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TAM and Normet acquire total control of TAM India

TAM and Normet acquire total control of TAM IndiaNormet and TAM have taken a further step towards their goal of total solutions provider for the construction sector by acquiring the remaining 50% of ... More Information

International Tunnelling Awards deadline extended

International Tunnelling Awards deadline extendedThe inaugural international tunnelling awards presentations take place in London on Wednesday, 8th December, 2010. Nominations are invited in ... More Information

Robbins enters slurry TBM market in China

Robbins enters slurry TBM market in ChinaThe Robbins Company will supply a 6.26 m-diameter slurry TBM to excavate the 2.7 km-long Zhanjiang Bay cross-sea tunnel that will carry fresh water to the ... More Information

Experienced TBM Operators and TBM Electricians urgently required

Experienced TBM Operators and TBM Electricians urgently required IPS is seeking experienced TBM Operators and TBM electricians for new contracts in Europe, starting as soon as possible. Contact ... More Information

Global Tunnel Conference-China 2010

Global Tunnel Conference-China 2010November 17-18 sees the Global Tunnel Conference-China event revisiting Beijing. The conference theme is based on new technologies, new equipment and new methods ... More Information

ES Rubber Industries for tailor-made sealing solutions

ES Rubber Industries for tailor-made sealing solutions ES Rubber offers the tunnelling industry tailor-made gasket solutions adjusted to specific projects. Together with Dr Werner Grabe with more ... More Information

Singapore Downtown alignment fixed

Singapore Downtown alignment fixedThe alignment of the third stage of the Downtown line connecting eastern suburbs of Singapore to Marina Bay has been revealed as 2 km longer than expected. The new ... More Information

Atkins to acquire PBSJ Corporation

Atkins to acquire PBSJ CorporationWS Atkins, the 11th largest design firm in the world, is to acquire PBSJ Corporation in an all-cash transaction, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals. ... More Information

2010 TBM conference in London

2010 TBM conference in LondonThe TBM conference takes place on 28-29th October, 2010 at One Great George Street in the centre of London. An international team of prominent experts will discuss ... More Information

Crossrail qualification shortlists announced

Crossrail qualification shortlists announcedFor Contract 315, Connaught Tunnel, Crossrail has short-listed Vinci Construction, Hochtief-Murphy JV, BAM Nuttall, and VolkerFitzpatrick Barhale JV. For ... More Information

Thu Thiem immersed section complete

Thu Thiem immersed section completeObayashi has completed the immersed tube section of the 1.49 km-long Thu Thiem tunnel beneath the Saigon river on the east-west highway in Ho Chi Minh City. Each ... More Information

Chile mine rescue hole underway

Chile mine rescue hole underwayA Strata 950 raise borer capable of reaming up to 6 m-diameter holes over lengths of up to 1 km is drilling a 38 cm-diameter pilot hole some 702 m to a safe holing ... More Information

Melbourne desalination ant tunnels underway

Melbourne desalination plant tunnels underwayTwo Herrenknecht 4.8 m-diameter TBMs equipped with VMT guidance systems are at work on the fourth, and largest, desalination plant to be built in ... More Information

Normet global spares depot opens in Netherlands

Normet global spares depot opens in NetherlandsNormet Life Time Care has opened its global distribution centre for spare parts in Maarssen, The Netherlands with the objective of speeding deliveries ... More Information

City of Austin pre-bid meeting

City of Austin pre-bid meetingAll companies interested in bidding on the Waller Creek flood control tunnel and shafts project are invited to attend a vendor conference at 10.30h on 22.09.2010 in ... More Information

Shetlands tunnel manager appointment

Shetlands tunnel manager appointmentThe Shetland Islands Council in the north of Scotland is appointing a senior manager to oversee plans for four subsea tunnels over the next 20 years. The islands ... More Information

Sruwaddacon Bay tunnel alignment moved

Sruwaddacon Bay tunnel alignment movedShell has realigned the route of the proposed Corrib gas pipeline in County Mayo in order to avoid homes in the locality, and will reduce the gas pressure in ... More Information

