke through to the new stormwater storage tank to complete this significant element of work. The new ... More Information

The longest railway tunnels in the world

The three rail tunnels have a diameter of 7.6 m, while the service tunnel has a diameter of 4.8 m. A total of 11 tunnel boring machines (TBM) dug the ... More Information

Reusing dirt and rock as we build the North East Link tunnels

As the TBMs dig underground, excavated dirt and rock is moved via an enclosed conveyor system that crosses high ... More Information

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