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Tunnel Construction at InnoTrans 2008InnoTrans is a leading trade fair for rail transport technology, with a focus on railway technology, interiors, railway infrastructure, public transport, and ...
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Korea Mould for Precasting EquipmentKorea Mould supplies high quality segment lining products for the world's tunnelling industry and a range of similar products for railway, pipejacking, spun ...
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Vancouver Celebrates Breakthrough of Canada Line TunnelThe Canada Line rapid transit project reached a major milestone on 2nd March, 2008 when a 440-tonne, 86 m-long Lovat tunnel boring ...
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TBM Finishes Drilling under Beacon Hill in SeattleA Mitsubishi 600-tonne, 91 m-long, 6.4 m-diameter tunnel boring machine has punched on 5th March, 2008 the second tunnel through Seattle's ...
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China Tunnel Summit 2008The Millennium Hongqiao Hotel in Shanghai will host the China Tunnel Summit 2008 on 20th and 21st March, 2008. The summit will bring together scholars, senior experts and ...
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NFM Technologies Receives Order for Water Diversion Project in ChinaTwo 5.75 m-diameter hard rock tunnel boring machines have been ordered to NFM Technologies as part of the project to divert the ...
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Digging Begins at HindheadResidents in Hindhead point out that they have been waiting 73 years for a bypass to be constructed around their village. Boring work finally got under way on the ...
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Emcor equipment and services for tunnellingEmcor has long experience in the manufacture and supply of machines and consumables to the underground sector in Spain, the EU and the Americas. Equipment ...
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Wanted: Project Director & Planning Engineer, Based In EuropeFor a renowned international Civil Engineering Contractor, IPS Group is looking for suitable candidates for the following two ...
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NFM Technologies Completes First Yangtze River Crossing Tunnel in ChinaThe first of the two NFM Technologies slurry type tunnel boring machines, 11.38 m in diameter, has successfully crossed ...
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Tunnelling Ends on First La Cabrera Tunnel on Madrid-Valencia High Speed LineA joint venture formed by FCC and Sando completed the first tube of the La Cabrera tunnel, the longest tunnel on ...
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First Conference on Fire Suppression in Tunnels - Invitation Flyer now Available in German, English, French, Italian and SpanishThe joint IWMA/COSUF conference on fire suppression in tunnels will be ...
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Bracons Tunnel Breaks Through in SpainThe construction of the second section of the Vic-Olot road axis C-37 in Catalonia is under way between Torelló, in the province of Barcelona, and Sant ...
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The second of three offshore tunnels needed for Hinkley Point C’s cooling water system has been completed under the Bristol Channel...
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In a major milestone for Rio Tinto’s Kemano T2 hydropower project in British Columbia, the tunnel boring machine has broken through to complete its journey...
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In the first of a special two-part Deep Dive, two of the nation’s leading tunnel engineers use detailed animations to reveal the inner workings of today’s state-of-the-art of tunnel boring ...
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India has completed work on the first of four tunnels drilled through the Himalayas to connect the Indian-controlled Kashmir with its northern Ladakh region ...
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For lining tunnel construction works, the excavation of one of the two intake tunnels and launched the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for the Outfall Tunnel.
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Watch the successful bore of the Mine Development Machine (MDM)5000, manufactured by Robbins for Fresnillo Plc, Mexico's oldest silver mine. The MDM5000 is ideal for underground mine ...
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Here you may register for STUVA Conference 2021 or log in to your already created user account...
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National Highways has announced the companies shortlisted for the road building contracts either side of the Lower Thames Crossing...
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The most boring job in Britain! As wide as a house and 500ft long, two monster HS2 drills are chewing their way through the Chilterns. ROBERT HARDMAN hopped on board for an express ride... ...
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Construction of the longest tunnel in Georgia, 9-km long and 15-m in width Kvesheti-Kobi tunnel, has started today, announces the Ministry of Infrastructure...
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The project comprises approximately 2.5 miles of 78-in. welded steel pipeline, and is being constructed by Frontier-Kemper. In addition to the 11,755 ft main line tunnel, Frontier-Kemper’s ...
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The Not-a-Boring Competition happened on September 12th, 2021. We will be sharing updates on all our social media channels. Please make sure to follow us there. We would like to thank our ...
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The project, meant to improve travel between Bergen and the island of Sotra on the west coast, includes a 900m-long suspension bridge and 12.5km of tunnels...
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Five companies have shown interest in the construction of the much-awaited Jalori tunnel on the Aut-Luhri National Highway connecting Banjar and Anni in ...
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Work on this major Flooding Project commenced within the grounds of Musgrave Park in April 2021. BSG Civil Engineering Ltd. has been appointed as the main contractor for this phase, with ...
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NHSRCL plans to get 3 TBMs for the tunnelling process. Each of the TBMs will progress at a speed of 200-300m per month.The reason for using both techniques ...
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The water tunnel project holds an estimated contract value of $353.9m (AED1.3bn). This project is considered the first of its kind in the region to drain ...
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The Trunk Road T2 and the Cha Kwo Ling(CKL) Tunnel form the middle section of Route 6. They connect the Central Kowloon Route(CKR) to the west and the main tunnel of the Tseung Kwan O –Lam ...
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The two giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that were launched earlier this year to dig the parallel northbound and southbound tunnels have now passed under the ...
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As public demands for sustainable infrastructure grows, urban leaders are taking a closer look at the economic, environmental and social benefits of underground tunnels...
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At Kramertunnel is going on a full jobsite installation process. KERN Tunneltechnik is supplying several tunnel formworks and machines for secondary lining. The project is being delivered ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) jointly with NJ TRANSIT and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Final Section ...
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