The Ligerz tunnel will be put into operation at the end of 2029, three years later than planned. This delay is due to objections and appeals as well as an updated construction method due to ...
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On September 18, 2023 Bouygues Travaux Publics teams brokethrough for the second tube of the 5.6km Ucka tunnel on the Istria motorway. This breakthrough marks the end of the excavation work, carried ...
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On 11th September 2023 the TBM EPB - diameter 9.36 m and weight of approximately 900 t - which will be used by Webuild for the construction of the Letojanni and Forza d'Agrò tunnels on ...
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This September the Gulermak - Sam India Builtwell JV’s TBM S93 - 6.52 m diameter and 120 m length - named Nana after Nana Saheb Peshwa and built by Terratec, reached the Bada Chauraha ...
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The first parts of the massive TBMs that will dig the North East Link tunnels have completed their journey by sea to the Port of Melbourne and on September 9 and 10 have been transported to their ...
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The first milestone is the launch of the fourth TBM, named after Marlene Kanga AO, and the second milestone is the breakthrough of the TBM Peggy at the Airport Terminal Station.
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On September 4th, 2023 the twelve largest and heaviest parts of the TBM - to be used to drive the tunnel for the new main water supply line in Oslo - were unloaded at Ormsundkaia with ...
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In September in Ventimiglia representatives of the Government, of Liguria Region, of the Province of Imperia and of local municipalities presented the EUR 1.2 bn project for the ...
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In a remarkable development, the Norwegian government has earmarked a substantial investment of NOK 4 billion for the ambitious E6 highway expansion project in Sørfold, Nordland. This ...
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On 4 September the Hiwa-i-te Rangi TBM - more than 5m diameter -has broken through into a 69m deep shaft in May Road, Mount Roskill marking the halfway point of her 14.7km journey to central ...
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CMRL is going to further develop the Chennai city metro rail network as part of Phase II with 3 new corridors of metro rail for a total length of 116.1 km with 119 metro stations: Corridor-3, from ...
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The first of two 4000 t TBMs that will dig the North East Link Tunnels has passed testing. The first parts of the TBM have completed their journey by sea to the Port of Melbourne and they will ...
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The project manager Sveinung Brude from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed Implenia Norge/Stangeland Maskin, NCC Norge and Skanska Norge from Norway and Acciona Construcción ...
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STUVA-Expo will take place from 8.11.2023 - 9.11.2023 and almost all the exhibition space has already been rented out. Around 200 well-known exhibitors from Germany and abroad will present products ...
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From October 2-4, 2023, Zitrón will be a part of the XVII AFTES International Congress at Paris, Congress Palace. This event provides a unique opportunity to engage with our ...
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The consortium Suburban Connect - including CPB Contractors, Ghella and Acciona Construction is the preferred bidder for the first Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East main works contract, with TBMs on ...
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TERRATEC is pleased to announce that the Ø9.86m Hard Rock Double Shield TBM has commenced the excavation for Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydropower Project in India.
The TBM is currently ...
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All the main works have been completed at the construction site of lot H71 “Eisack River underpass” of the Brenner Base Tunnel, and subsequently the work completion report has now been ...
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HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd is asking the public to choose names for the next two TBMs that will be launched in early 2024 to dig the Northolt Tunnel East travelling through Brent and Ealing. The TBMs ...
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Last week on August 8th, 2023 the giant TBMs reached the Little Missenden ventilation shaft, passing the fourth of five ventilation and emergency access shafts, 75% of the way through the 16 km (10 ...
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On August 08, 2023 TBM Aurora - 100 m long, powered by 18 motors with a total power of 6.3MW - began excavation on the Grottaminarda tunnel in the Avellino Province, on the section between ...
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Jill, the TBM which is delivering the Silvertown tunnel in east London, has now completed work on the second bore.
The TBM, named in honour of Jill Viner, the first female bus driver in ...
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Almost 65 years after the original Hobsons Bay main sewer was built for carrying more than 30% of Melbourne’s wastewater to the Western Treatment Plant (WTP), tunnelling work to build ...
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On Wednesday 02/08/2023 the Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nygård officially started construction for the OPS project E10/rv.85 ...
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On Wednesday, 26 July 2023 – at the Campo Marte site at Florence - excavation work began on the Florence HS rail link that will involve the city's railway underpass and the new Florence ...
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TBM Rachel, has completed 4.83 km (3 miles) of its 11 km (7-mile) journey towards Royal Palms Beach in San Pedro, California (USA) for the Clearwater Project. Click here for a video of the ...
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HS2’s first two TBMs in London, Sushila and Caroline, have completed the 1.6 km (first mile ) of the twin-bored Northolt tunnel in the capital. Since launch in November 2022, the ...
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On July 31, 2023 at 11.40 am a mechanical hammer broke through the 2 m thick diaphragm of the new Tenda tunnel between Italy and France.
The breakthrough is an important milestone in the new ...
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July marked an exciting milestone for Snowy Hydro, Snowy 2.0 and Future Generation Joint Venture - FGJV with the relaunch of TBM Lady Eileen Hudson - one of the mega project's three TBMs - at ...
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The Río Subterráneo a Lomas tunnel project in Argentina is witnessing impressive progress with the advancement of two TERRATEC Ø4.66m EPB machines.
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Press release - On June 16th, with the 230 t main machine descending down to the bottom of the foundation pit, the world's largest shaft boring machine "Dream" launched at the underground smart ...
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On July 04, 2023 TBM Peggy began its journey at the future Airport Business Park Station, carving out the first 5.5-km sections of the second tube of the twin metro tunnels towards the Aerotropolis. ...
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Tunnelcraft are recruiting experienced TBM Fitters for one of their prestigious long running HS2 projects in Northwest London. Competitive rates paid plus accommodation.
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On 25/07/2023 the 1,066-t TBM Eileen reached the Airport Terminal metro station site, marking the first tunnel breakthrough for the city-shaping Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport ...
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The Norwegian Coastal Administration has started a new round of core drilling from the Kjøde side to examine the quality of the rock in the route for the Stad ship tunnel: a drilling rig ...
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Registration is now open for visitors to EXPO Ferroviaria 2023, the biennial International Exhibition of Railway Technology, Products and Systems, which will take place from 3 - 5 October 2023 in ...
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