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Production and Delivery of Microtunnelling Cutter Head Takes only 33 Days

Production and Delivery of Microtunnelling Cutter Head Takes only 33 DaysOn 12th December, only 33 days after receiving the order, TunnelTec delivered a microtunnelling cutter head with a diameter ... More Information

VIATEC 2008 - Show on Road Construction and Infrastructure Maintenance in Mountainous Areas

VIATEC 2008 - Show on Road Construction and Infrastructure Maintenance in Mountainous AreasVIATEC will take place from 20th to 22nd February, 2008 in Bolzano, in northern Italy's South Tyrol. The ... More Information

Health and Safety at tunnelintelligence.com

Health and Safety at tunnelintelligence.com tunnelintelligence.com provides 50,000 consultants and contractors around the world with the latest information on Health and Safety issues. While the ... More Information

Newsflash: TBM Operators Wanted

Newsflash: TBM Operators WantedInternational Tunnelling Services is currently recruiting tunnel professionals for more than 80 TBM's, which are starting on worldwide projects this year. Required are ... More Information

In the Middle of a Dark Tunnel

In the Middle of a Dark TunnelAccording to video recordings of Hrvatske Ceste, the Croatian Motorways, a tunnel can become a place to turn around, stop, or go to the bathroom.View incredible scenes ... More Information

Robbins TBM Goes on the Fast Track for Papua New Guinea Tunnel

Robbins TBM Goes on the Fast Track for Papua New Guinea TunnelA 5.6 m-diameter high performance main beam TBM will be delivered on a "fast track" programme just six months after contract signing. ... More Information

Loch Ness Hydro Tunnel Makes Breakthrough

Loch Ness Hydro Tunnel Makes BreakthroughThe Glendoe hydroelectric scheme is the biggest ongoing civil engineering project in Scotland. Upon completion, it will provide enough electricity to ... More Information

Malaysia Special: SMART Tunnel on National Geographic Channel

Malaysia Special: SMART Tunnel on National Geographic ChannelAnnually, floods besiege Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city. The Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) project can ... More Information

Mexico City Invites International Tenders for Construction of Line 12 of its Metro

Mexico City Invites International Tenders for Construction of Line 12 of its MetroCompanies interested in participating in the construction of the two sections of Line 12 of the Mexico City metro ... More Information

Lovat Sells Two New TBMs for Shenzhen and Canton Metro Projects

Lovat Sells Two New TBMs for Shenzhen and Canton Metro ProjectsLovat recently signed a contract to supply two new RME246SE earth pressure balance (EPB) tunnel boring machines to the China Railway ... More Information

Hallandsås Tunnel Halfway Completed

Hallandsås Tunnel Halfway CompletedA total of 8.6 kilometres, or 50%, of the Hallandsås tunnel has been completed. The tunnel boring machine dubbed Åsa, which has built slightly more than two ... More Information

Harbour Area Treatment Scheme

Drainage Services Department HARBOUR AREA TREATMENT SCHEME - STAGE 2ACONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TUNNELS CONTRACTOR FORUM The Government of the Hong Kong Special ... More Information

News Flash: Contractor Forum for Hong Kong

News Flash: Contractor Forum for Hong Kong The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is undertaking the implementation of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme Stage 2A which ... More Information

Think Deep in Amsterdam, First Important Event in 2008

Think Deep in Amsterdam, First Important Event in 2008Amsterdam will be the venue for the international congress on Underground space challenges in urban development on 28th and 29th January, 2008 ... More Information

Tenders Invited for Construction of Phase 1 of Thames Tideway Tunnel

Tenders Invited for Construction of Phase 1 of Thames Tideway TunnelThames Water has advertised the GBP300-375 million Phase 1 works on its GBP2.2 billion Thames Tideway tunnel project. Phase 1 ... More Information

Atlas Copco Gets SEK94 Million Order in Turkey

Atlas Copco Gets SEK94 Million Order in TurkeyAtlas Copco has received an order in Turkey to supply tunnelling equipment to the Cengiz-IC Ictas-Belen consortium, which is building a high speed ... More Information