Thames Water invites qualification

Thames Water invites qualificationThames Water Utilities Ltd is inviting organizations to qualify for its UK construction, operational and service registers, which form the basis for contract awards ... More Information

Tunnel Design & Construction comes to Switzerland

Tunnel Design & Construction comes to SwitzerlandThe inaugural Tunnel Design & Construction Europe conference tales place at the Crowne Plaza Zurich on October 25-28, 2010 following ... More Information

Catalogue of notable tunnel failures

Catalogue of notable tunnel failuresThe Civil Engineering and Development Department of Hong Kong SAR has updated its comprehensive catalogue of reported tunnel failures between 1964 and end-2008. ... More Information

Rosedale outfall commissioned

Rosedale outfall commissionedMcConnell Dowell contractors have commissioned the 3 km-long wastewater tunnel from Rosedale WWT plant to Wairangi Bay in Auckland, NZ. The 3.3 m-diameter Lovat RME131SE ... More Information

TBM tunnelling underway at Brisbane Airport Link

TBM tunnelling underway at Brisbane Airport LinkBoth Herrenknecht 12.45 m-diameter EPBs are now underway at the Airport Link tunnels in Brisbane, Australia. Starting from Clayfield in a westerly ... More Information

Bangalore Metro Rail tunnelling to start soon

Bangalore Metro Rail tunnelling to start soonWork has started on ramps and utilities diversion for the 3.4 km-long East-West underground section of Metro Rail alignment from MG Road to the Leprosy ... More Information

Self compacting concrete moulds from CBE

Self compacting concrete moulds from CBECBE Group has developed a unique method of segment production without vibration. During casting, the mould is inclined and self compacting concrete is ... More Information

CBE sponsors tunnelbuilder.com

CBE sponsors tunnelbuilder.comFrench group CBE, led by engineer Didier Lefebvre since 2005, has grown to208 employees at two major locations in Saint Avertin and L’Ile Bouchard, serving 30 ... More Information

Hindhead tunnel drivethrough

Hindhead tunnel drivethroughTen years after being let as a design/build contract, the 1.6 km-long twin tube A3 Hindhead tunnel in southeast England is set to open in summer, 2011. A ministerial ... More Information

Irish Rail names DART shortlist

Irish Rail names DART shortlistPrequalified construction consortia for Dublin's EUR2.5 billion DART underground railway have been named as BBI (Balfour Beatty Capital, BAM PPP Investments Ireland, ... More Information

EuroTAP reports on safety compliance failures in road tunnels

EuroTAP reports on safety compliance failures in road tunnelsRecent inspection of 26 tunnels in 13 countries under the European Tunnel Assessment Programme has revealed that almost 40% missed the ... More Information

Boomer arrives in style

Boomer arrives in styleRefurbishment of the Linth-Limmern hydro station is setting new standards in equipment design and delivery. Construction will take 250 workers nearly five years to complete ... More Information

International tunnel forum at InnoTrans 2010

International tunnel forum at InnoTrans 2010The international tunnel forum takes place 22-23 September, 2010 at InnoTrans, the transport technology meeting in Messe Muenchen, parallel with product ... More Information

Recovery Act funds Doyle Drive replacement

Recovery Act funds Doyle Drive replacementExcavation started this week on the first of four tunnels forming part of the Doyle Drive Replacement Project on the southwest connection to the Golden Gate ... More Information

Aker Wirth inclined TBM for Switzerland

Aker Wirth inclined TBM for SwitzerlandThe Limmern access tunnel at Tierfehd in the Swiss canton of Glarus has a diameter of 8.03 m and will rise at a constant gradient of 24% from 800 m ASL to ... More Information

Limerick tunnel opens to traffic

Limerick tunnel opens to trafficThe Limerick southern bypass is now complete, and opened to traffic last week when the 900 m-long immersed tube tunnel beneath the River Shannon was inaugurated. The ... More Information

