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South tube of the Ejpovice Tunnel complete

South tube of the Ejpovice Tunnel complete

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 ... More Information

Robbins achieves another breakthrough in Bangalore

Robbins achieves another breakthrough in Bangalore

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 ... More Information

Chennai Metro tunneling update

Chennai Metro tunneling update

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 ... More Information

WTC 2017 - call for abstracts deadline extended

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 ... More Information

Cross River Rail - Brisbane

Cross River Rail - Brisbane

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 ... More Information

Ottawa’s LRT tunnel

Ottawa’s LRT tunnel

Rideau Transit Group, which is building the phase 1 of Ottawa’s light rail transit (LRT), called the Confederation Line, is coordinating the repair work for a 300-m stretch of the LRT tunnel ... More Information

SoilFreeze - Ground freezing for excavations

SoilFreeze - Ground freezing for excavations

SoilFreeze is the only U.S. construction company specializing exclusively in ground freezing services for construction and related industries. The company provides structural shoring, ... More Information

FCC concludes tunnelling work on Riyadh Metro Green Line

FCC concludes tunnelling work on Riyadh Metro Green Line

Madrid, 10 June 2016. The FAST consortium, headed by FCC, has completed tunnelling work on Riyadh Metro line 5 (Green line). The announcement was made at an event held in the Saudi capital that was ... More Information

New recruitment company tunneljobs.com launches

New recruitment company tunneljobs.com launches

Tunneljobs.com is a new company created specifically for the tunnelling industry by tunnelling professionals. It has been kept simple and easy to use and there is a team of people at tunneljobs to ... More Information

Expansion of the northern Zurich bypass begins

On 06.06.2016 in Regensdorf the main works for the expansion of the 10 km northern Zurich bypass began. The bypass, which has been open to traffic since 1985 with two lanes in both directions, runs ... More Information

Valico di Fossato tunnel

On 13.05.2016 the final breakthrough occurred in the Valico di Fossato tunnel on the SS76 Val d’Esino, Fossato di Vico-Cancelli section. This tunnel is part of the Quadrilatero Marche-Umbria ... More Information

Gotthard Base Tunnel has opened

Gotthard Base Tunnel has opened

On 01.06.2016 the inauguration of the Gotthard Base Tunnel was held at Rynächt Pollegio north and south. The Gotthard Base tunnel is 57km long between the north portal in Erstfeld and Bodio in ... More Information

16th International Water Mist Conference – Conference Webpage now LIVE!

The 16th 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. The ... More Information

Rastatt tunnel starts excavation

Rastatt tunnel starts excavation

On 25.05.016 the Rastatt tunnel construction the officially started. The tunnel is on the Karlsruhe-Rastatt-South section 1 of the 182km Karlsruhe - Basle main line. The 4270 m Rastatt tunnel will ... More Information

Second breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Greater Kailash station

The construction on the 160 km Phase 3 of the Delhi Metro system began in 2011 and is currently underway, 53.835 km of the metro is being built underground. The Phase 3 of the Delhi Metro involves ... More Information

Ovciarsko tunnel on D1 motorway completed

Ovciarsko tunnel on D1 motorway completed

On the 29.04.2016 the consortium of Doprastav-Vahostav-Strabag-Metrostav completed the excavation for the 2km twin tube Ovciarsko tunnel, which is close to Zilina. The 11 km Hricovske Podhradie - ... More Information

NCE Tunnelling Awards 2016

NCE Tunnelling Awards 2016

New Civil Engineer’s hugely popular Tunnelling Awards are back for their seventh year, and the 2016 event promises to be bigger and better than ever. The awards showcase the very best in ... More Information

New refuge chambers from Strata Worldwide

New refuge chambers from Strata Worldwide

Strata Worldwide would like to introduce its latest model of  refuge chambers."Strata Worldwide has invested considerable time and effort in understanding the issues of working at the new ... More Information

CEAR research development

CEAR research development

CEAR has completed a plan of investment in research and development that has been given an ATEX standard 2014/34/UE notification for the company's quality system and for the conformity of production ... More Information

ExpoTunnel open for registration

ExpoTunnel open for registration

ExpoTunnel staff engaged in intensive promotional activity of their show at BAUMA in Munich and at the WTC in San Francisco. ExpoTunnel has promoted this event  to the international public ... More Information

WTC 2017 – deadline for submission of abstracts

The World Tunnel Congress for 2017 will take place in the conference centre in the Edvard Grieg Hall in the City of Bergen, Norway. The conference will start on the 09.06.2017 and end on the ... More Information

Gotthard Base Tunnel opening ceremony preparations

The final preparations for the opening ceremony of the Gotthard Base Tunnel which is the heart of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) are being made. At midnight between 31.05.2016 and ... More Information

Putzmeister pumps, turning waste into fuels

Putzmeister pumps, turning waste into fuels

Visit Putzmeister during IFAT 2016 at Booth A6.251/350, from May 30th  to June 3rd  2016. IFAT 2016 is the world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials ... More Information