Sandvik Bags Order for Hindhead Tunnel in the UK

Sandvik Bags Order for Hindhead Tunnel in the UKBalfour Beatty has appointed Sandvik Mining and Construction to supply the tunnelling jumbos for the 1.83 km Hindhead tunnel on the A3 in Surrey. The ... More Information

Caighei Tunnel Breaks Through on Genoa-Ventimiglia Rail Dualling

Caighei Tunnel Breaks Through on Genoa-Ventimiglia Rail DuallingWith a deep roar coming from inside the hill and a loud cracking of rock, the last diaphragm of rock obstructing the Caighei ... More Information

Maccaferri Acquires Elas Geotecnica

Maccaferri Acquires Elas GeotecnicaBologna-based Maccaferri, world leader in geotechnics and soil erosion control, announced the acquisition of Elas Geotecnica, based in Segrate near Milan. Thanks ... More Information

Boring the Diftah-Shis Tunnel through Hard Rock Mountains in UAE

Boring the Diftah-Shis Tunnel through Hard Rock Mountains in UAEAlthough just 11.5 km long, the proposed Diftah-Shis road and tunnel project, partially located in both Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) and ... More Information

Colle Urania Tunnel Breaks Through in Italy

Colle Urania Tunnel Breaks Through in ItalyOn 22nd November, 2007 the Colle Urania water tunnel broke through, as part of the enhancement of the Ruzzo del Gran Sasso aqueduct, on Teramo side ... More Information

Celebrating Saint Barbara at Tunnel Job Sites

Celebrating Saint Barbara at Tunnel Job SitesAccording to legend, Saint Barbara's father Dioscorus closed her up inside a high tower with only two windows, because she didn't want to marry the man ... More Information

Construction of DML Line Officially Starts in Zurich

Construction of DML Line Officially Starts in ZurichAfter nine years of planning, the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) president Andreas Meyer and Zurich regional president Rita Fuhrer officially ... More Information

Second Perthus Breakthrough

Second Perthus BreakthroughTunnelling at the trans-Pyrenean Perthus tunnel on the Barcelona-Perpignan high speed link ended on 23rd November, 2007 close to Le Boulou in France, when TBM ... More Information

STUVA Prize 2007 Awarded to Betuwe Line

STUVA Prize 2007 Awarded to Betuwe LineThe yardstick for awarding this year's STUVA Prize '07 was once again set very high. The Dutch Betuwe line project was able to finish ahead of the field in ... More Information

Fire Suppression in Tunnels

Fire Suppression in TunnelsThe international tunnel safety conference organized by the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) with ITA's Committee on Operational Safety of Underground ... More Information

EU Grants Co-Financing to Priority Projects

EU Grants Co-Financing to Priority ProjectsThe European Commission has disclosed its proposals for funding the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) projects for the period 2007-2013. In its ... More Information

World Record for Hard Rock Shield TBM Advance at La Cabrera Tunnel

World Record for Hard Rock Shield TBM Advance at La Cabrera TunnelConstruction of the La Cabrera tunnel on the Siete Aguas-Buñol section of the high speed line Madrid-Castilla La ... More Information

Barrie Willis appointed Manager of IPS Tunnelling Department

Barrie Willis appointed Manager of IPS Tunnelling DepartmentInterocean Personnel Services (IPS) has appointed Barrie Willis to manage its tunnelling department, strengthening its international ... More Information

Germany Signs Financing Agreement to Build Maglev Line in Munich

Germany Signs Financing Agreement to Build Maglev Line in MunichBavaria, Germany's richest state, agreed on 25th September, 2007 to build the country's and Europe's first commercial high speed ... More Information

High Speed Rail Service Begins Operating from St Pancras in London

High Speed Rail Service Begins Operating from St Pancras in LondonFaster, more frequent, and more punctual high speed Eurostar trains between London and Brussels and Paris began operating on ... More Information

Talave-Cenajo Water Tunnel Breaks Through in Spain

Talave-Cenajo Water Tunnel Breaks Through in SpainConstruction of the tunnel that links the Talave and Cenajo reservoirs in Castilla La Mancha to improve the quality of water supplied to 2.5 million ... More Information

Great challenge for a Tunnel Fire Protected with Fire Barrier 135

Great challenge for a Tunnel Fire Protected with Fire Barrier 135In two weeks time, a fire resistance system has been installed over a frost-free drainage complex in the entrance of Maurice Lemaire ... More Information

