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Sparvo mega-breakthrough

Sparvo mega-breakthrough

On 27.07.2012 the 15.62 m-diameter TBM Martina (EPB S-5) broke through the 2,564 m northbound tube of the Sparvo tunnel on Italy’s Variante di Valico project. More Information

IPS gains OHSAS certification

Crewing and recruitment agency iPS is newly OHSAS certified and compliant with international standards for safety management. More Information

Putzmeister buys Intermix

On 19.07.2012, Putzmeister acquired Intermix, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of truck mixers and special mixers, with an annual output in the order of 800 units. More Information

Morazzone tunnel on Pedemontana Lombarda

The consortium Pedelombarda Scpa, comprising Impregilo (leader), Astaldi, Pizzarotti and ACI secured the Section A of the Pedemontana Lombarda and the first lots of the Varese and Como bypasses. More Information

TUCA Open Day

TUCA is the Tunnelling & Construction Academy in London, which iPS supports. iPS is a supplier of specialized tunnelling personnel for Crossrail and other projects. More Information

35 years with Herrenknecht

In 1975 Martin Herrenknecht set up on his own as an engineer, and two years later founded Herrenknecht GmbH in the tiny hamlet of Schwanau, Germany. More Information

Bentley - Be Inspired Awards 2012

Bentley's annual Be Inspired Awards programme is a competition open to all users of Bentley software for sustaining infrastructure. More Information

Robbins goes deep in Mumbai

Robbins goes deep in Mumbai

A Robbins 6.25 m-diameter main beam TBM is making good going in basalt over 100 m beneath the streets of Mumbai to install 8.3 km of much-needed replacement water main. More Information

East European tunnelling conference

The first East European tunnelling conference takes place in Budapest on 18-21st September, 2012. More Information

Italian road tunnels break through

On 05.07.2012 excavation was completed at the 990 m-long Cerzone tunnel (km 4,500 - km 5,450) on the road bypass to the SS 212 between Pietrelcina junction and San Marco dei Cavoti interchange in Italy’s Benevento province. More Information

CEAR moves admin and production across Milan

Costruzioni Elettrotecniche CEAR moved to new administrative and production facilities at Gessate (Milan) in June, 2012. More Information

CIFA sponsor of the XVI ERMCO congress

CIFA, a company in the Zoomlion Heavy Industries Group, sponsored the XVI ERMCO Congress held in Verona on 21-22nd June, 2012. More Information

Second Gotthard road tunnel agreed

The Swiss government has decided to build the second Gotthard road tunnel to facilitate refurbishment of the existing 16 km-long single tube, More Information

Saverne first tube sees daylight

Saverne first tube sees daylight

On 19.06.2012 10 m-diameter Herrenknecht TBM Charlotte broke through the 4 km-long east-west tube of Saverne tunnel, after seven months of work, during which average advance was 20 m/day. More Information

NFM EPB for Moscow metro

NFM Technologies has received an order for a 6.6 m-diameter earth pressure balance TBM to drive a section of the second circular line of Moscow metro. More Information

Fehmarnbelt project new time schedule

The prequalification process will still start this year, even though the planning of the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt will take one year more than expected. More Information

Brussels airport line opens

On 7 June King Albert II inaugurated the new Diabolo railway infrastructure and reached by train the new Brussels Airport station. More Information

ITA global perspective

ITA has produced a video dealing with urban tunnelling at a time when it is estimated that migration will result in 70% of the world’s population living in cities. More Information

Geofluid international exhibition at Piacenza

Geofluid, the biannual international show specialised in subsoil fluid prospecting extraction and transport, geological and geophysical drilling, deep foundations, no-dig technology and construction of tunnels More Information

New locomotives from Mining Equipment

New locomotives from Mining Equipment

Thirty years’ experience in locomotive rebuilding has given American specialist Mining Equipment a unique insight into the requirements for successful operation in the rigorous tunnelling environment. More Information

Grand St Bernard safety tunnel complete

Grand St Bernard safety tunnel complete

On 06.06.2012 consortium Condotte Cossi completed TBM excavation of the emergency tube of the Grand St Bernard tunnel. The 5,760 m-long drive, lined with precast concrete segments, was completed in 18 months. More Information

Florence high-speed rail tunnel

Florence high-speed rail tunnel

Nodavia, a JV of Coopsette and Ergon, secured the EUR709 million contract for the Florence high-speed rail tunnel and station. More Information

Normet buys out TAM

Two years after acquiring a strategic 40 percent shareholding in TAM International, Normet has now proceeded to full ownership. More Information

Robbins trio at Pahang-Selangor

Three Robbins 5.23 m-diameter hardrock TBMs are returning fast advance rates in widely varying rock strengths and water More Information