Adfil Construction Fibres celebrate successful WTC

Adfil Construction Fibres celebrate successful WTC

ADFIL, Low & Bonar's construction fibre business, participated for the first time at the World Tunnelling Congress 2016 (WTC).  It was the first time that the Durus S500, an innovative ... More Information

Chienes Ring Road lengthened

The Bolzano provincial council approved project variations for the Chienes ring road. The road length will increase from the initially planned 2 km to 2.7 km, extending westward, in the direction ... More Information

The Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnel (DSST)

The Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnel (DSST)

Dubai Municipality is planning to build a 75 km deep-sewer tunnel and network in the Deira and Bur Dubai area of the emirate. It will be similar to the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme ... More Information

The Forrestfield-Airport Link upgrades

The Forrestfield-Airport Link upgrades

The  $1.176 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link contract awarded last April to the joint venture between Italian company Salini Impregilo and local company NRW Pty Ltd (SINRW) involves the ... More Information

Robbins webinar June 15th

Robbins webinar June 15th

Robbins will be hosting their third webinar for the 2016 series on June 15th 2016.   The title is -  Mega TBM Mobilization: The Logistics of Multi-Machine Project Date: ... More Information

SBM proves a success at BAUMA 2016

SBM proves a success at BAUMA 2016

Record orders confirm customer confidence - Seven days of intense activity for SBM Mineral Processing! High numbers of trade visitors from around the world, valuable new contacts and a surprising ... More Information

First roadheaders to start operating at NorthConnex

First roadheaders to start operating at NorthConnex

This month on the NorthConnex project in Sydney, Australia, they will reach a major milestone when the first of the roadheaders start operating at the Southern Compound. This roadheader will ... More Information

Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project

Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project

Last month it was announced that the new Hudson River rail tunnels will get a EUR 61.43 million (USD 70 million) injection from Amtrak (50%) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (50%) ... More Information

RETC 2017 - Call For Papers!

RETC will be held from June 4-7, 2017 at the Hyatt Grand Manchester in San Diego, CA. The 2017 RETC Organizing Committee has issued a call for papers. Prospective authors should submit abstracts of ... More Information

Arrival of the first Follo Line-TBM

Parts of the first Follo Line TBM (diameter 9.96 m, length 150 m, weight 2400 t) have arrived in Norway. This first shipment included segments for the large cutterhead. This is the first of four ... More Information

SELI breaks through on the Gold Line on the Doha Metro in record time

SELI breaks through on the Gold Line on the Doha Metro in record time

SELI Overseas is the first to complete the TBM excavation on the Gold Line in Doha. On Sunday 01/05/16 at approximately 10.00am TBM 6 will broke through into the Al Aziziyah Station in Doha. ... More Information

Mexico’s Crossover TBM makes its mark for Robbins

Mexico’s Crossover TBM makes its mark for Robbins

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 ... More Information

Underground Grouting & Ground Improvement Short Course

The Underground Grouting & Ground Improvement Short Course will be held on May 16-20 at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, USA. The course will cover grouting and ground ... More Information

Tunnelling News

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel in J&K

The tunnel works with the under-construction Zojila tunnel to enhance travel efficiency and road connectivity. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra ... More Information

Metro's tunnel construction on track

Meanwhile, the 'Azad' TBM is already working on the 'up-line' tunnel for the same stretch. After arriving at Transport Nagar, both TBMs were 'dragged' ... More Information

Potomac River Tunnel: Tunnel Forum Meeting

The Potomac River Tunnel project team will provide overviews of the project and the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) 022 Construction Site located at ... More Information

Valley Water District to vote on an additional $9.69 million for Delta Tunnel

Tunnel Boring Machines would launch in both directions from each launch shaft site. ... Tunnel opponents weren't impressed with the 'refined' tunnel ... More Information

The Moles Present 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards

Paul C. Schmall and Anthony J. Binsfeld received the Outstanding Achievement Awards by The Moles, a National Heavy Construction Industry Professional ... More Information

Silvertown Tunnel opening confirmed for April

The tunnel boring machine (TBM), Jill (named after Jill Viner ... bore the second tunnel back towards Newham - a UK engineering first. More Information

Major road tunnel between France and Italy set to reopen after ten years

Discover the reopening of the Tende Tunnel, a crucial link between France and Italy, after a decade of construction. Learn about the project's ... More Information

Opening date for new London tunnel announced

Transport for London (TfL) said construction work and “rigorous testing” of the Silvertown Tunnel are “sufficiently complete” to enable it to set out ... More Information

Meet our Women in Tunneling

Most recently, she was the project geotechnical engineer on the Pawtucket tunnel design in Rhode Island where she assisted in field exploration ... More Information

Five bids submitted to build CPK Łódź tunnel

The contractor will be required to complete the project within 46 months of contract signature. As the tunnel will run beneath densely built-up areas, ... More Information

The new £3.1bn underwater tunnel that will be world's longest and connect continents

A four-mile multi-purpose underwater tunnel is set to link the continents of Europe and Asia and cater to 1.3 million passengers when it opens in 2028... More Information

