The second high speed railway line to be built in the UK will run 225 km from London Euston to Birmingham New Street. The first section out of Euston will require a 4.4 km tunnel at Ruislip, and a second new 2.25 km-long tunnel will be driven beneath the Chiltern hills at Amersham.
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The Olmos aqueduct in the high Andes will transfer water from the Atlantic basin to the Pacific basin to irrigate one of the driest regions of Peru. Breakthrough of the final 12.5 km-long section was achieved by a 5.3 m-diameter Robbins main beam TBM on 20.12.2011 after an epic drive through bursting rock using novel support and operating techniques.
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The first independently developed compound slurry TBM has been presented by China Communications Construction Company Tianhe.
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INTERtunnel 2012 will be held in Turin 27-29th March, 2012 at Lingotto Fiere exhibition centre along with the rail EXPO Ferroviaria. INTERtunnel is an established platform for the international tunnelling industry to showcase new products and technologies.
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The EPB/hard rock mixed-mode 11.95 m-diameter tunnelling machine known as Besi, supplied by NFM for the excavation of metro line 9 in Barcelona, has reached Lesseps station.
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The first of eight TBMs for London’s Crossrail project is a 140 m-long, 1,000 t machine manufactured by Herrenknecht, which is currently undergoing factory testing prior to being shipped and reassembled at Westbourne Park.
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The management and staff at tunnelbuilder ltd send greetings and good wishes to all our readers around the world at this festive time. It has been a tough year for some of our supporters, but a good year for the tunnelling industry, with over 500 valuable bids advertised on our front page. So eat, drink and be merry! And be thankful that our industry is proving resilient enough to survive the ongoing financial trauma facing everybody else…..51/11.
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According to the new ten-year plan agreed by Union de Naciones Suramericanas, 31 major projects are to be undertaken in South America. Chile’s priorities have not changed, and remain: the ...
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Slovenia and the Austrian province of Carinthia signed a letter of intent on 09.12.2011 to build a second tube for the 7,864m-long Karawanken road tunnel.
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Zhengzhou, China is one step closer to becoming a national crossroads for rail traffic with the breakthrough of two EPBs. The 6.3 m (20.7 ft) Robbins TBMs have set a Chinese EPB record in the process, excavating up to 720 m (2,362 ft) in one month. The swift machines boring the Metro Line 1 holed through in October and November 2011—at least two weeks ahead of schedule.
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Stockholm, Sweden, December 16, 2011: Atlas Copco AB has agreed to acquire the underground business of GIA Industri AB from Vätterledens Verkstad AB. With the acquisition, Atlas Copco broadens its offering with products including electric mine trucks, utility vehicles and ventilation systems.
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Listec GmbH of Isen, near Muenchen in Germany is supplying its line type heat detector to two major European projects: Line C of Rome metro, and Frejus road tunnel.
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Crosssrail has unveiled the first of eight, 1,000 tonne tunnel boring machines that will construct the its tunnels under central London
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Emcor SA, a Spanish company that manufactures and supplies materials for the tunnelling and mining industry, is looking for agents and/or companies to introduce and sell these products in Austria, Germany, France, Finland and Russia.
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On 08.12.2011 Dutch transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen gave the green light to build the Blankenburg road tunnel, west of Rotterdam.
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On November 17, 2011 just over two years after works began, the Seli TBM completed the excavation of an 8km exploratory tunnel for the Los Bronces mine. Los Bronces is one of the largest copper mines in the world, and is located near Cordigliera in the Andes.
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A joint venture between Skanska Infrastructure Development and Macquarie Group worth US$2.1 Billion was approved by VDOT to build a new Midtown Tunnel and to rehabilitate the existing Midtown tunnel in Virginia.
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As a part of the new Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP) awarded by ADSSC of Abu Dhabi to Impregilo for the construction of the 2 lots T02 and T03, CIFA will supply formworks for the cast lining on site.
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On 23.11.2011 breakthrough was achieved on the Mergellina-Municipio section of Naples Line 6 when the Wirth EPB TBM reached the exit shaft in Municipio. Excavation of the 2,902 m-long, 8.25 m-diameter tunnel below the water table started in October, 2007.
