On 22.10.2015 Cipa Spa, along with the contractor COCIV, finished the excavation of the 278 m Chiaravagna tunnel. The tunnel is part of the new high speed, high capacity railway line ...
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On 02.10.2015 Sydney metros North West TBM number 2 Florence broke through into the site of the future Castle Hill station after a 6.5 km dig. Work began at Bella Vista in late October last year. ...
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The final wall of the 2.1 km Pinchat tunnel came down on the 10/08/201. The tunnel is 30 meters below the Route de Troinex, creating the connection between Carouge-Bachet and Val d'Arve, on the ...
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RFI and Italferr have completed the final design for the Fortezza-Ponte Gardena access, which is part of the Brenner Base Tunnel project and filed it at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. ...
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The federal office of transport has given the go ahead for testing to begin in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The first successful test runs began on 01/10/2015 with the first trains using ...
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The construction of the Iran-Armenia railway will begin after the creation of an important cargo base. The railway will be used mainly for in-transit freights from Iran to other countries. The ...
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On the 15/10/2015 C.M.C Ravenna with TBM Barbara broke through on the first part of the 4 km Caltanissetta tunnel, which is part of the 28 km-long section upgrade at the A19 ...
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The contract was awarded equally between JV Costain and VINCI Construction Grands Projets and covers the construction of two shafts, 15 m diameter each, with a depth of 20 m, a 300 m long ...
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On 06.10.2015 FAST, the FCC-led consortium made up of Samsung, Alstom, Strukton, Freyssinet Saudi Arabia, Typsa, Atkins and Setec, finished drilling the first tunnel section of line 5 (green ...
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The London Underground, the oldest in the world and the largest in Europe, comprises 11 different lines and 270 stations. Of these the Victoria Line is a deep-level underground route that was ...
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On 31.08.2015 a 14 m diameter dual-mode EPB TBM was launched in Hong Kong at the north portal of the tunnel that will link the north-eastern New Territories and the Liantang border crossing in ...
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On 21st August 2015, the Tunnel Boring Machine S36 broke through at Palam Station, 27 days after its twin S37 did the same, completing the last drives on Contract CC-34 of Delhi Metro Phase-III. ...
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The latest Dätwyler Newsletter is now available with updates on all their current and future projects. Please click here. 40/15
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Tunneling crews continue to make progress on both tunnels between the Roosevelt Station site and the U District Station site for the Northgate Link Extension in Seattle.
TBM Brenda is just south of ...
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Setronic Verona Srl is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, specialized in design, manufacture and after sales service for optical beam smoke and fire detectors, opacity analyzer, ...
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On the 26/09/2015 the ceremony was held for the launch of a TBM in at the Brenner Base Tunnel in Innsbruck, Austria. The cavern at the Ahrental end was used for assembly and launch. There were ...
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The TBM for the grand Paris Express is now ready to start. The TBM was christened Magaly on the 09.09.2015 it is the first of two TBMs that will dig the tunnel for the extension of line 14. The ...
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On 17.09.2015 the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Board of Trustees approved the final award of the contract 238-15. This contract will close $3.6 million less than the original ...
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The 6,382 m Blanka road tunnel complex in Prague, consisting of three tunnel sections, was opened on 19.09.2015. The project is on the north-western part of the inner ring road in Prague. Click ...
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On July 22, 2015, a 3.5 m (11.5 ft) Robbins Main Beam TBM began a new chapter in its storied 32-year career. Originally built for the Terror Lake project in Alaska, the veteran machine has ...
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The latest newsletter from Sandvik Construction is now online. Visit http://construction.sandvik.com/news-media/e-newsletter/september-2015/ . 39/15
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On 16.09.2015 the ground breaking ceremony for the Nenskra hydroelectric project was held in the mountainous northwestern Georgian region of Svaneti. The 280MW project will ensure the ...
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On 18.09.2015 TBM3 Isabelle, one of four machines excavating the 15km twin tube tunnels from Bella Vista to Epping, broke through. It’s the first Sydney Metro Northwest TBM to reach the end of ...
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On 11/09/2015 a 40 t piling rig drilled the first pile at the northern interchange at Wahroonga junction. This is for the construction of the first well for the NorthConnex tunnel in Sydney. ...
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The Tunnel boring machine Alice is only 332 m away from her second breakthrough for the Waterview Connection in Auckland, New Zealand. The second tunnel which is 2.4 kilometers long is also ...
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With over 45 years of experience, DUX Machinery Corporation is a Canadian manufacturer of heavy-duty underground equipment designed to meet the needs of mining and tunnelling projects worldwide. DUX ...
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The latest project updates to be discussed at the Australian Tunnelling Conference in Sydney next month
“We have a fantastic program featuring a number of project updates from all over ...
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On 03.08.2015, TERRATEC’s S23 TBM EPB completed the tunnelling on the up line 1,351 m tunnel between Kashmere Gate & Lal Quila Stations. This is the Delhi Metro Phase-III CC-07 Project, ...
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Between the 28th August and 4th September 2015 Seattle Tunnel Partners have lowered the final three pieces of the SR 99 TBMs front shield into the access pit in Seattle, ...
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The final deadline for abstract submission is on 30.09.2015, using the on-line form which is available at http://www.ucprague.com/call-for-abstracts/ . 37/15.
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First Rock/EPB TBM in North America represents an Evolution in Design
On August 10, 2015, North America’s first Robbins Crossover TBM was launched for the Túnel Emisor Poniente ...
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Tunnelbuilders that are in need of heavy equipment for their upcoming projects may be able to grab a good deal at Ritchie Bros. upcoming auction in Ocaña (Central Spain). The unreserved ...
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iPS’ Mexican entity has changed its commercial name from ‘Full Crew’ to iPS – Powerful People.
Full Crew has been active in Mexico since 2007 and has established a well ...
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HADES from VMT networks all areas of a construction site above and below ground. Development of the HADES control centre is underway. Read the press release and visit www.vmt-gmbh.de. 36/15.
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Sandvik supports clients with in-depth product and application expertise, rapid response, local presence and worldwide network. Read the August, 2015 edition of Sandvik E-newsletter and visit ...
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At the beginning of August Fillie, a 9 m-diameter TBM, started work near Bolton, UK as part of a Network Rail project to electrify the Preston-Bolton-Manchester line, one of north-west ...
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