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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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On September 23, 2016, Bangalore’s last
TBM for the city’s metro rail project broke through, marking the end of TBM
tunneling on the Namma Metro phase 1.
The Robbins-operated ...
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Datwyler, during the third quarter of 2016, has been involved in several projects in Argentina, Equador, India, Russia, USA and the United Kingdom. To read more about these projects ...
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On 26th September 2016, TERRATEC
celebrated the successful Factory Acceptance Test of a new 3.20m diameter Earth
Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine (EPBM) destined for the Phra Khanong
Cable ...
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A 38km bridge in the South China Sea will form a fixed
crossing over the Pearl River Estuary between Zhuhai and Macau on the western
side and Hong Kong on the eastern side. The Y-shaped bridge ...
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The $1.25 billion Eurasia Tunnel, which is 14.6 km long with 3.4 km under the sea, connecting the European and Asian sides, will open to the public on 20.12.2016. Turkish President Erdogan had a ...
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The Board of Directors of Datwyler
Holding Inc. has appointed Torsten Maschke to the new CEO of the Sealing
Solutions division and made him a member of the Executive Management. The
47-year-old ...
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iPS announces the appointment of Hans van Burk as Director Sales and Marketing. Hans (43) has extensive sales experience within the energy and maritime industry, recently as Commercial Director of ...
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, one of the longest-running Robbins TBMs embarked on its most extensive project yet. The 6.2 m (20.2 ft) Main Beam machine, owned by the Shea-Kiewit (S-K) JV, ...
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Mühlhauser GmbH from Freienbach entered into an agreement with SMT Scharf GmbH. Core of the strategic partnership is the exclusive sale of a jointly developed logistics solution for ...
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On 26th August 2016, TERRATEC successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Tests of a new Microtunnelling System in its assembly plant in Guangzhou, China. The testing was attended by ...
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Tunnelbuilder welcomes Trimble as an animated banner advertiser.
Positioning-centric information is changing the way people, businesses and governments work throughout the world. By ...
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The 3rd Annual Urban, Underground Space and Tunneling large scale conference is designed to meet all building industry practitioners' demands to secure and guarantee their investments. The three day ...
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The Sandvik Turku plant in Finland, which produces underground mining loaders and trucks, rolled out its 9,000th machine, the Sandvik TH663 dump truck on Friday, September 16. This specific machine ...
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The 21st edition of the International Exhibition & Conference on Technology and Equipment for Prospecting, Extracting and Conveying Underground Fluids will be held at the Piacenza Expo, ...
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At this years conference in Vienna, Austria there were over 100 attendees from as far afield as Australia, Japan and the United States. Also at the conference Luciano Nigro a member of the ...
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It is time to book for the conference and banquet. Take part in this exceptional event. Learn more about the outstanding projects and initiatives participate in a special confrence. ...
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Current innovations in tunnel construction methods have become an important aspect of the tunneling industry to explore in recent times. With the American Society of Civil Engineers giving the ...
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We are proud to be a part of the new Tel Aviv Metro project
- Red Line Western Section, supplying our Rubber Gaskets to the China Railway
Tunnel Group.
Designed and constructed by NTA ...
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The tunnelbuilder team will be attending Expotunnel in Bologna, Italy, from the 19th until the 21st of October as a media partner. We will have a full complement of staff on hand so if you ...
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On the 6th of September the Scottish Cabinet Secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, officially launched the tunnelling phase of the Shieldhall Tunnel in Glasgow by naming the TBM, Daisy the driller. The ...
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Hydropower will be Albania’s first source of electricity but only 30 - 35 % of the country's hydropower potential has been developed so far. The Devoll Hydropower Project consisting of two ...
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On 30.08.2016 EBITAN (Ente Binacional Túnel de Agua Negra) formed the commission to oversee the prequalification of companies interested in the construction of the Agua Negra tunnel. The 13km ...
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On the 02.09.2016 Sound Transit contractors, the joint venture JCM Northlink LLC, composed of Jay Dee Contractors, Frank Coluccio Construction Company, and Michels Corporation, have completed ...
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