CAT TBM holes out in London

Some 32 km of cable tunnels, 14 shafts and four connecting tunnels with associated chambers are under TBM construction by Costain between Hackney and Willesden (3 m-diameter) and between Kensal ... More Information

Bentley software solutions

Bentley Systems Inc provides comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure from buildings to bridges, transit to utilities, and clean energy to clean water. More Information

CEAR electrical and automation

Costruzioni Elettrotecniche CEAR has thirty years experience supplying electrical and automation solutions to main contractors worldwide in the construction, More Information

Excavation of Olabarrie tunnel starts

On 23.05.2012 excavation of the 1,102m Olabarrie tunnel started, including the 75 m section in cut/cover at the adit. More Information

Shift engineer required

Shift engineer required

iPS is currently looking for a shift engineer whose responsibilities will include supervision of shifts, monitoring TBM operating parameters, More Information

Markovec road tunnel holed

On 14.05.2012 Alpine Bau GmbH broke through the 2,174 m-long left tube of the Markovec bi-tube tunnel on the motorway More Information

ERMCO 2012 Congress for Verona

The XVI International ERMCO Congress, returning to Italy after 26 years, will be in Verona from June 21st – 22nd. More Information

Listec fire detection at Rome metro

The Listec RDU 316 Remote Display Unit is reassuring for Rome metro tunnel operations. More Information

World Tunnel Congress 2012

WTC is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand from 18th to 23rd May. Congress theme is Tunnelling and Underground Space for a Global Society. More Information

Trigoni tunnel on SS106 Jonica

Trigoni tunnel on SS106 Jonica

On 11.05.2012 Cipa SpA broke through the north tube of 840 m-long Trigoni tunnel, lot DG22 of SS106 More Information

Grizzana tunnel on Variante di Valico

Grizzana tunnel on Variante di Valico

On 02.04.2012 the south tube of Grizzana tunnel on the La Quercia-Lagaro section lot 5 of Variante di Valico broke out. More Information

Work begins on Gilon tunnel

On 23.04.2012 the JV Danya Cebus/China Civil Engineering Construction Corp (CCECC) began work on a 4.6 km-long twin-bore tunnel at a depth of 100 m More Information

Tunnelling News

Scarborough Subway Extension tunnelling progresses following maintenance stop

The remaining portion of the tunnel will be delivered by Scarborough Transit Connect, the development partner for the project's stations, rail and ... More Information

World's Deepest Underwater Tunnel to Have Cars Drive 16 Miles Under the Sea

Norway is building what is to become the longest and deepest road tunnel under the sea. The Rogfast project, measuring 26.7 kilometers (about 16.5 ... More Information

Tunnelling underway for National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Snowdonia

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) Buddug has commenced excavation of National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Wales’ Eryri National Park, otherwise known as Snowdonia. The tunnel is part of ... More Information

CPK signs contract for construction of HSR tunnel in Łódź

The contract for the construction of a 4.6 km long, 14-metre wide High-Speed Rail (HSR) tunnel will be carried out by construction company PORR. The project is valued at approximately PLN ... More Information

Underneath the busy Baltimore streets, the Howard Street Tunnel gets its makeover

A squad of construction workers descend daily under the streets of Baltimore. They labour deep down, in the semi-secret and highly restricted ... More Information

London Power Tunnels Milestone

We're thrilled to announce that our second 2.5km high-voltage circuit between Hurst and Crayford is now live. This £1 billion project is rewiring London, strengthening energy supply, and ... More Information

U.S. Tunneling Professionals Convene in Dallas at RETC 2025

The event drew approximately 1,400 people. Another highlight of the conference was the presentation of the now annual Underground Construction ... More Information

Construction of NY and NJ GatewayTunnel hits halfway mark

People are looking down at the ground from the Highline on Manhattan's West Side. Some parts of the new train tunnel structure ... More Information

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor for construction. Maguire told reporters during a briefing Monday morning. He noted that VTA is trying to fill a $1.2 billion ... More Information

Tunneling In The Digital Age: Rethinking Subsurface Infrastructure

But successful construction is just the start of the journey. Underground infrastructure is a long-term investment—just look at the London Underground ... More Information

Sydney Moves Forward with Final Tunnelling for Harbour Project

Sydney prepares for the arrival of the largest TBMs in the Southern Hemisphere as the Western Harbour Tunnel project enters its final tunnelling ... More Information

Metrolinx seeks help to name 2 of its massive Ontario Line tunnel digging machines

Metrolinx is now accepting names for two of its giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which will be used for twin 16-metre-deep and six-kilometre-long ... More Information

Deutsche Bahn awards contract for Munich S-Bahn project

The contract involves structural works for the expansion, including the construction of tunnels and an underground station. The Tunnel Ostbahnhof JV, ... More Information