More Google translations for tunnelbuilder

More Google translations for tunnelbuilderSpanish, Italian and Chinese have been added to our range of Google translations of tunnelbuilder.com and Newsfeed, making a total of 10 languages now ... More Information

Putzmeister worldwide market presence

Putzmeister worldwide market presencePutzmeister supplies the construction, mining and tunnelling industries with concrete, mortar and solids pumps and high-pressure cleaners in systems developed, ... More Information

Toronto opts for foot tunnel to airport

Toronto opts for foot tunnel to airportToronto Port Authority will start work in 2011 on the EUR33.5 million pedestrian tunnel beneath the Western Channel linking the Western Gap ferry docks at the ... More Information

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Around 75 tunnel projects worth Rs 49K cr under construction in India

Around 75 tunnel NHAI projects entailing investment of Rs 49,000 crore are under construction in the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. More Information

HS2: Final TBMs readied for drive to Euston

Two TBMs that will dig High Speed 2's 7.2km long twin bore Euston tunnel are being readied for their drive at Old Oak Common station. More Information

Spain to study seismic risks for Gibraltar tunnel project linking Morocco

Spain's Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility is moving forward with a seismic study for the proposed tunnel that would link Morocco and ... More Information

Excavation Progresses for the Ontario Line Project

A 16-meter-deep launch shaft marks the starting point for two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) set to create twin tunnels extending approximately 6 ... More Information

Record-breaking open-type TBM rolls off production line

An open-type rock tunnel ... tunnel diameters and numerous fault zones. The project faces multiple construction challenges, including rock bursts and ... More Information

State builders speed up undersea tunnel work

The tunnel will be 17.48 kilometers long, marking a new milestone in China's construction prowess, said Liu Aiwu, CREC4 project manager of the No ... More Information

Spain - Awarded contract for  improving energy efficiency in Pilar de la Horadada tunnel

The company San Jose SA from Tres Cantos (Spain) secured the EUR2.93 million contract, excluding VAT, for compliance with Royal Decree 635/2006 and for improving energy efficiency ... More Information

East West Rail between Bedford and Cambridge to include new tunnels

15 November, 2024 By Thames Menteth Revised proposals for the East West Rail scheme’s section between Bedford and Cambridge include a new section of railway, as well as new stations and ... More Information

Amtrak's $1.6B East River Tunnel Rehab Work Contractors Get Notice to Proceed

Amtrak's $1.6-billion East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project in New York is advancing after construction manager STV Inc./Naik Consulting Group ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine for National Grid's VIP project in Eryri set to arrive in North Wales

National Grid is reaching a major milestone on the Eryri Visual Impact Provision (VIP) scheme with the arrival of its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine hits major milestone on Snowy 2.0 project

The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject recently marked a significant milestone, with one of three tunnel boring machines (TBM), Lady Eileen Hudson ... More Information

Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel Plans Move Forward with Renewed Focus

Discover the ambitious Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel project, set to connect continents in under 30 minutes and revolutionize travel between ... More Information

Alaska Transportation Department to spend $1 million on Knik Arm tunnel study

The results of the feasibility study will give us a better picture of how the project could be constructed, potential costs, and financing options,” ... More Information

Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme

Bowing to pressure to reduce the project's environmental impact two tunnels are now proposed for the new stretch of railway in Cambridgeshire. Design ... More Information

Balfour Beatty VINCI reaches halfway point on key HS2 'green tunnel'

As well as Burton Green, green tunnels will be constructed at Copthall in Hillingdon, Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Chipping Warden and Greatworth, ... More Information

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work (US$1.1 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project to a consortium of ... More Information

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

The London-based contractor will reconstruct 2.5 miles of the highway through downtown Austin and build a link to the future light rail line. AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel ... More Information

Metro Vancouver digs water tunnel designed to withstand 'the big one' under Fraser River

Crews have begun construction on a new $450-million water supply tunnel between New Westminster and Surrey designed to withstand a major earthquake. More Information