Consultants Invited to Bid for Planning of Stuttgart 21 Project in Germany

Consultants Invited to Bid for Planning of Stuttgart 21 Project in GermanyStuttgart 21, the largest railway construction project in southwest Germany in many years, is going ahead. The first tenders ... More Information

Bekaert Obtains CE Marking for Dramix® Steel Fibres

Bekaert Obtains CE Marking for Dramix® Steel FibresBekaert conforms to European Standard and product requirements. To guarantee the quality and the strength of steel fibre-reinforced concrete in ... More Information

HI-FOG® Water Mist Fire Protection System for Tunnels

HI-FOG® Water Mist Fire Protection System for TunnelsMarioff's HI-FOG® water mist fire protection system has been fire-tested extensively for use in road tunnels, most recently in Norway ... More Information

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In pics: construction site of Chongming-Taicang tunnel

A smart assembling vehicle works at "Linghang" large diameter shield tunneling machine at the construction site of the Chongming-Taicang tunnel, part of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu ... More Information

IN PICTURES: Spectacular images of the removal of HS2's huge tunnelling machine

TBM Sushila was used to construct part of the Northolt Tunnel – an 8.4-mile tunnel ... construction/london-tunnels/progress-3/northolt-tunnel/tbm- ... More Information

Historic tunnels uncovered beneath Salisbury station during £5.3M upgrade project

Engineers from Network Rail and South Western Railway have uncovered a network of tunnels and rooms beneath Salisbury station during ongoing £5.3M upgrades to the station’s forecourt... More Information

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels. The new road will pass through Georgia along a trade route ... More Information

Buca Metro Tunnel Excavations Reached 50 Percent Level

Important progress is being made in the construction of the line, where four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), each 100 meters long, 7 meters wide and ... More Information

'Very promising' narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage

A novel tunnel boring machine (TBM) will open up Bokoni's narrow tabular dipping PGM orebody to allow narrow-reef boring to take place, so that ... More Information

A vast undersea tunnel is being built

The 7.4 billion-euro ($7.7 billion) project is a huge undertaking, in every sense. Each section of the tunnel is colossal. These concrete structures ... More Information

National Grid gets planning permission for Grain to Tilbury upgrade with new Thames tunnel

National Grid has secured full planning approval for the Grain to Tilbury project, which includes a new power tunnel under the River Thames... More Information

Right track tunnel of Huangjialing Tunnel in NW China's Gansu drilled through

A staff member works on the construction site of the right track tunnel of the Huangjialing Tunnel in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest ... More Information

Shetland Islands tunnels plan takes 'huge step forward' with sonar investigations

This phase will further inform the project's development and feasibility. The tunnel project, seen by locals as pivotal for improving ... More Information

Construction of the Tarande tunnel begins next week

On March 17th, in Vilnius district Construction of a tunnel and other related infrastructure will begin at Taranda and Bukiškis. This project aims ... More Information

Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieves major tunnel breakthrough;

The construction of Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieved a major milestone on Thursday as the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) broke through at the ... More Information

RiverRenew Tunnel Project Nearing Completion

The RiverRenew Tunnel System Project, the largest infrastructure investment in Alexandria's history, is nearing completion. More Information

Sydney Metro West tunnels enter final stretch after big breakthrough

Two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) constructing the huge Sydney Metro West tunnels have made a smashing entrance 24 metres below the surface. More Information

Chennai Metro Rail launches first tunnel boring machine for underground tunnelling in Kolathur

Corridor 5 begins at Madhavaram Milk Colony and connects through Koyambedu, Porur, Alandur and other residential/commercial areas of the city to ... More Information

Element Six, Master Drilling Announce Tunnel Development Partnership

Element Six and Master Drilling will deliver a diamond-enabled solution designed to increase tunneling development speed, reducing costs and minimize the environmental impact of tunnel ... More Information

Gateway Project Tunnel Connecting NY and NJ Moves Forward

Five Gateway contracts have been awarded so far, including one on Predergast's first day for construction on the Manhattan side of the tunnel... More Information

HSR Xi'an – Yan'an: Completion of All Tunnels in the Project

The HSR Xi'an – Yan'an has completed the excavation of all tunnels, including the Tongchuan Tunnel. This is a key milestone in the construction ... More Information

