Three Robbins TBMs enroute to Mexico cityOn 02.02.2010, the ceremony to mark the assembly of three Robbins EPBs was held in Corpus Christi, Texas, US. The machines are headed to Mexico City's Emisor ...
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Normet International appoints KlevenThe new Director, Tunnelling and Special Projects at Normet International is Odd-Bjorn Kleven, who will work out of the company's offices in Baar, Switzerland and ...
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Atlantic Ocean tunnel opens in NorwayOn 19.12.2009, the 5.37 km-long Atlantic Ocean tunnel between Kristiansund and Bremnes on National Road 64 was opened. For construction history visit ...
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Spanish symposium on tunnelsThe fifth symposium on tunnels entitled Security for tunnels in the 21st century will be held in Bilbao, Spain later this month from 24.02.2010 to 26.02.2010 at the ...
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Stuttgart 21 project starts in GermanyWork on the Stuttgart 21 project finally started on 02.02.2010. Initially, the existing Stuttgart main station will be replaced with a subsurface station 12m ...
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Castellanza railway tunnels open in ItalyThe Castellanza tunnels on the Milan Cadorna-Saronno-Busto Arsizio-Malpensa line operated by Ferrovie Nord Milano opened on 30.01.2010. The two parallel ...
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Aker Wirth TBM for Switzerland Aker Wirth has been commissioned to construct and deliver a gripper tunnel boring machine (TBM) by ARGE Zugangsstollen Limmern (AZL). The order has a total value of ...
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Elasto Plastic Concrete in Atlantic Ocean tunnelMore than ten major tunnelling projects in Norway are benefiting from the use of Barchip structural synthetic fibre to reinforce their shotcrete ...
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Ravnehei tunnel commissioned in NorwayOn 24.11.2009 the 7 km Hanesund-Sande section on road Rv 465 opened, including the 3.3 km-long Ravnehei tunnel between Kjorrefjord and Ulland in Farsund ...
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Burata railway tunnel excavation completedOn 26.01.2010 excavation of the 4,068 m-long, 85 sq m twin-track Burata tunnel was completed. Burata is on the 6.4 km Ourense to Amoeiro section of the ...
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Innovations at Bauma 2010The 29th Bauma takes place in three months time at Neue Muenchen Messe, from 19-25 April. The exhibition is sold out, with around 3,000 firms showing their goods. Some ...
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SELI opens branch in Hong KongThe new SELI branch office at 28 Canton Road, Unit 408A - Lippo Sun Building, Kowloon, HKSAR will serve as an immediate reference contact for all the company's projects ...
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Line B extension of the Lyon metroIn July 2009 the JV headed by Chantiers Modernes Rhone-Alpes, a subsidiary of Vinci Group, with the nine companies SPIE Batignolles, TPCI, Dodin Campenon Bernard ...
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Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway A3 design approvalOn 28.01.2010, Anas approved the executive design and the start of work on the third mega lot, third part of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway ...
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NFM Technologies improves on Spanish recordWhen TBMs of sizes greater than 9 m-diameter complete more than a kilometre in a month, the talk turns to records. NFM Technologies already held the ...
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Telvent tunnel management system for BrazilSpanish IT firm Telvent will install a tunnel management system on the El Morro Alto tunnels in Brazil to enhance safety and reduce accidents.Under the ...
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Work starts on Caldecott fourth tubeCaldecott tunnel is on Route 24 between Oakland and Orinda in California, US. It handles 160,000 vehicles/day through its three tubes, and is overloaded. Work is ...
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Madrid-Castilla La Mancha-Valencia-Murcia high speed line progressExcavation has been completed at the 2,437 m-long El Regajal rail tunnel on the 4.7 km Aranjuez-OntÃgola section of the ...
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Robbins EPB assembled at Mexico jobsiteMexico City officials have celebrated the erection of the country's largest ever TBM with a cutterhead turning ceremony. Next week, the 10.2 m-diameter Robbins ...
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Portugal court suspends Marao tunnel constructionConstruction of the twin-tube 5,655 m-long Marao motorway tunnel on the new Amarante-Vila Real highway in Portugal has been suspended following ...
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Padley & Venables worldwidePadley & Venables is one of the largest international manufacturers of a wide range of quality tools and bar steels for use in the mining, tunnelling, quarrying, ...
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GIA working well in Hong Kong small diameter drainage tunnelsContractor Dragages-Nishimatsu has taken delivery of a fleet of GIA locomotives, shuttlecars and Haggloaders to assist in small diameter ...
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Devil's Slide improvementOwned and operated by Caltrans, the Devil's Slide project is located on State Route 1 in San Mateo County between the City of Pacifica and the town of Montara, California. ...
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Terratec sponsors tunnelbuilder.comTerratec, our old friends from Tasmania, are starting 2010 with a bang, sponsors of tunnelbuilder.com! For 20 years Terratec has been manufacturing Total ...
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Singapore Downtown Line progressingContractor Soletanche Bachy is excavating trenches for the slurry walls that will contain the important Bugis interchange station on the new 40 km-long, 33 ...
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New guidelines for safety in Italian road tunnels designANAS has published updated guidelines for safety in Italian road tunnels design, with more information about Italian Risk Analysis Method 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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Normet increases investment in tunnelling market2009 proved to be a good year for Normet, promoting the decision to invest another EUR1 million at their plant in Iisalmi, Finland. 2010 has started ...
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Jondal tunnel length decidedThe alignment and length of Norway's Jondal tunnel has finally been decided. The tunnel will be 9,970 m-long and will run through Kvinnherad and Jondal municipalities. ...
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Petrobras prepares Gastau tunnelPetrobras has already contracted for a 6 m-diameter tunnelling machine in Germany for the excavation of the underground portion of the 98 km-long Gastau gas pipeline ...
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Twenty years of TerratecIn 1990, Tony Peach and Al Jones, after long experience working on projects around the world with The Robbins Company and its affiliates, decided to move to Australia. ...
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IPS Group New Year greetingsThe IPS group would like to extend best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all our clients and personnel.As we embark on our 22nd year in business as an ...
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Terratec celebrates 20th anniversaryTerratec, the renowned Australian designer and manufacturer of TBMs, raise borers, and specialized tunnelling and mining systems, is celebrating its 20th ...
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Breakthrough at Gondar Station on Rome Metro B1On 03.12.2009 the 6.76m-diameter EPB TBM (odd track) entered the Gondar station of the B1 Metro line in Rome, having started its drive at Conca d'Oro ...
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Design approval for refurbishment of Fossino tunnelANAS has approved the design for A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway, km 148,800 - 153,400 section, between Fossino tunnel and Laino Borgo exit in ...
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Sandvik rigs score in Indian oil storage projectFour Sandvik DT 820 underground jumbo drill rigs are being used for the construction of India's first underground crude oil storage cavern, located at ...
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