Longest tunnel in Poland begins construction

The project, managed by the Polish company Budimex and Turkish Gülermak, includes 10 viaducts and 12 bridges. This unprecedented investment will ... More Information

Watercare Passes Key Milestone On $300M Programme To Improve Wastewater Services

Watercare and McConnell Dowell celebrate Piper's final breakthrough. On Sunday (subs note: November 10), Piper – a tunnel-boring machine – completed ... More Information

Tutor Perini Scores Contracts

The tunnel project includes the construction of two new shafts connecting to the surface and the use of a tunnel boring machine. The completed ... More Information

Bengaluru Metro completes tunnelling for longest underground line

The final breakthrough came from Bhadra, the last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed, which completed a 937-meter stretch from K G Halli to Nagawara ... More Information

Eastern Freeway Upgrade preferred bidders confirmed

Tunnel boring is currently underway on the North East Link project, with machines currently digging under Yallambie. Federal Minister for ... More Information

Bengaluru civic body completes DPR for 18-km underground tunnel road network

Designed to ease Bengaluru's notorious traffic congestions, the project will deploy six massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) with a diameter of 14.7 ... More Information

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project for New York City Department of Environmental Protection... More Information

Assam's first underwater tunnel: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says DPR nears completion

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Gohpur-Numaligarh tunnel project is almost ... More Information

The Tunnel Vision: A look at California's $20B plan to solve to the state's water crisis

Minassian describes the process, locations and implications of the operation using four tunnel boring machines. READ STORY | HEAR PODCAST. PART 3 ... More Information

Ruby deployed for final Metro West tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ruby has begun carving out the final section of tunnel for the Sydney Metro West project. More Information

Photos: Inside the $250 Million Tunnel Being Constructed Under Columbus

Located at an average depth of 50 feet underground, the 12-foot-diameter tunnel has been under construction since early 2021. By the time it is ... More Information

Tideway: £4.5bn ‘super sewer’ begins to protect Thames as first 4 sites activated

The Thames Tideway Tunnel has commenced operation as the first four of 21 sites have been switched on. This means that, after eight years of construction, the 25km £4.5bn “super sewer” has ... More Information

Lowest bidder emerges for Dubai Metro Blue line

Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) opened bids from contractors for the contract to design and build Dubai Metro’s Blue Line on 8 October. The group of China Tiesiju Civil ... More Information

Sanya River estuary passage project makes steady progress

A drone photo shows the construction site of the Sanya River estuary passage project in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 12, 2024. The Sanya River estuary passage project ... More Information

Mumbai Metro 3: Breaking Ground, Defying Odds

Two tunnels for the 33.5-km corridor (Colaba to Aarey), totalling 55 km, were carved out, using 17 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). Certain sections ... More Information

VIDEO: Drone fly through inside new HRBT tunnel

We can't fly you to the moon, but we can fly you through the new #HRBTExpansion tunnel. Drone video gives you a quick glimpse into the... More Information

Skanska receives Innovate UK funding to accelerate decarbonisation of concrete

Our Skanska Costain STRABAG JV has secured funding to trial repurposed London Clay as a low carbon alternative to cement... More Information

Longest Tunnel in the World Entering Final Phase Underneath Newburgh

Repair Plans for the Delaware Aqueduct in Wawarsing and Newburgh, NY. The plan for repairs involved the construction of a 2.5 mile bypass tunnel ... More Information

Two TBM's break through

Two TBM's break through. Joshua Farrell ... tunnelling segments to line the new tunnel walls. Work inside the ... More Information

Texas A&M eyes Elon Musk's Boring Company for tunnel system

A&M officials have conducted a feasibility study with positive results, but they have yet to talk with Musk about the project, Chief Operating Officer ... More Information

Construction Begins on £1.8bn Underwater Tunnel Under Panama Canal

The tunnel is part of Panama's Metro Line 3 monorail project, designed to ease traffic congestion in the metropolitan area. tunnel boring machine... More Information