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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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4th International Conference on Traffic and Safety in Road TunnelsA fair amount of attention is being paid to tunnel projects with regard to safety. However, despite the application of ...
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Robbins TBM Excavates Talave-Cenajo Aqueduct Tunnel in SpainThe objective of the Talave-Cenajo water transfer tunnel in Castilla La Mancha, southeast Spain is to ensure that people living in ...
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Lovat TBMs Finish Tizi Ouzou-Algiers Water Transfer SchemeCMC has announced the breakthroughs, ahead of schedule, of the Thenia and Narcira tunnels on the Tizi Ouzou-Algiers water transfer ...
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Atlas Copco Puts Productivity on Display at Bauma 2007 As in previous years, Atlas Copco's drill rigs will play a central role at the show. For underground drilling, Atlas Copco will ...
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Roadheaders Enter in Action on North-South Bypass Tunnel in BrisbaneTunnelling is starting at Kangaroo Point on Brisbane's North-South Bypass Tunnel (NSBT) two months early after the delivery ...
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North Bore Breaks Through at Piedicastello Tunnel in Trento, North ItalyThe objetive of the environmental and urban redevelopment in the Piedicastello area, the re-routing of the Trento ring ...
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Madrid's M-30 Motorway on Discovery ChannelMadrid's inner ring road, the M-30, is the busiest road in Spain. It is famous for its traffic jams and pollution. The chronical traffic crisis had to be ...
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SMART Tunnel to Open for Traffic in MarchKuala Lumpur city centre is flooded by water from the Klang River with increasing frequency when it rains heavily. Traffic grinds to a standstill and ...
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World’s Deepest Road Tunnel Breaks Through in Norway951 days after the first blast, the 7,765 m-long Eiksund subsea tunnel - the world’s deepest road tunnel in Møre and Romsdal county - ...
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Pilot Tunnel is More than 50% Completed at La Linea in ColombiaThe La Linea tunnel project, or Segundo Centenario tunnel, crosses the central mountain range and forms part of the ...
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Twin Robbins TBMs Tackle Dahuofang Water Transfer TunnelsConstruction of the 85.3 km-long Dahuofang water transfer tunnel is expected to be completed at the end of 2008. The central area of ...
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Tunnelling Starts at Leipzig City TunnelA 65 m-long 1,100-tonne shield TBM dubbed 'Leonie' and supplied by Herrenknecht was officially launched on 11th January, 2007 during an official ...
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