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Loetschberg Base Tunnel Officially Opens

Loetschberg Base Tunnel Officially OpensThe Loetschberg rail tunnel has been officially opened by Swiss transport minister Moritz Leuenberger on 15th June, 2007. Leuenberger and other ... More Information

First LIRR's East Side Access TBM Arrived in NYC

First LIRR's East Side Access TBM Arrived in NYCLong Island Rail Road's East Side access project includes two new tunnels under Manhattan and Queens to connect with the existing 63rd Street tunnel ... More Information

Capilano-Seymour Water Project in Progress in Vancouver

Capilano-Seymour Water Project in Progress in VancouverWater from the Capilano reservoir will be pumped through a 3.8 m-diameter tunnel to the filtration plant in the Lower Seymour Conservation ... More Information

World's Biggest TBMs at Work at Yangtze Tunnel in China

World's Biggest TBMs at Work at Yangtze Tunnel in ChinaThe People's Republic of China is one of the most dynamic economic regions in the world. With its unprecedented growth, the country ... More Information

China's SHMG Takes Control of NFM Technologies amid Booming Domestic Market

China's SHMG Takes Control of NFM Technologies amid Booming Domestic MarketThe Lyon Commercial Court agreed upon the safeguard plan of NFM Technologies on 24th May, 2007. This plan will be approved ... More Information

Grands Goulets Tunnel Breaks Through in Gorges of Vercors

Grands Goulets Tunnel Breaks Through in Gorges of VercorsThe breakthrough of the Grands Goulets tunnel on 27th April, 2007 is a historical milestone for the economic development and the ... More Information

San Cristobal Tunnel Breakthrough in Santiago de Chile

San Cristobal Tunnel Breakthrough in Santiago de ChileThe San Cristobal tunnel will connect Huechuraba and Recoleta, two municipalities north of Santiago de Chile, with Providencia and Las ... More Information

South Tunnel on M-30 South Bypass Opens in Madrid

South Tunnel on M-30 South Bypass Opens in MadridAlberto Ruiz Gallardon, the Mayor of Madrid, inaugurated on 8th May, 2007 the south tunnel of the south bypass on the inner ring road, a 4.2 ... More Information

Andorra Completes Service Tunnel at Dos Valires

Andorra Completes Service Tunnel at Dos ValiresThe 2,870 m-long Dos Valires service tunnel broke through in the Principality of Andorra. The first blast took place on 19th October, 2005 and ... More Information

TBM Breaks Through Beacon Hill in Seattle

TBM Breaks Through Beacon Hill in SeattleA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries tunnel boring machine broke through the east side of Beacon Hill in the Seattle's south end a little after 8:15 a.m on ... More Information

Godwin Pumps at RETC

Godwin Pumps at RETCThe Godwin Dri-Prime® - an automatic self-priming centrifugal pump set available in sizes from 2" to 18" (50 mm to 450 mm) - has been proven in tunnel and shaft ... More Information

Third China International Tunnel and Underground Space Exhibition and Conference

Third China International Tunnel and Underground Space Exhibition and ConferenceThe Third China International Tunnel and Underground Space Exhibition and Conference, or Tunnel China 2007 as it is ... More Information

Martin Knights Elected President of ITA

Martin Knights Elected President of ITAAs widely expected, Martin Knights was elected president of the ITA at the recent Prague conference. Martin has 35 years post graduate civil engineering ... More Information

Bauma 2007 Sheds Light on Atlas Copco's E-series Drill Rig and New Roofex Bolt

Bauma 2007 Sheds Light on Atlas Copco's E-series Drill Rig and New Roofex BoltTo further enhance the success of Rocket Boomer E-series - Atlas Copco's new series of face drilling rigs for ... More Information

Two CSM Bessac TBMs at Work in Algiers

Two CSM Bessac TBMs at Work in AlgiersIn November 2001, the poor districts of Bab El Oued, Frais Vallon and Beau Fraisier on the western side of Algiers were struck by devastating floods and ... More Information

Seen at Bauma 2007

Seen at Bauma 2007At Bauma 2007 held in Munich, Germany on 23rd-29th April, manufacturers of machinery for tunnels and mines have put a lot of effort into easy assembly. Assembly times have ... More Information

ITA Presidency Battle Hots Up

ITA Presidency Battle Hots UpBallots for the next three years presidency of ITA will be cast on 5th May, 2007 at the ITA Assembly in Prague. A leading contender is Martin Knights of Jacobs ... More Information

Robbins-MHI EPBMs To Excavate Delhi Metro Extension

Robbins-MHI EPBMs To Excavate Delhi Metro ExtensionRobbins will team up with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to design and manufacture two 6.5 m-diameter earth pressure balance machines (EPBMs) on ... More Information

Bosphorus Tunnel Reaches Major Milestone

Bosphorus Tunnel Reaches Major MilestoneThe first immersed tube section of a new rail tunnel joining Europe and Asia was recently placed in a trench at the bottom of the Bosphorus Straits in ... More Information

Herrenknecht's Triple TBM Launch on Metro Lines in Athens, Sao Paulo and Budapest

Herrenknecht's Triple TBM Launch on Metro Lines in Athens, Sao Paulo and BudapestThree Herrenknecht TBMs have been put at work around the world in recent weeks to build three new metro lines ... More Information

Bauma Mining 2007, a Must-See Place for Tunnelling Professionals

Bauma Mining 2007, a Must-See Place for Tunnelling ProfessionalsThe 2007 edition of Bauma, the world fair for machinery for the building and construction, building materials and mining industries, ... More Information

