Mühlhäuser launches customer-friendly websiteLong-time tunnelbuilder client Mühlhäuser has a new home page designed to provide information needed by customers in their project planning. Product ...
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NZ Transport Agency seeks registrants for Auckland jobRegistrations of interest are sought, at the latest by 21st July 2010, from suitably qualified and experienced consortia to deliver the design ...
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Book early for Hong Kong Tunnel Design & Construction conference!Tunnel Design & Construction Northeast Asia takes place at Harbour Grand, Hong Kong 24-25 November, 2010. Register before 13 ...
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Largest Robbins TBM winning at NiagaraThe 14.4 m-diameter Robbins hardrock TBM is now two-thirds along the challenging alignment at Niagara, having broken a few records in between times. Contractor ...
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North American Tunneling show underway in PortlandThe conference and exhibition organized by UCA of SME for Portland, Oregon started today at the Marriott Waterfront and will continue until ...
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New video detection management system from TraficonTraficon Flux collects traffic data, alarms and video images generated by video detectors in tunnels and on the open road, providing an interface ...
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First section of Gautrain Rapid Rail Link opens for World Cup The first section of the 160 km/h Gautrain Rapid Rail Link, between Sandton Station and the OR Tambo International Airport in ...
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New heavy duty rock drills from Atlas CopcoAtlas Copco has launched three heavy duty versions of its popular 1800-series hydraulic rock drill intended for face drilling in tough underground mining ...
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Breakthrough at Sellero tunnel on SS 42 in BresciaSellero tunnel broke through on 18.06.2010 as part of the refurbishment work on the SS 42 Tonale-Mendola for the completion of the ...
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Madrid-Barcelona-French border high-speed railwayOn 17.06.2010 the TBM Gerundi completed the first 480 m of the 3.6 km-long Girona section on the Madrid-Barcelona-French border high-speed railway. ...
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Tunnel Design & Construction EuropeThe Tunnel Design & Construction Europe conference to be held in Zurich, Switzerland 25th-28th October 2010 will bring together international industry ...
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Tunnel Design & Construction EuropeInternational conference scheduled for Zurich, Switzerland 25-28th October 2010. Early birds can register by 25th June 2010 and get up to EUR465 off standard ...
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Hits and missesTen years ago, when Internet advertising was in its infancy and mega-hits were the order of the day, we started to see a variation between hits and visits. In short, hits were running ...
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EN12101-3 certification for large Flakt Woods JM axial fansFlakt Woods has achieved EN12101-3 certification for 400 degrees C for 2 hours (F400) on its range of large axial fans up to 2.8 m-diameter ...
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Meet Babendererde Engineers at NAT in Portland
Babendererde Engineers is an independent engineering company specializing in underground tunneling. Together with the sister company in ...
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Normet increases production capacity in FinlandNormet has extended and modernized its factory at Iisalmi, Finland, signalling its recovery from the recent economic downturn in mining and tunnelling ...
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Herrenknecht giant EPB for ItalyThe largest TBM ever built, a 15.55 m-diameter Herrenknecht EPB, will be used on the extension of the A1 highway between Bologna and Florence in 2011. Read the press ...
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Success at Brightwater conveyance tunnel in Seattle, WAThe JV JCT (Jay Dee Contractors/Frank Coluccio Construction/Taisei Corporation) has announced that their EPB TBM is stopped just short of the ...
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Cooling the Tube in LondonFlakt Woods has been commissioned to produce a mix of bespoke ventilation products to help improve the airflow on station concourses and in tunnels on the London Tube. For ...
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See you at Intertunnel in Torino!The tunnelbuilder team will be at Intertunnel in Torino, Italy on June 8-10 this week, so look out for us! We will be visiting our clients to ensure they are getting ...
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Swiss Tunnel Congress 2010 The Swiss Tunnel Society (STS) is hosting the Swiss Tunnel Congress in the Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre from June 9-11, 2010. With nearly 800 registrations, just ...
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Paiesco
tunnel on SS337 in Val Vigezzo opens
The new
single-bore 1,431 m-long, 9% gradient Paiesco tunnel opened
on ...