Excavation completed on Italian side of Brenner Base Tunnel

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Flavia” successfully bored through the Alps beneath the Mules 2–3 section, reaching the Austrian border. More Information

Giant tunnel borer set for Shantou Bay project

A giant tunnel boring machine has been installed for tunnelling under Shantou Bay in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo provided to ... More Information

€0.4bn road and tunnel project in Georgia

Work is proceeding on the Kvesheti-Kobi road and tunnel scheme in Georgia. The scheme is part of a larger project, being carried out with Chinese ... More Information

Lahore to transform with Rs49 billion tunnel boring project

Pakistan, April 27 -- The federal government has approved Lahore's Rs49 billion Tunnel Boring Project, marking a major development for the city... More Information

Construction at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

The 2,100-foot-long tunnel connects the terminal to parking facilities and the tramway leading to the RTA public rail line. During the project, two of ... More Information

AFFHOLDER AND J.F. SHEA TEAM UP ON $700 MILLION CONTRACT

The tunneling subsidiary, Affholder LLC, will lead a joint venture with J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., to build the I-35 Capital Express Central ... More Information

Factory Testing Complete on DC Water's first tunnel boring machine for the Potomac River

Mary passed all the necessary requirements and is one of two TBM's on the project. The tunnel is part of DC Water's Clean Rivers Project, to ... More Information

Work on Chennai Metro tunnel racing to a finish

The machine Flamingo, which started boring in 2023 for the tunnel linking Light House with Thirumayilai, is expected to reach the other end in ... More Information

CPK awards contract to build high-speed rail tunnel in Lodz, Poland

The tunnel, to be constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), will have a ... More Information

Inside HS2: Meet London's miners working on the Northolt tunnels

We are on a tunnel boring machine (TBM) inside High Speed Two's huge Northolt tunnels. These tunnel boring machines are part of a tunnelling ... More Information

Ontario Begins Construction Of Last Tunnel Segment Of The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

The remaining eastern portion of tunnel construction (500-meter twin tunnels) will use the sequential excavation method, with daily progress of ... More Information

Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords

We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put ... More Information

CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

The estimated cost of construction of the FCC electron–positron stage, including the tunnel and all the infrastructure, is 15 billion Swiss francs... More Information

TBM break through on Auckland's £915M wastewater megaproject completes 16.2km tunnel

Auckland's major wastewater infrastructure project, the Central Interceptor, has reached a significant milestone with the final breakthrough of ... More Information

In pics: construction site of Chongming-Taicang tunnel

A smart assembling vehicle works at "Linghang" large diameter shield tunneling machine at the construction site of the Chongming-Taicang tunnel, part of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu ... More Information

IN PICTURES: Spectacular images of the removal of HS2's huge tunnelling machine

TBM Sushila was used to construct part of the Northolt Tunnel – an 8.4-mile tunnel ... construction/london-tunnels/progress-3/northolt-tunnel/tbm- ... More Information

Historic tunnels uncovered beneath Salisbury station during £5.3M upgrade project

Engineers from Network Rail and South Western Railway have uncovered a network of tunnels and rooms beneath Salisbury station during ongoing £5.3M upgrades to the station’s forecourt... More Information

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels. The new road will pass through Georgia along a trade route ... More Information

Buca Metro Tunnel Excavations Reached 50 Percent Level

Important progress is being made in the construction of the line, where four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), each 100 meters long, 7 meters wide and ... More Information

'Very promising' narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage

A novel tunnel boring machine (TBM) will open up Bokoni's narrow tabular dipping PGM orebody to allow narrow-reef boring to take place, so that ... More Information

A vast undersea tunnel is being built

The 7.4 billion-euro ($7.7 billion) project is a huge undertaking, in every sense. Each section of the tunnel is colossal. These concrete structures ... More Information

National Grid gets planning permission for Grain to Tilbury upgrade with new Thames tunnel

National Grid has secured full planning approval for the Grain to Tilbury project, which includes a new power tunnel under the River Thames... More Information

Right track tunnel of Huangjialing Tunnel in NW China's Gansu drilled through

A staff member works on the construction site of the right track tunnel of the Huangjialing Tunnel in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest ... More Information

Shetland Islands tunnels plan takes 'huge step forward' with sonar investigations

This phase will further inform the project's development and feasibility. The tunnel project, seen by locals as pivotal for improving ... More Information

Construction of the Tarande tunnel begins next week

On March 17th, in Vilnius district Construction of a tunnel and other related infrastructure will begin at Taranda and Bukiškis. This project aims ... More Information

Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieves major tunnel breakthrough;

The construction of Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieved a major milestone on Thursday as the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) broke through at the ... More Information