The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will open the new Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) from 09.00h on Sunday, 29.12.2013. The 5 km-long MCE, Singapore’s tenth expressway,
More Information
Sound Transit will open the University Link light rail extension by March, 2016, some six months earlier than previously scheduled.
More Information
Prado Sud, a consortium led by Vinci Concessions with Eiffage, inaugurated the 1.5 km-long Prado Sud tunnel in Marseille on 15.11.2013.
More Information
The JV Grandi Lavori Fincosit/Toto Costruzioni Generali has started construction of the new Colle di Tenda tunnel on SS 20 Valle di Roja and Colle di Tenda in Piemonte.
More Information
The Arabian tunneling conference and exhibition takes place in Dubai, UAE December 10-11
More Information
Onsite First Time Assembly was developed by Robbins for the Niagara Tunnel project, which used a 14.4 m-diameter hard rock TBM. OFTA reduces delivery schedules and overall costs significantly.
More Information
Tunnels present designers and engineers with particular challenges when it comes to installing pipework. Read a paper prepared by Dave Hudson,
More Information
InterTunnel Russia will take place 14-16 May at VVC All Russia Exhibition Centre, Moscow - a new venue for 2014.
More Information
On 12.11.2013 TBM excavation started for the Maddalena survey tunnel in Chiomonte on the Lyon-Turin line.
More Information
On 08.11.2013 the breakthrough ceremony took place for Hong Kong’s Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A sewage tunnel (North Point-Wan Chai section), marking a new milestone for the project
More Information
The powerless EnviroLAV is a robust, self-contained, corrosion resistant steel toilet system that is easy to operate and maintain.
More Information
As the largest Spanish manufacturer of mining and tunnelling ventilation fans, Zitron has been a mainstream advertiser at tunnelbuilder.com
More Information
A rapid Robbins 6.25 m-diameter main beam TBM is speeding up the provision of clean water to 20.5 million residents of Mumbai, India.
More Information
On 09.11.2013 construction started on the Los Leones station of Santiago metro Line 6.
More Information
The underground link between the Favazzina arrival location of the submarine cables and the Scilla power station is key to the new 380 kV AC double-circuit Sorgente-Rizziconi transmission line to link Sicily and Calabria.
More Information
For a comprehensive list of TBM records by diameter and type visit
More Information
Top Finnish infrastructure company Lemminkainen has chosen Tamrock DT1131i jumbos to excavate the 2.3 km-long Rantavayla tunnel on its Lakeside Route project in Tampere
More Information
Abstract submission deadline for next year’s Eastern European Tunnelling Conference is 30.11.2013.
More Information
On 07.11.2013 Crossrail reached another important milestone as 1,000 t TBM Elizabeth broke into Stepney Green Cavern, one of Europe’s largest mined caverns, in the East End of London.
More Information
From 12-15th November, Femern A/S will gather together around 125 representatives from the nine consortia that have pre-qualified to bid for work on the immersed tunnel.
More Information
A week ago, Seattle’s SR 99 tunnelling machine Bertha stopped near South King Street for scheduled maintenance.
More Information
A warm invitation from ES Rubber, renowned manufacturer of gaskets for segmental lining elements, to visit booth G122
More Information
Three Sandvik MT720 roadheaders will be used to excavate the 2.5 km-long tunnel on Ottawa’s 12.5 km-long Confederation Line.
More Information
STUVA Conference 2013, with the slogan ‘’Tunnels – Infrastructure for the Future’’ will be held at the Congress Centrum of Stuttgart from 27-29th November, 2013
More Information
On 08.10.2013 the final breakthrough for the 5.7 km-long New Irvington tunnel was recorded.
More Information
On 30.10.2013 first breakthrough was accomplished on the 4.847 km-long Steinbuehl tunnel on the 15 km-long Wendlingen-Ulm section 2.2 at Stuttgart.
More Information
On 08.10.2013 boring of the 41 km-long Abu Dhabi deep sewer tunnel was completed at internal diameters up to 5.5 m.
More Information
The third and final part of a major scheme to fix the Leeds Inner Relief Road can go ahead after the Department for Transport approved EUR19 million.
More Information
The first tunnel to connect two continents has finally opened in Turkey. The Marmaray tunnel beneath the Bosphorus is the world’s deepest immersed tube at 55 m below sea level at its lowest point.
More Information
Abstract submission deadline for next year’s Australasian Tunnelling Conference is 25.11.2013.
More Information
DMRC has started TBM tunnelling Delhi metro from INA to South Extension on the Mukundpur-Shiv Vehar corridor as a part of its Phase 3
More Information
MineARC systems specializes in designing and custom building refuge chambers for the safe retreat of personnel engaged in tunnelling and underground construction.
More Information
Barrie Willis, tunnelling manager with international recruitment agency iPS, is visiting the Middle East this week to discuss opportunities for various infrastructure and tunnelling projects in Qatar and elsewhere
More Information
Femern A/S has officially handed in its overall application for approval of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link in Germany.
More Information
On 07.10.2013 TBM Yorkie broke through the headwall at the extraction shaft located on Highway 7,
More Information
ILMEG develops, manufactures, markets and sells dust control systems for the construction, tunnelling and mining industries.
More Information