Lovat’s Double Olympic Achievement in London and Vancouver

Lovat’s Double Olympic Achievement in London and VancouverTunnelling work on major infrastructure developments for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London and the 2010 Winter Olympics in ... More Information

Water Arrives in Kunming

Water Arrives in KunmingAfter nearly five years struggling with extremely difficult geological conditions, the official inauguration ceremony of the Zhangjiuhe River Water Diversion and Water ... More Information

Lovat to Supply TBM for Hobson Bay Sewer in Auckland

Lovat to Supply TBM for Hobson Bay Sewer in AucklandLovat and contractors McConnell Dowell and Fletcher Construction have recently signed a contract for the supply of a new Lovat RME170SE Series ... More Information

Challenging Casing System and Blast Monitoring at the Saas Tunnel in Switzerland

Challenging Casing System and Blast Monitoring at the Saas Tunnel in SwitzerlandThe valley of Klosters and Davos, worldwide known from the annual World Economic Forum, provides a crucial ... More Information

Robbins TBM Breaks Through Outfall in Ferrol, Spain

Robbins TBM Breaks Through Outfall in Ferrol, Spain The Ministry of Development ended on 1st April, 2007 tunnelling of the land outfall in the estuary of Ferrol in Galicia, northwest ... More Information

Two Herrenknecht EPB TBMs To Bore Line C of the Rome Metro

Two Herrenknecht EPB TBMs To Bore Line C of the Rome MetroMetro C SpA, formed by Astaldi, Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari, Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni (CCC) and Vianini Lavori, ... More Information

Brazil Invites Tenders for Sao Francisco River Basin Diversion Project

Brazil Invites Tenders for Sao Francisco River Basin Diversion ProjectAfter years of negotiation and debate, Brazil invites tenders for construction and on-site supervision of the BRL4.5 billion Sao ... More Information

Dante-Garibaldi Section of Line 1 in Naples to Be Ready in 2010-2011

Dante-Garibaldi Section of Line 1 in Naples to Be Ready in 2010-2011Extension of Line 1 of the Naples subway consists mainly of rail tunnels between Piazza Dante station (not included) and the ... More Information

North Tunnel on M-30 South Bypass Opens in Madrid

North Tunnel on M-30 South Bypass Opens in MadridSince 23rd March, 2007 up to 80,000 vehicles use daily the north tunnel on the south bypass on the M-30 in Madrid, which opened to traffic at ... More Information

Flooding Begins on Subsea Palm Jumeirah Tunnel in Dubai

Flooding Begins on Subsea Palm Jumeirah Tunnel in DubaiWork on the Palm Jumeirah infrastructure continues apace, with one of its key transport links - the subsea tunnel - entering its final ... More Information

Pipejacking for Pantai Sewer Network in Kuala Lumpur

Pipejacking for Pantai Sewer Network in Kuala LumpurPhase 1, Package 1 of a major sewerage project is currently being undertaken by Shimizu-Road Builder-Hitachi Plant JV in Kuala Lumpur ... More Information

Sensors and Soil Treatment at the Pantai Trunk Sewer in Kuala Lumpur

Sensors and Soil Treatment at the Pantai Trunk Sewer in Kuala LumpurIn December 2003, the Sewerage Services Department under the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication awarded the ... More Information

China Tunnel Summit 2007

China Tunnel Summit 2007The China tunnel summit, to be held in Xi’an on 18th-19th April, will be the opportunity for participants to listen to showcases from the midwest China region; to get ... More Information

Sandvik at Bauma 2007

Sandvik at Bauma 2007Sandvik Mining and Construction will participate at Bauma, from 23rd to 29th April in Munich, Germany. On the outdoor site area F9 (Stand No. 905/2), Sandvik will introduce a ... More Information

San Eduardo Tunnel Under Construction in Ecuador

San Eduardo Tunnel Under Construction in EcuadorThe San Eduardo tunnel project is located in the northwest part of Guayaquil in Ecuador. The length of the twin bored tunnel is 2 x 1.29 km. The ... More Information

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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

Webuild at work on the massive railway tunnel at the heart of the Northeast Corridor

After years of planning, the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) to improve the railway connection between New York and New Jersey has begun. The first drilling contract for the tunnels, part of ... More Information

TfL Awards Contract for Elephant & Castle Tube Station Upgrade

Transport for London (TfL) has selected Dragados UK to design and construct new passenger tunnels at Elephant & Castle Tube station. These tunnels will connect the new station box to the ... More Information

More than 10 years of transformational tunnelling

More than 23,000 workers, 11 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and an army of roadheaders and excavators are what it has taken for CPB Contractors to construct more than 80 kilometres of ... More Information

Ivy – the Newest Member of the DEME Marine Fleet on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Project

DEME have introduced “Ivy”, the newest member of their marine fleet for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project! Specifically designed for the transport and immersion of the project’s 89 massive ... More Information

Double down: SA’s groundbreaking purchase

Up to twice the number of Tunnel Boring Machines previously anticipated will be delivered to South Australia for the landmark River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project, giving hope the ... More Information

CRL Tunnel Vision September 2024

This month in Tunnel Vision we’re celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! It’s been a busy month on the CRL fitting out the stations with all the technical systems needed to run and revealing ... More Information

Siddhababa tunnel achieves key breakthroughs.

The first and third cross passages of the Siddhababa Tunnel Project on the Siddhartha Highway have achieved breakthroughs. Construction of two of ... More Information