On the 6th of November 2020 an excavator with hydraulic hammer broke through the first 59 m tunnel under the Isarco river. The ground in the most southern construction lot of the ...
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On 01/09/20 after 3.5 months of excavation and a month ahead of schedule, the TBM called Gaia completed the second tunnel tube for the Rijnland Route. The TBM covered a distance of 2,250 m, from ...
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Connection Tunnel Excavated at Cremorne Wharf - Cremorne Wharf Depot became the latest site in the central section of the Tideway project to connect to the main 'super sewer' tunnel as ...
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France's recently completed Galerie des Janots was the scene of some unforeseen challenges. During excavation with a Main Beam TBM, crews encountered a stalagmite studded 8,000 cubic meter ...
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For over the last 50 years, Sotecnisol led the waterproofing market in Portugal and has grown a strong presence in other countries, namely in tunnel drainage and water proofing with PVC ...
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On 29/10/20 Governor Ralph Northam joined the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and state and local leaders to break ground on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project. ...
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Registrations now open for over 1,000 one-to-one meetings with HS2 contractors.
HS2 Ltd’s third annual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event takes place between 23rd-26th November ...
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A modern, safe, resilient, and reliable communication system is a key component of any confined space, mine, or tunnel access safety system. Tunnel workers rely on regular contact with their ...
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Metro has selected the winners of its art and naming contest for its third and final set of tunnel boring machines that will dig twin Purple Line Extension subway tunnels between Westwood and ...
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TBM Joan - On the 20/10/20 TBM Joan began its 1 km journey from the Parkville Station site to the new State Library Station site of the Melbourne metro. Named after Victoria’s ...
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After months of preparation on the Isarco River Underpass construction site, the excavation of the first few metres of the tunnel has begun.
The excavation works in this southernmost ...
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On 27/10/2020 HS2 revealed updated designs for the Canterbury Works vent shaft headhouse and compound, in South Kilburn, London. It will be one of four structures that will be built to provide ...
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Super sewer drives its way through London passing underneath 21 bridges
A giant tunnel has this week been dug under the final bridge in London before completion.
On 26/10/2020 ...
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In March 2008 the ACCIONA and Sacyr consortium were awarded the contract to design and construct the Mularroya dam in La Almunia de Doña Godina, Chodes and Ricla (Zaragoza). The contract ...
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A TBM EPB-Shield (diameter 6.57 m) has been assembled for the Seattle Public Utilities and King County Wastewater Treatment Division's Ship Canal Water Quality Tunnel Storage Project. The TBM is ...
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Online Conference and Ceremony - The international competition launched in 2015 by International Tunnelling and Underground Association (ITA) returns in 2020 for a promising 6th edition. For 5 ...
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Taking part in the HAGERBACH NXT 50 series of webinars will broaden your understanding on the role of underground spaces in helping humankind sustainably develop on this planet and eventually future ...
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On the 22/10/2020 the Mixshield TBM (diameter 6.54 m) for the Los Angeles Outfall Tunnel project arrived at its destination.
The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts invited Los ...
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Last week a TBM, named Dame Whina Cooper in honour of the Maori rights champion, arrived in Auckland after a voyage of more than 9000 km from its factory in southern China. The ...
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Due to the constantly changing situation regarding the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lack of planning certainty, InnoTrans is to be postponed until 2022. After consulting with international ...
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Work is progressing well, across Cross River Rail’s eight worksites in Brisbane. The project will help transform South East Queensland by unlocking the bottleneck at the core of ...
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NorthConnex, the dual 9 km tunnel which will link the M1 Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga to the Hills M2 Motorway at West Pennant Hills, will open to traffic on the 31/10/2020, taking ...
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On 16/10/2020 MMRC achieved a 33rd breakthrough with the 653-m long tunnel from Churchgate to Hutatma Chowk station for the metro Line 3 in Mumbai. It is the first TBM breakthrough ...
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Mitma (Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana) and Nueva Aquitania signed an agreement for the contracting and execution of a study to look at the re-opening of the Somport ...
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Tried and Tested TBM and conveyor complete Ohio River Tunnel - A 6.5 km (4 mi) long tunnel for wastewater storage below Louisville, Kentucky, USA has more to it than meets the eye. ...
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Press release - HS2 awards contract for first two London tunnelling machines
This month the contract for the first two giant tunnel boring machines for London’s HS2 tunnels was signed with ...
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On 03/10/2020 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 9.02 km Atal tunnel in Rohtang, in the Pir Panjal range of Himalayas at an altitude of 3000 m (10,000 Feet) from the Mean Sea ...
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On 16/09/2020 the Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) completed the longest water pipeline tunnel project in the world. Its length is 12.445 km driven with a TBM, ...
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Balfour Beatty, alongside EDF, has celebrated a major milestone on its Hinkley Point C tunnelling and marine project, as the team successfully completed the breakthrough of the longest and final ...
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Press release - A giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) building part of London’s new super sewer has today completed its journey, marking another crucial step toward a cleaner, healthier River ...
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On the 05/10/2020 at the Lonato del Garda (BS) shipyard, the Cepav Due consortium, made up of Saipem (59%), Pizzarotti (27.27%) and Icm, the former Maltauro (13.64%), started work on the HS/HC ...
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By the 9th October 2020 TBM shield work for the construction tunnels for the second line of the Warsaw metro reached 2239/ 2908m for TBM Maria and 921/2,878m for TBM Anna in the East section; ...
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Geofluid will take place from the 15th to the 18th of September 2021 in the Piacenza exhibition center in Italy.
This international trade fair is for the drilling & ...
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The Organizing Committee of the Eurock 2021 invites all interested geotechnical professionals and academics to submit abstracts for the conference, deadline: October 31st 2020. Abstracts must be ...
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The construction of the new 3.36 km ring road between Castelbello and Colsano is ongoing. So far 1260 m of the 2494 m long Castelbello tunnel has been completed. The excavation has been carried out ...
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The first cuts have been made underground to build the Karangahape Station on the City Rail Link. At 32 m below street level the Karangahape Station will be New Zealand’s deepest ...
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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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The new line will run on a main tunnel approximately 10.1 km (6 miles) in length, created by two new tunnel-boring machines, and will also include 20 ...
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