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On 18.11.2011 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the city of Belgrade and Alstom Transport South Europe for construction of a new EUR1billion public rail transport system. A 15-month preliminary study by Egis Rails will determine the full technical and operational features of a 15 km line (L1) with 4.5 km underground and 25 stations. Located on the southern bank of the Danube, the Y shaped line will connect the central districts of the city, linking Ustanicka-Novi Merkator to Tvornicka on one branch, to Zelesnicka Stanica Novi Beograd on the other.
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Normet concrete sprayer debuts in MexicoNormet introduced its new Alpha series diesel hydraulic mobile concrete sprayer, the Semmco Alpha 30, at the recent CIM mining convention in Acapulco, Mexico. ...
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Final breakthrough for T-Connection in NorwayOn 13.10.2011 final breakthrough for the 9 km-long undersea tunnel of Norway's T-Connection was safely achieved by contractor AF Gruppen AS. The project, ...
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Italian breakthroughsOn 24.10.2011 breakthrough was achieved on the north tube of the Collemaggio tunnel, located between km9.244 and km10.036 on the SS318. Two days later, another tunnel holed out ...
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Middle East Tunnelling 2011This event takes place at Oryx Rotana Hotel in Doha, Qatar on 12-14th December, 2011. The region is home to some of the most significant and innovative tunnelling projects ...
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Robbins EPB starts Baku metro driveA 6.3 m-diameter Robbins EPB has commenced boring the Baku metro in Azerbaijan. Together with another similar EPB, the machine will bore parallel 3.5 km-long ...
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Higher costs for Blanka tunnel in PragueSaturday 15.10.2011 was open day at Blanka road tunnel, part of the northwest section of the Prague ring road in the Czech Republic. The construction cost is ...
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Middle East Tunnelling 2011The MEED Middle East tunnelling conference takes place in Doha, Qatar on 12-14th December, 2011. It will provide attendees with the latest information on tunnelling ...
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Minova acquires SDA businessMinova, part of Australian group Orica, has acquired the self drilling anchor business from Atlas Copco MAI of Feistriz, Austria. Minova International is the world's ...
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Amsterdam-Almere metro feasibility studiesThree selected consortia have completed technical and economic feasibility studies for the prposed direct metro link between Amsterdam and Almere across the ...
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ZED gets prestigious achievement awardZED Tunnel Guidance Ltd has received the Queen's Award for International Trade. The award follows the company's outstanding achievement in international trade, ...
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Sluiskil tunnel construction startedOn 05.10.2011, after a period of preparatory work, construction of the east adit of the 1,330 m-long twin tube Sluiskil tunnel under the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal in ...
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Breakthrough in SS77 Belfiore tunnelOn 26.09.2011 breakthrough was achieved on the South carriageway of the 1,101 m-long Belfiore tunnel on the SS77 Val di Chienti. For more click here and it/116. ...
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Road tunnels manualThe 24th World Road Congress took place in Mexico from 27.09.2011 to 30.09.2011. During the congress, the new road tunnels manual was installed online in English and French. The ...
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Sandvik rigs winning in Rio de JaneiroMain contractor Odebrecht is upgrading 25 km of main highway between Barra and Santa Cruz in the southern suburbs of Rio, including construction of the 1.1 ...
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Robbins at AFTES International Congress in LyonFind out more about high cover tunnelling at Robbins' technical session on Wednesday, 19th October at the AFTES Congress in Lyon, France. Paper title: ...
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VMT opens branch office in USThe current dramatic growth in the US tunnelling industry has resulted in VMT opening an office in Sumner, WA to service its clients more effectively. The new facility ...
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The tunnel-way, dubbed the “Vegas loop”, is a nearly $52.5 million ... Reporters and various Las Vegas media entities were shown the project on ...
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THE TRANSPORTATION department has started seeking bidders for the tunneling works contract connecting the South Commuter Railway Project to ...
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After construction crews spent months drilling, digging, mucking, paving, lining and electrifying tunnels, representatives of Las Vegas media were ...
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Construction of Australia’s biggest road infrastructure project has reached another major milestone, with Rozelle Interchange tunnelling passing the half way mark...
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Western Isles to mainland Scotland tunnel to be considered
07 APR, 2021 BY CATHERINE KENNEDY
A 27km tunnel linking the Western Isles and mainland ...
