At the World Tunnel Congress 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand 18-23 May, CIFA, a company in the Zoomlion Heavy Industries Group, will present the new CST 8.20 shotcrete jumbo with telescopic boom designed specifically for applications in small size tunnels and mining drives
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Construction of the A4 Delft-Schiedam motorway commenced on 26.04.2012 under a EUR298 million design and construction contract awarded last year to consortium A4ALL, comprising Boskalis, Heijmans and VolkerWessels.
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In July, 2011 Transport Malta appointed Mott Macdonald to carry out a preliminary analysis of road tunnel link options between Malta and Gozo. A fixed link would reduce average journey times by at least 40 minutes.
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Emcor has 30 years of experience in the manufacture and supply of machines and consumables to the underground sector, helping Spanish tunnelling contractors to become the most efficient in the world.
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Sandvik provides comprehensive tunnelling and underground civil engineering equipment and expertise across a range of methods including drill/blast, mechanical cutting and breaking.
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Funding of EUR927.41 million including VAT has been approved for work on four sections, in Zamora and Ourense provinces,
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That the tunnelling industry is growing can be measured by the steady increase in bids and awards reported at tunnelbuilder.com
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Three 8.93 m Robbins EPBs with continuous conveyor systems are tunnelling from shafts up to 150 m deep through watery clays and large
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The 15.62 m-diameter EPB Martina, built by Herrenknecht for the 2.5 km-long twin-tube Sparvo tunnel on Italy’s Variante di Valico project
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The sixth international conference, dealing with extreme crossings and new technologies, takes place in Bergen, Norway on 16-19 June
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On 03.04.2012, breakthrough was achieved on the 2,834 m south tube of the SS77
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Time to order your visitor badge for Intermat, the international exhibition for equipment and techniques for the construction and materials industries taking
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Registration is now open for the upcoming NAT conference and exhibition scheduled for Indianapolis, 24-27th June, 2012.
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On 26.03.2012, breakthrough of the 3,472 m south tube was achieved on the SS77 Varano tunnel in Serravalle del Chienti municipality
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The 19.8 km-long Kiora tunnel for the Yin Hong Ji Shi water diversion project in Tabai County of Shanxi Province comprises 8.7 km drill/blast and 11.1 km TBM drive. The drill/blast section has been completed, but the double shield TBM became trapped in poor ground after driving just 6 km.
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The contract to build the twin-tube Markovec road tunnel was awarded to Alpine and its Slovenian partner CPM (Cestno podjetje Maribor) in 2009, but CPM went into receivership in February, 2011
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A Sandvik DT1130i three-boom drill rig, one of the new series from Sandvik, is being employed by Taeah Construction to excavate 2.4 km of the Gwanak highway tunnel south of Seoul.
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The prestigious biennial conference North American Tunneling will take place 24th-27th June, 2012 at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, IN, US, organized by Underground Construction Association of Society Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc (UCA of SME).
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Extraction of the Wirth EBP and backup will be completed end-March following construction of the Mergellina-Municipio section of Line 6 metro in Naples.
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Andrew Kitchen, GM at Adfil Construction Fibres, is headlining the company newsletter for March, 2012.
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Crossrail has declared five organizations are shortlisted for contract C610: Alstom Transport/TSO/Costain Ltd JV; Balfour Beatty Rail Ltd; BAM Nuttall/Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier Construction JV; Laing O’Rourke Construction/Volker Rail
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Cantabrian manufacturer Matrican, with more than 40 years experience in the design and production of customized thermoplastic injection moulds,
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On 23.03.2012 the preliminary design for the link between Val Fontanabuona and the A12 Genova-Rome was presented by Spea Engineering Europe Spa.
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Two Robbins double shield TBMs have been working at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics site in Russia in complex geology with multiple fault zones.
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Around 500 participants from 17 countries met up in Copenhagen on 21.03.2012 for briefing on the construction of the 18 km-long tunnel under the Fehmarnbelt to link Germany and Denmark.
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The international conference SOLIT takes place in Berlin, Germany on 27-28 June, 2012 with a focus on integration of fire fighting systems.
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South African Gary Clench, who has 36 years hands-on sales and marketing experience in the underground sector,
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Construction of the Port Authority pedestrian tunnel to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport commenced this month. The
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Once completed in 2014, the 44.6 km-long Pahang Selangor raw water tunnel in Malaysia will be the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia.
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Deo Ca Pass tunnel construction is starting around now for completion mid-2016. The new 13.4 km road, from Hoa Xuan Nam
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The new Boomer E1 C-DH single boom diesel hydraulic drillrig has face coverage of 95 sq m.
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Italian manufacturer ISTRICE has 30 years experience in the synthetic monofilament extrusion sector, resulting in a range of unique, patented fibres for structural reinforcement of concrete.
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On 05.03.2012 breakthrough was achieved in the new Scrajo rock tunnel on the SS145 Sorrentina bypass between Pozzano and Seiano.
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Construction of Thessaloniki Metro extension to Kalamaria will begin in autumn, 2012. Four bidders have received the tender documents.
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The latest technologies for tunnel design and management will be on show at INTERtunnel, organized by Mack Brooks Exhibitions at Turin’s Lingotto exhibition complex from March 27th to 29th, 2012.
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The recently completed Lee tunnel in the east end of London was lined with concrete segments with anchored gaskets,
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