Key to the success of a world-class conference is a world-class venue and the BTS is planning to deliver both in its bid to host the World Tunnel Congress (WTC) in 2019 in London.
London is ...
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Recent breakthrough marks triumph over Mixed Ground Conditions - On January 27, 2016, a Robbins mixed ground EPB broke through at Chennai Metro, finishing up a challenging second drive that saw the ...
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ICE's one day conference is on the 15 March 2016 in London. The conference will help engineers and planners make the most of the opportunities presented by going underground. Case studies will ...
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On the 14.02.2016 Qatar Rail, which is overseeing the construction of the country’s integrated railway network, celebrated as the two TBMs Al Rayyan and Al Gharrafa successfully completed ...
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After Datwyler Sealing Technologies having already received the patent for the DATBALANCE principle in Europe and Hong Kong last year, it is now received the protection of a patent for this new ...
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CIFA will be at BAUMA 2016 with the slogan “YOUR JOBSITE PARTNER” this is because CIFA continues to keep innovation, quality and the customer at the centre of its focus. CIFA believes it ...
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Robbins will supply the first Crossover XRE in the USA for the Akron OCIT Project in Ohio. The 9.6 m diameter TBM has been named Rosie. The name recognises Rose May Jacob and the hundreds of ...
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As from December 2015 CEAR has now been awarded containerized Transformer Substation (model CTE-IAC) certification for an internal arc of 20kA / 1sec. Which is in line with IEC 62271-202 and IEC ...
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Strata Worldwide was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia, USA. Fully staffed operations are located in New South Wales,Australia; Pretoria, South Africa and Pennsylvania, USA. ...
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For the latest ITACET foundation newsletter please click on the following link http://www.itacet.org/Newsletter/ 06/16.
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Robbins will provide a 6.6 m diameter Single Shield TBM for the Rondout West Branch Bypass Tunnel. Cracking and leakage has been occurring in the Delaware Aqueduct, where it passes through ...
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On the 4th February the cantons of Bern and Valais along with with Grimselbahn AG and Swissgrid showcased the Grimsel railway line project. The new narrow gauge line will link Meiringen (BE) with ...
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Putzmeister will present its latest truck-mounted concrete pump, the BSF 47-5 at BAUMA in April. It features a 5-arm placing boom mounted on a 4-axle chassis. With a gross weight of less than 32 ...
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Palmieri has been included on the shortlist of the International Tunnelling Awards for the category “Technical Innovation of the Year”. This is as a result of the complexity and the ...
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Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG), has delayed the construction of the 7.2km undersea tunnel linking Penang to the mainland. This is due to the high volumes of traffic that need to be diverted ...
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On the 27.01.2016 the Robbins TBM EPB operated by the JV Afcons-Transtonnelstroy broke through. This happened on the downline tunnel at Chennai’s Central station after tunnelling through 1025 ...
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The 7th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS) will be held in Montreal, Canada, 16 - 18th March, 2016. It covers topics such as safety level & acceptable risk as well as ...
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London, with its world-class facilities and abundant tourist attractions, is the destination of a bid by the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) to host the World Tunnel Congress and ITA General ...
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The high-performance concrete mixing plant SBM LINEMIX® 3000 CM 410-7 H produces concrete for precast segments or tubbings. The SBM concrete mixing plant has two main features when ...
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The breakthrough of the new 1.8km double-track Beskyd railway tunnel happened on the 21.01.2016. This tunnel is located in the Carpathian Mountains, in south-west Ukraine. The new tunnel with ...
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The building of the 13 km East Coast stretch of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) will connect commuters living in the eastern parts of Singapore and who are not currently directly served by ...
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Highways England is consulting from the 26 January 2016 until 24 March 2016 on options for the Lower Thames Crossing, which is a new road crossing for the River Thames connecting Kent and Essex.
A ...
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The 2016 Underground Construction conference will be held in Prague from 23.05.2016 to 25.05.2016. It will showcase information about existing tunnel excavations in the Slovak Republic and important ...
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Normet are pleased to announce that Robin Lindahl (51) has been appointed as President and CEO of Normet Group, he will start in his new role not later than 1.5.2016. He will be based in Huenenberg, ...
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In 2014 the restoration of the Rosemont reservoir began again, it had been commissioned by the Municipality of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The tunnel construction comprises of a large diameter ...
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On 21.01.2016 at 12.00 noon and about 700 m away from the north portal at Camorino, the final breakthrough in the 15,289 meter long west tube of the Ceneri Base Tunnel took place. The breakthrough ...
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The countdown has begun - ExpoTunnel 2016 registrations are now officially open!
The third edition of the exhibition takes place in Bologna in October 2016 from the 19th until the 21st. Discounted ...
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ICE Engineering Underground Space 2016: Regeneration through Innovation will be held on the 15 March 2016, in Westminster, London at One Great George Street.
Many current and proposed ...
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Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is experiencing impressive population growth. The municipality has set out to address this situation and control impacts in terms of pollution, public health ...
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Normet, the innovative technology company offering continuous improvement to underground construction and mining processes, has agreed to acquire from Atlas Copco the assets of the MEYCO dry ...
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On the 14/01/2016 NFM Technologies in Le Creusot delivered the TBM Federica to Telt (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin). The group of companies that are involved in the construction in Savoy, are led by ...
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In order to further improve its operations the Himal Hydro, the leading Nepalese construction company, has recently acquired a Sandvik Commando DC125R surface drill rig. The Commando DC125R is a ...
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Datwyler have released their latest newsletter to read please click here. For further information contact johannes.sutor@datwyler.com of visit the Datwyler website www.datwyler.com 02/16
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Please find below the link to the Sandvik Construction Yearbook which features a variety of case stories that have been published during 2015. These show the successful cooperation between our ...
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Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has said that construction of the 4.5km Kartal-Kaynarca extension of M4 Kadikoy-Kartal (21.8 km) metro in Istanbul has been completed and test runs will ...
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Bertha, the SR 99 TBM, is now tunneling in Seattle soil after breaking through the access pit wall on the 06.01.2016. Seattle Tunnel Partners has mined more than 22 m and installed 12 concrete ...
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