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.
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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.
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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.
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On 7 June King Albert II inaugurated the new Diabolo railway infrastructure and reached by train the new Brussels Airport station.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Nodavia, a JV of Coopsette and Ergon, secured the EUR709 million contract for the Florence high-speed rail tunnel and station.
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Two years after acquiring a strategic 40 percent shareholding in TAM International, Normet has now proceeded to full ownership.
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Three Robbins 5.23 m-diameter hardrock TBMs are returning fast advance rates in widely varying rock strengths and water
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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 ...
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Bentley Systems Inc provides comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure from buildings to bridges, transit to utilities, and clean energy to clean water.
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Costruzioni Elettrotecniche CEAR has thirty years experience supplying electrical and automation solutions to main contractors worldwide in the construction,
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On 23.05.2012 excavation of the 1,102m Olabarrie tunnel started, including the 75 m section in cut/cover at the adit.
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iPS is currently looking for a shift engineer whose responsibilities will include supervision of shifts, monitoring TBM operating parameters,
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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
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The XVI International ERMCO Congress, returning to Italy after 26 years, will be in Verona from June 21st – 22nd.
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The Listec RDU 316 Remote Display Unit is reassuring for Rome metro tunnel operations.
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WTC is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand from 18th to 23rd May. Congress theme is Tunnelling and Underground Space for a Global Society.
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On 11.05.2012 Cipa SpA broke through the north tube of 840 m-long Trigoni tunnel, lot DG22 of SS106
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On 02.04.2012 the south tube of Grizzana tunnel on the La Quercia-Lagaro section lot 5 of Variante di Valico broke out.
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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
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Four Robbins 6.5 m-diameter EPBs with mixed-ground cutterheads have been successfully launched and brought up to speed on two lines of the Nanjing metro in Jiangsu province of China.
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The Brussels Regional Government has given the go-ahead for the renovation by a Private Public Partnership of the 2.5 km-long Leopold II road tunnel
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Qatar Railways Company (QRail) has invited some five tenders for the first phase of the metro rail transit system in the country
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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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