Press Release - The Szczecin Western Bypass (ZOS) on the S6 expressway will be nearly 50 km long, including a 5 km tunnel under the Oder River in the Police area - the longest road tunnel in ...
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On 29/09/2024 the South Australian Government and the T2D Alliance have formally sealed a contract to purchase three initial TBMs from world-leading manufacturer Herrenknecht.
Infrastructure and ...
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On Friday, June 14th Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) held a historic ground breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of its West Portal facility.
This is the site where ...
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VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project is excited to announce the launch of its Official TBM Naming Contest for the machine that will bore the 8.05 km (5-mile tunnel) portion of ...
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VTA announced the updated cost and schedule for VTA’s Phase II Project at October 20, 2023 Board of Directors meeting. These changes reflect the Project’s design progress and market ...
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In preparation for construction of VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project, VTA’s tunnel and trackwork contractor, Kiewit, Shea, Traylor (KST) have developed a Construction ...
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On 31/01/2023 the State of California awarded EUR344 million (USD375 million) to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for its BART extension into Downtown San Jose and Santa ...
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The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) just received authority to pursue federal funding for up to 50% of the cost of Phase II of the BART Silicon Valley Extension Project. The ...
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An independent study by world renowned tunnelling experts, confirms the Valley Transportation Authority’s single bore tunnel design is the right approach to deliver the BART Silicon Valley ...
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On 26/08/2022 a joint committee of VTA and BART Board members will discuss the evolving design of the VTA’s BART Silicon Valley’s extension project into San Jose and Santa Clara: click ...
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Press release - At its May 5th regular board meeting, the Santa Clara Valley (VTA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to authorize the General Manager/CEO to execute the first in a series of ...
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Press release - RE-Systems Group Americas and Strata Worldwide have signed a new distribution agreement naming Strata Worldwide the exclusive distributor of RE-Systems’ innovative Gel-Tech ...
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Since 2016, the 8 km (5-mile) tunnel portion of the 9.66 km (6-mile), 4-station planned BART extension through downtown San Jose to Santa Clara has been the most studied and talked about aspect of ...
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VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project achieved another major milestone to help advance the biggest infrastructure project in Santa Clara County history. VTA received a Letter of Intent ...
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Event by ITACET Foundation for Continuous Education and Training on Tunnelling and Underground Space Use. Held online on Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (your local time). This seventh episode ...
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The following protocols and instructions apply to the Pre-SOQ meeting that Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) intends to convene with private sector Participants who have downloaded ...
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APRIL 27, 2021 – RE-Systems Group Americas and Strata Worldwide have signed a new distribution agreement naming Strata Worldwide the exclusive distributor of RE-Systems’ innovative ...
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VTA achieved two critical milestones for the BART Phase II Project being the first transit agency in the nation to submit an application for EUR1.43 bn (USD1.74 bn) through the Federal Transit ...
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1. Summary - VTA intends to award a Progressive Design-Build (PDB) contract for the design and construction of all tunnel and trackwork required for this Project. VTA’s intended PDB ...
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The stretch of BART Silicon Valley into Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara is entering the procurement stage of the project. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is reaching ...
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Join VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Industry Forum to learn about opportunities to participate in building this mega-transit project. This informational forum, to be held on February ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) allocated EUR113.15 million (USD125 million) to the Santa
Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for the Bay ...
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It is with deep sadness that The Robbins Company announces
the passing of Richard James Robbins, President and CEO from 1958 to 1993. Dick
passed away surrounded by family on Thursday May 30, 2019 ...
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BART is taking early steps to build a second Transbay rail crossing, perhaps a second Transbay Tube.
Despite BART’s plan to increase capacity through the existing San Francisco’s ...
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RFI and the Italian-Spanish consortium SIS celebrated the breakthrough of the Notarbartolo-Belgio tunnel for the Palermo railway. The Marisol TBM (diameter 9,40 m) completed the tunnel excavation ...
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BART to San Jose General Engineering Consultant Information Forum
Date: Tuesday, May 15
Location: San Jose Convention Center
408 Almaden Blvd. San Jose, California
The Santa ...
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The approximately $6 billion Transbay Transit
Center/Caltrain Downtown Extension (TTC/DTX) project in San Francisco consists
of following three interconnected elements. A replacement of the the ...
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TERRATEC Microtunnelling Systems and speciality Field Services aid swift progress on major utility tunnel projects in Bangkok, Thailand.
In February 2017, TERRATEC Micro Tunnel Boring Machines ...
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On 23.07.2014 Tecnis SpA (Catania) began work on Lot 1 of the railway ring in Palermo. Value of the project is EUR152 million, with EUR28 million coming from EU funds. The Giachery-Politeama section ...
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On 02.12.2013 details were released about the 5 km-long bypass Section B for the railway network in Palermo.
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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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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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Italian tunnel upgrades announced Autostrade per l'Italia Spa has announced the awards of contracts to upgrade installations in 50 tunnels on the A1 and A7 motorways out of Milano. Medi Impianti ...
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North American updateThe proposed replacement of the Alaskan Way viaduct in downtown Seattle with a 3.2 km-long bored double-deck road tunnel is symptomatic of the current trend in North America to ...
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GIA Häggloaders Move Easily in Stockholm’s Long, Narrow Skanstull-Solberga Cable TunnelWith the increase in demand for residential housing in Stockholm’s southern suburb of Globen and the ...
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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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