French manufacturer Acimex supplies vacuum devices for the handling of precast concrete segments in tunnels.
Acimex vacuum erector and segment trolley will be used in the 10.16 m-diameter EPB ...
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On 20.10.2014 TBM Ellie finished her journey at Victoria Dock Portal in east London, completing the 900 m drive from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, to Victoria Dock Portal in just six weeks, at ...
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On 20.10.2014 construction of Grand St Bernard safety tunnel (GSS) restarted, following agreement with the old contractor JV Condotte that only 11 of 23 cross passages originally intended will be ...
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Eight Terratec 6.52 m-diameter EPBs are at work on Delhi Metro Phase 3. During the last two months, four significant breakthroughs have been recorded, and another 14 will be accomplished during the ...
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On 31.10.2014, installation of the non-ballasted track was completed in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. General contractor Transtec Gotthard, at a distance of around 54 m from the south portal, cast the ...
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Shanghai is a long way to go for a show, and Werner is the lucky member of tunnelbuilder team to make the journey. China Bauma runs from November 25-28, and Werner will be most pleased to meet old ...
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The link for the upcoming Robbins Webinar on 18th November dealing with On-site First Time Assembly has changed to http://bit.ly/RobbinsOFTAWebinar. Questions for the discussion should be addressed ...
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On 17.11.2014, TBM Anna will break through after 300 days of work on the Frejus safety tunnel, completing construction. Mechanized excavation of Lot 2 started at the Italian end on 01.07.2013, ...
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The Forrestfield Line will integrate with the existing rail network in Perth, Australia and deliver an 8.5 km-long rail extension from the Midland Line east of Bayswater to Forrestfield via Perth Airport; three new stations, Airport West and Forrestfield and Consolidated Airport; and expanded and new bus feeder services.
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Consortium Salini Impregilo/Strabag has agreed with client BBT SE to start construction of the EUR300 million Isarco River Underpass, part of the southern lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel located in ...
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The Robbins Company president Lok Home is hosting the company’s third webinar in mid-November, entitled Insight on Onsite Assembly: Why OFTA is Revolutionizing TBM Tunnelling.
In ...
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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, calibrating and ...
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By popular request, the deadline for abstract submissions for WTC2015 in Croatia has been extended to 01.11.2014. To date, more than 500 abstracts for WTC 2015 have been received, showing a strong ...
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For several years Normet Academy has used simulators as the vital part of service in hydraulic and automation, concrete spraying and scaling training programs for mining and tunnelling operators. ...
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For the
second edition of the Arabian Tunnelling Conference in Abu Dhabi deadline to
submit an abstract is 15 October 2014. The conference theme will be: Sustainable
Tunnelling in GCC ...
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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s
largest industrial auctioneer, held a record-breaking multi-million Euro
auction at its site in Caorso, Italy on 02.10.2014. More than 1,360 ...
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During ExpoTunnel, on October 23-24, the SIG - Italian Tunnelling Society has organized the international conference Innovation in the construction of underground works. Among the speeches on 23 ...
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The Thimphu-Wangdue road is classified as the primary national highway in Bhutan. Except for an undefined weak zone near the portal at Nabisa, the 10.5 km-long road tunnel road Yusipang in Thimphu ...
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Excavation of the headrace tunnel from adit 1 to the de-silting chamber has been completed at Punatshangchhu-II HEP in Bhutan. The de-silting chamber helps clean up the raw water between intake and ...
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Expotunnel will be in Bologna, Italy from 23 to 25 October 2014, where tunnelbuilder team welcomes you to our stand D2-E1 in Hall 19. Fill out the registration form and you'll receive by email ...
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By 28.09.2014 EPB TBM Barbara (diameter 15.08 m, length 115 m) owned by consortium Empedocle 2, comprising CMC (leader), Tecnis and CCC, reached the 1 km mark driving the Caltanissetta tunnel on SS ...
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Metrostav and Havnen Anlegg have started drill/blast construction of the 1,565 m-long Bjornabakkane tunnel in Central Norway. The tunnel, commissioned by Statens vegvesen, will provide avalanche ...
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Northgate Link Extension will connect the Northgate, Roosevelt and U District neighborhoods to downtown Seattle, US and the airport.
A second TBM is beginning its 5.79 km journey from the Maple ...
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In August, 2014 major progress was made at a coalmine in Queensland, Australia when a specialized Robbins Dual Mode EPB/Rock TBM was successfully rolled out after completing the first of two access ...
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The exhibiting companies and those that make up the Promotion Committee are working in the underground field in Italy and abroad with their innovative solutions. For example: Spea Ingegneria ...
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The Sao Paulo, Brazil green metro line 2 extension will be a new 14.4 km-long section between Vila Prudente and Dutra stations, including 15 shafts, turnout tracks and the following 13 stations: ...
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Excavations on the Tulfes-Pfons construction lot began on 18.09.2014 with a solemn ceremony.
The BBT project along the 9,000 km north-south corridor from Helsinki to La Valletta is very important ...
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On 18.09.2014 Piedmont Region and the company Infra.To signed the agreement for funding EUR35 million for the construction of the Lingotto-Bengasi section 4 of Line 1 of Turin metro. The section ...
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The Border Roads Organization (BRO) reported the construction of the 8.8 km-long Rohtang tunnel in the State of Himachal Pradesh, India is underway, with 4.4 km completed to date.
Meantime, ...
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On 12.09.2014 was held the final conference of the three-year Interreg Italy-Austria IBBT project on flooring, lining and innovative lighting for tunnels. The project, co-funded Interreg IV ...
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On 18.09.2014 the 4th International Corridor Reno-Alps Conference was held in Genoa, Italy. The Swiss Confederation aims to transfer freight from road to rail through the Lotschberg (opened in ...
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The 18 km-long Fehmarnbelt tunnel with its electrified rail operation and a fully lit road tunnel requires the security of an uninterrupted power supply. It will have its own, major substation at ...
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The latest in the Robbins Webinar series is entitled Lessons Learned from the Field: the Greatest Challenges in TBM Tunnelling. The discussion is scheduled for one hour on Tuesday, 30th September ...
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Ritchie Bros next auction in Caorso, Italy is on Thursday 2nd October, 2014. Over 900 items are currently included in the inventory, and more will be added in the coming weeks. This wide variety of ...
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The Federal Council of Berne, capital of Switzerland, has approved construction of the western branch of Biel bypass, including the junction to the right bank of Lake Biel (port tunnel) and ...
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ExpoTunnel is dedicated to the world of tunnelling, drilling, mining, underground construction and research. Following a successful first show in 2013, the second edition will take place in Bologna, ...
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