Brazil's US$1bn underwater tunnel project making waves among potential bidders

The first underwater road tunnel project in Brazil is attracting interest from multiple potential bidders, an official familiar with the matter ... More Information

Element Six and Master Drilling Announce Strategic Partnership for Advanced Tunnel

Achieving high quality, nonexplosive tunnel construction with various aspects of value generated compared to traditional rock excavation methods is a ... More Information

Tutor Perini Wins a $1.2 Billion NYC Contract

A joint venture of Sylmar-based civil construction firm Tutor Perini Corp. and its subsidiary Frontier-Kemper Constructors has won a $1.18 billion contract to construct a pair of rail ... More Information

Milestone reached for $1.6b Auckland wastewater tunne

Watercare's Central Interceptor project has passed an historic milestone with the southern half of the 16.2 kilometre tunnel – Blockhouse Bay ... More Information

Elon Musk's 'Wormhole' Tunnel Promises To Carry 20,000 People Per Hour In Dubai

It’s been more than eight years since Elon Musk decided he was fed up with traffic and declared he’d start digging tunnels to revolutionize public transport across the United States. So ... More Information

First tender for Dubai’s $22bn tunnels due within days

Dubai Municipality is expected to tender the first two packages of the $22bn Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels (DSST) project imminently... More Information

London's Thames Tideway Tunnel now fully connected

After 10 years of construction work, the last of the 21 connections of the Thames Tideway Tunnel was made to the city's Victorian sewage system. More Information

Silvertown Tunnel

Silvertown Tunnel is the Transport for London project looking to forge a brand-new connection between Silvertown and the Greenwich Peninsula... More Information

Dubai Loop: Elon Musk to Build Huge Underground Road Network

Musk's The Boring Company, which is responsible for building a similar project in Las Vegas, aims to create 17 kilometers of tunnel capable of ... More Information

Wisconsin approves $4.5m tunnel lighting project

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has approved a $4.5m lighting systems upgrade project in various tunnels in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. More Information

$1.18bn Manhattan Tunnel contract awarded as part of $16bn Hudson Tunnel Project

The Hudson Tunnel Project is the key section of the Gateway Programme, which is a comprehensive rail infrastructure investment aimed at boosting ... More Information

North East Link continues to forge ahead towards completion

Tunnelling will soon commence on Victoria's longest twin road tunnels – the North East Link tunnels – as two massive tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are ... More Information

Africa's huge £8.5m tunnel cuts up to 26 minutes off journeys to major capital city

The tunnel is to be constructed within the next three years. This project will not only create 500 jobs in the construction ... More Information

CMRL's tunnel boring machine from Panagal Park reaches Kodambakkam station after a year

Chennai Metro Rail's Phase II Project faces delays as tunnel boring machines 'Pelican' and 'Peacock' progress towards Kodambakkam... More Information

$800-million twin-tube tunnel, longest in the Philippines, nears 'breakthrough'

A senior agency official stated on Thursday that the tunneling phase of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project will achieve a long-awaited ... More Information

The World’s Largest Immersed Tunnel Is Being Built—And It’s Done Without a Tunnel Boring Machine

When we think about groundbreaking advancements, our minds often jump to cutting-edge technology like smartphones or supercomputers. But some of the most awe-inspiring innovations are ... More Information

Brenner Base TBM enters 'highly fractured' fault zone

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) working on the northernmost active construction lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel project has entered a “highly ... More Information

India building a historic Undersea Tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project

He stated, "All high-quality safety norms have been adopted in the construction of this India's first carefully designed undersea tunnel project." The ... More Information

Norway's Incredible Ship Tunnel Plan Is Back On Track

Despite pandemic-related and planning delays to the project, the Norwegian Coastal Administration is pressing ahead with plans to build the world's ... More Information

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel in J&K

The tunnel works with the under-construction Zojila tunnel to enhance travel efficiency and road connectivity. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra ... More Information

Metro's tunnel construction on track

Meanwhile, the 'Azad' TBM is already working on the 'up-line' tunnel for the same stretch. After arriving at Transport Nagar, both TBMs were 'dragged' ... More Information