Prague-Beroun Tunnel Project: Faster Rail Travel in Czechia

The Prague-Beroun tunnel will improve rail travel in Czechia, cutting travel times and easing congestion. This transformative project promises ... More Information

The Longest Road Tunnel on Earth is a Stunning Masterpiece of Engineering

The world's longest road tunnel is a marvel of engineering, planning, and construction that connects the cities of Oslo and Bergen in Norway... More Information

United Utilities names preferred bidder for £2.5billion tunnel project

Water firm United Utilities has announced its preferred bidder to design, build, finance and maintain the replacement of six tunnel sections of ... More Information

World's longest expressway tunnel built in Xinjiang, China

The use of new technologies helped reduce the construction time from 10 years to just over four years... More Information

Procurement kicks off for Norway ship tunnel main contract

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has put out a tender for the £247M main construction contract for the Stad ship tunnel... More Information

The $20-Trillion Tunnel That Could Link New York and London

With the two global cities being over 3,000 miles apart, construction would take several years—the 23.5-mile Channel Tunnel linking .. More Information

HS2 reveals two giant tunnelling machines preparing to dig Euston Tunnel

Engineers have started assembling two massive tunnelling machines that will excavate the final 4.5 miles of underground high-speed railway, connecting HS2 di... More Information

Around 75 tunnel projects worth Rs 49K cr under construction in India

Around 75 tunnel NHAI projects entailing investment of Rs 49,000 crore are under construction in the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. More Information

Spain to study seismic risks for Gibraltar tunnel project linking Morocco

Spain's Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility is moving forward with a seismic study for the proposed tunnel that would link Morocco and ... More Information

Excavation Progresses for the Ontario Line Project

A 16-meter-deep launch shaft marks the starting point for two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) set to create twin tunnels extending approximately 6 ... More Information

Record-breaking open-type TBM rolls off production line

An open-type rock tunnel ... tunnel diameters and numerous fault zones. The project faces multiple construction challenges, including rock bursts and ... More Information

State builders speed up undersea tunnel work

The tunnel will be 17.48 kilometers long, marking a new milestone in China's construction prowess, said Liu Aiwu, CREC4 project manager of the No ... More Information

Spain - Awarded contract for  improving energy efficiency in Pilar de la Horadada tunnel

The company San Jose SA from Tres Cantos (Spain) secured the EUR2.93 million contract, excluding VAT, for compliance with Royal Decree 635/2006 and for improving energy efficiency ... More Information

East West Rail between Bedford and Cambridge to include new tunnels

15 November, 2024 By Thames Menteth Revised proposals for the East West Rail scheme’s section between Bedford and Cambridge include a new section of railway, as well as new stations and ... More Information

Amtrak's $1.6B East River Tunnel Rehab Work Contractors Get Notice to Proceed

Amtrak's $1.6-billion East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project in New York is advancing after construction manager STV Inc./Naik Consulting Group ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine for National Grid's VIP project in Eryri set to arrive in North Wales

National Grid is reaching a major milestone on the Eryri Visual Impact Provision (VIP) scheme with the arrival of its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine hits major milestone on Snowy 2.0 project

The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject recently marked a significant milestone, with one of three tunnel boring machines (TBM), Lady Eileen Hudson ... More Information

Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel Plans Move Forward with Renewed Focus

Discover the ambitious Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel project, set to connect continents in under 30 minutes and revolutionize travel between ... More Information

Alaska Transportation Department to spend $1 million on Knik Arm tunnel study

The results of the feasibility study will give us a better picture of how the project could be constructed, potential costs, and financing options,” ... More Information

Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme

Bowing to pressure to reduce the project's environmental impact two tunnels are now proposed for the new stretch of railway in Cambridgeshire. Design ... More Information

Balfour Beatty VINCI reaches halfway point on key HS2 'green tunnel'

As well as Burton Green, green tunnels will be constructed at Copthall in Hillingdon, Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Chipping Warden and Greatworth, ... More Information

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work (US$1.1 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project to a consortium of ... More Information

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

The London-based contractor will reconstruct 2.5 miles of the highway through downtown Austin and build a link to the future light rail line. AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel ... More Information

Metro Vancouver digs water tunnel designed to withstand 'the big one' under Fraser River

Crews have begun construction on a new $450-million water supply tunnel between New Westminster and Surrey designed to withstand a major earthquake. More Information

Longest tunnel in Poland begins construction

The project, managed by the Polish company Budimex and Turkish Gülermak, includes 10 viaducts and 12 bridges. This unprecedented investment will ... More Information

Watercare Passes Key Milestone On $300M Programme To Improve Wastewater Services

Watercare and McConnell Dowell celebrate Piper's final breakthrough. On Sunday (subs note: November 10), Piper – a tunnel-boring machine – completed ... More Information

Tutor Perini Scores Contracts

The tunnel project includes the construction of two new shafts connecting to the surface and the use of a tunnel boring machine. The completed ... More Information

Bengaluru Metro completes tunnelling for longest underground line

The final breakthrough came from Bhadra, the last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed, which completed a 937-meter stretch from K G Halli to Nagawara ... More Information