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Final launch at B1 metro in Rome On 26.05.2010, the 9.8 m-diameter EPB launched on construction of the Conca d'Oro-Jonio section, a single tube tunnel for the B1 metro line in Rome. Preparatory ...
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Refurbishment plans for Swiss road tunnelsIn 2008 a survey by ASTRA, the Federal Roads Office, revealed that 126 of the 220 national road tunnels in Switzerland are not fully compliant with the ...
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Curved microtunnel success in United StatesOn 19.05.2010 contractor Northeast Remsco Construction completed the first planned curved microtunnel in the US at Hartford, CT as part of the USD1.6 ...
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Stop-go in USNewspapers in the US are reporting that the Seattle tunnel will take a year longer than expected, due to long lead times on TBM delivery. End-2016 now seems to be the likely completion ...
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First Expomatec for Madrid in 2011The first of a series of triennial business conferences and exhibitions is scheduled for Ifema, Madrid from 17-20 May, 2011. Organised by Ifema and Grupo TPI, ...
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Robbins EPB claims record at ChengduA 6.26 m-diameter Robbins EPB has achieved daily rates of 24 m in the alluvium of Chengdu metro in China, setting a record amongst the 12 machines working on the ...
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Google newsfeed comes to tunnelbuilderTo complement our daily updates dealing with contract news, bids and awards, we have introduced a Google newsfeed which culls the best of the daily newspaper ...
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Work starts on Perca by-pass in TirolGeological investigation for the new Perca bypass on SS 49 Val Pusteria started on 19.05.2010. The project, awarded to JV Ing Mario Valdemarin (Bressanone), ...
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News from Turin-Lyon AV railwaysThe preliminary design for the new Lyon-Turin rail link, including environmental impact study and cost analysis, is scheduled for the end of June, 2010. Click here. ...
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Work starts on Merano bypass in TyrolWork started on 14.05.2010 on Lot 1 of Merano northwest bypass between Lagundo and FS station interchanges. The JV PAC Spa (Bz), Consorzio stabile costruttori ...
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Inauguration of SS125 Orientale SardaOn 25.05.2010 Lot 1, section Terra Mala-CapoBoi of the new SS125 Orientale Sarda, km 5,985 to km 14,765 will be opened. The 8,780 m-long section includes four ...
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Kishanganga TBM handed overOn 13.05.2010 Italian manufacturer SELI handed over a specially designed 400 t DSU TBM to main contractor Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) to bore the Kishanganga ...
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Tunnelling on Andora-San Lorenzo section of Genoa-Ventimiglia lineOn 07.05.2010 in tunnelling was completed at the 3,054 m-long Bardellini tunnel at Caramagna on the Ventimiglia side of the new ...
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Taiwan to upgrade coastal highwayTaiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development has approved a EUR985 million plan to upgrade the Suhua Highway, linking Yilan County and Hualien City, also ...
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LONDON - A British court on Friday overturned government approval for the construction of a controversial road tunnel close to the Stonehenge stone circle, following opposition from ...
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Thames Tideway tunnellers have achieved a significant milestone linking up all three sections of the super sewer project for the first time. West main ...
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The Philippines and Japan on Tuesday, (July 27) formally signed an additional P116-billion (JPY253 billion) loan package to finance the building of the country’s first underground railway...
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All four of the Metro Tunnel’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are being retrieved from underground...
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A High Court judge has ruled that transport secretary Grant Shapps did not break the law when approving the £27.4bn Road Investment Strategy (RIS2)...
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The Formwork, designed and manufactured for the Tunnel des Evouettes, has been pre-assembled and inspected by the client...
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Major work is expected to start in the coming months, with the tunnelling contract awarded by the end of the year and tunnel boring machines in the ...
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The Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel Project will replace the 2.25km-long rail tunnel on the Northeast Corridor in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Project Type...
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ON the evening of Monday July 19, the tunnel boring machine that is working on the construction of the sanitation pipeline in Palma completed the ...
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Following the launch of HS2's first two giant tunnelling machines, Align JV have now begun excavating the first of five shafts that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the ...