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Construction begins on Snøhetta's entrance for the mile-long ship tunnel which will introduce a safe passage for large vessels along the turbulent ...
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Egis has successfully signed the Contract Agreement with Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) for the design of the Dhaka Metro Line 5 South. Egis, leader of the consortium will work ...
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It is part of the Changzhou-Wuxi Highway which has a total length of 43.9 km. Construction of the underwater tunnel began in January 2018 in east ...
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The La Paz tunnel is located in the La Paz mountain range in Lebrija, a municipality in the department of Santander (Colombia). This region has a warm climate with two annual periods of ...
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“Sir Digs-A-Lot” is one of five finalists out of 1,200 community suggestions for the name of Seattle’s next big underground tunnel boring machine...
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(CNN) — Norway has got the go-ahead to construct what's being billed as the world's first ship tunnel, designed to help vessels navigate the treacherous Stadhavet Sea...
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Cross River Rail will have 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels running deep under Brisbane.
Giant underground factories...
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Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke joint venture has just completed excavation of the ninth and final shaft of the central section of the super sewer project...
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Fugro delivered the ground investigation for Femern Link Contractors, a consortium formed by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Per Aarsleff, Wayss ...
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For his long and distinguished career in tunnelling, dedication to the BTS and commitment to developing young tunnel engineers...
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The tunnel, originally announced in 2017, will bore through just over a mile of the peninsula at its narrowest, southern end and allow ships to avoid the ...
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Two Iseki 1200 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) named after two deities – the Norse goddess Freya and the Greek goddess Artemis – will complete ...
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The scope of work in the project includes the construction of a 10.5km highway, plus five tunnels with a combined length of 4km. The longest of these ...
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The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) recognized nine WSP USA projects for Engineering Excellence..
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Vehicles travel through the Saigon River Tunnel that links District 1 and Thu Duc City, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen...
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The Australasian Tunnelling Conference (ATS2020+1), our premier industry event, will be held in Melbourne on the 10th – 13th May 2021 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre ...
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Tracking devices have been clamped on two 165-metre long boring machines digging the first rail tunnels beneath the Brisbane River. The two giant ...
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Tunnel construction as a climate-friendly source of energy. The Brenner Base Tunnel will relieve transit traffic between Italy and Austria and, incidentally, ...
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More than 20 tunnel boring machines have been put to work to date to build lines 15, 16, 17 and 18 as part of a Grand Paris Express metro expansion ...
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For the first time, LTA will use a large-diameter tunnel boring machine to construct a single tunnel with two tracks in it. CRL1 is slated to commence ...
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True to its dedication to strive for innovation and sustainability, Normet has continued to develop and optimise its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ...
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... two major planning approvals in readiness for the tunnel boring machines to start ... The first tunnelling contracts are likely to be issued in mid-2021.
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Watch the trailer for episode 2 of Tideway’s brand new web series - Tunnel Vision...
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HS2 Ltd has set a construction start date of Spring 2024 for Phase 2a of the project.
The target date for the start of earthworks is revealed in board minutes from December but just ...
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They will build their tunnelling machine and test it against competitors to get top spot.Caption: A render of the Warwick Boring Team's tunnelling device ...
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The M4-M5 Link Tunnels is the first stage of the M4-M5 Link which is being delivered in two stages...
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The Yokohama Loop Northwest Route is a 7.1km-long motorway that connects the Tomei Expressway and the Daisan Keihin Road...
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Tunnel Vision is a new web series from Tideway that will take a closer-then-ever look at the two dozen construction sites that make up the project, its amazing engineering and the people ...
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The NSW Government expects the first of four large tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be in the ground by mid-2023. For more information visit the ...
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Uninterrupted connection was provided in the first tunnel of the Fahrettin Altay-Narlıdere metro line, which is under construction by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality...
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Two former ICE presidents have been brought in to carry out an official feasibility study of a possible Irish Sea crossing...
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Upgrades on the London Underground continue to gather pace, with work progressing on the capacity upgrade at Bank station and the Northern Line Extension programme...
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... LOT main tunnel will consist of approximately 17,000 feet of 144-inch hand-mined diameter tunnel and will be mined with a tunnel boring machine ...
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