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A 6.6m (21.8ft) diameter Robbins Crossover XRE TBM has made its third and final breakthrough for India’s Mumbai Metro Line 3. The project has an estimated cost of US$4.2 billion...
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Start time: 6.00pm AEST. The discussion will cover the concept of a system being an integration of people, process and technology, starting with the end in mind needing to understand the ...
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The construction of a large tunnel system in the District requires the ... To help mitigate construction impacts, D.C. Water partnered with three of the ...
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Join us to celebrate the launch of our tunnel boring machine Hiwa-i-te-Rangi with a self-guided tour of our Central Interceptor construction site. You will be able to immerse yourself in ...
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SCS's contract will involve the construction of a variety of structures and 21km of the line will be in a tunnel created using six tunnel boring machines.
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It is part of a major project to modernise the Trakia railway from Sofia to Bourgas, which has been under construction for 15 years. The hopes are that the ...
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The Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel is a construction project that will bring needed infrastructure improvement to east Dallas, Texas...
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Construction of the latest phase of National Grid’s London Power Tunnels will reach a major milestone later this month with the launch of its second tunnel boring machine (TBM) following ...
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KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): The first of two tunnel boring machines (TBM) which will be used to start excavation works for the Genting Tunnel as part of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project ...
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Singapore’s longest fully underground MRT line – Cross Island Line (CRL – CR108) will be linked to existing MRT lines for seamless connectivity...
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The new IMM management, which solved the financing problem of the lines, downloaded the TBMs (Tunel Boring Machine - Tunnel Boring Machines) ...
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This site known as the Southern laydown area will be used to assemble two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) that will dig 4kms of tunnels for the new ...
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The Boring Company (TBC) unleashed its new tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Prufrock in Las Vegas recently. Prufrock may help Elon Musk's ...
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The largest construction project in Fort Wayne's history recently struck a new milestone with the conclusion of boring for a new sewer tunnel.
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Lower Thames Crossing consultation launched ahead of DCO application
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Highways England is seeking feedback on changes to its plans to ...
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We are proud to introduce our renewed EFNARC C2 compatible VR concrete spraying training simulator! The video shows how industry professionals see the importance of operator competence in ...
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): It took over three years and involved boring through more than five miles of bedrock beneath the Summit City, and on Thursday morning, officials announced that the ...
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This month, James and Taylor are at Barn Elms to visit the greenest site on the Tideway project... and to recreate Ireland's famous goal against England at Euro '88...
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The Coffs Harbour Bypass project is a priority for the Australian and NSW governments as the Pacific Highway is a major contributor to Australia's economy. The bypass will be a key link in ...
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It's not every job that you get to use big pieces of machinery deep underneath Auckland...
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Contest to build Tesla of tunnel boring machines ... Musk's competition aim to revolutionise tunnelling methods so advanced smart and efficient ... and mathematics students have been ...
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The 110-year old Hudson River rail tunnels are used by 450 trains a day. Funding for the $11.6 billion project — $9.8 billion for new tunnel construction ...
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Highways England has launched the hunt for a Delivery Assurance Partner to support the delivery of its £1.7bn A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down upgrade past Stonehenge...
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Founder and president of the Himalaya Bachao Samiti Kulbhushan Upmanyu has pleaded for giving priority to the construction of the Chamba-Chowari tunnel beneath the Jot Pass...
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We've been given a first look at one of the completed Sydney Metro railway tunnels under Sydney Harbour. It'll connect North Sydney to Barangaroo. It's a massive project that's been ...
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Look back at the last 20 months of TBM tunnelling with a highlight reel of everything our mighty machines have accomplished so far...
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PAWTUCKET – The Narragansett Bay Commission last Friday broke ground on its Pawtucket Tunnel project, a milestone that’s seen plenty of advance legwork leading up to it...
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A new technical communication solution is now being used in the construction of the double-track railway through Moss...
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Specialist engineering and civils contractor J Murphy & Sons battled through the pandemic year to lift revenue by 26% to a record £1.1bn...
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