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Doubling the Pfänder Tunnel on the Trans-European Road Network

Doubling the Pfänder Tunnel on the Trans-European Road NetworkThe Pfänder tunnel is part of the main highway route A14 north of Bregenz in Vorarlberg in direction to Germany. Situated on the ... More Information

Breakthrough of Katzenberg Tunnel on Main North-South European Line

Breakthrough of Katzenberg Tunnel on Main North-South European LineEngineers celebrated the breakthrough on 30th October, 2007 of the twin Katzenberg rail tunnel on the Basel-Karlsruhe line ... More Information

Amsteg-Sedrun Section of Gotthard Base Tunnel Completed Nine Months Early

Amsteg-Sedrun Section of Gotthard Base Tunnel Completed Nine Months EarlyThe 17 km west section of the Gotthard base tunnel between Amsteg and Sedrun holed through on 17th October, 2007, with ... More Information

Reference Book about Underground Mining Methods in a New Edition

Reference Book about Underground Mining Methods in a New Edition Atlas Copco has for many decades had the ambition to provide the underground mining industry with interesting and educational ... More Information

Construction of Access Adits Underway on Lyon-Turin High Speed Line

Construction of Access Adits Underway on Lyon-Turin High Speed Line First envisaged in 1990 as a mere extension of the high speed passenger network between France and Italy, the ... More Information

Normet Goes Global

Normet Goes GlobalNormet, the Finnish manufacturer of mining equipment, is reorganizing its structure in order tobecome a truly global player in the underground market. The establishment of a new ... More Information

STUVA Conference 2007 in Cologne

STUVA Conference 2007 in CologneThe economic boom in Germany and Europe also is having a positive impact on tunnel construction. According to statistics gathered in the last few years, the ... More Information

British PM Gordon Brown Gives Go-Ahead to Crossrail

British PM Gordon Brown Gives Go-Ahead to CrossrailA project to build a GBP16 billion railway across central London was finally approved on 5th October, 2007 by British Prime minister Gordon ... More Information

Robbins Hybrid EPB TBM for Kavacik-Beykoz Wastewater Tunnels in Istanbul

Robbins Hybrid EPB TBM for Kavacik-Beykoz Wastewater Tunnels in IstanbulA 3.1 m-diameter Robbins hybrid EPB TBM in Istanbul can bore in two very different situations. The versatile machine can ... More Information

First Breakthrough on Perthus High Speed Rail Tunnel

First Breakthrough on Perthus High Speed Rail TunnelThe first, west Perthus tunnel, a major engineering project on the 44.4 km Perpignan-Figueras high speed link between France and Spain, has been ... More Information

Peter Stauffer - the face of CAT for the tunnelling industry

Peter Stauffer - the face of CAT for the tunnelling industryIn a relatively short time we at tunnelbuilder ltd came to know Peter as a great friend as well as a valued colleague. He first came ... More Information

Construction of Diabolo Project in Belgium to Start Soon

Construction of Diabolo Project in Belgium to Start SoonDiabolo, the northern connection with the Brussels-Mechelen-Antwerp route, is a next step in improving Brussels airport's accessibility by ... More Information

Monte d'Oro Tunnel Breaks Through on Road Link Between Italy and Slovenia

Monte d'Oro Tunnel Breaks Through on Road Link Between Italy and SloveniaConstruction of the motorway link between Lacotisce, in Trieste province, and the Rabuiese Pass between Italia and Slovenia ... More Information

New Low Profile Team from Atlas Copco

New Low Profile Team from Atlas CopcoThe Scooptram ST1030LP and the Minetruck MT436LP are two new vehicles designed to optimize the economic, mechanized extraction of ore in low seam ... More Information

Spain Invites Tunnelbuilder Readers to International Congress and Exhibition

Spain Invites Tunnelbuilder Readers to International Congress and ExhibitionThe Spanish Tunnelling Association (AETOS) organises an international tunnelling congress and technical exhibition in ... More Information

Herrenknecht Expands with New Plant in India and More Trainees

Herrenknecht Expands with New Plant in India and More TraineesHerrenknecht is the technology and market leader in mechanized tunnelling and the only company on the market that supplies ... More Information

Tunnelling Begins at Devil's Slide in California

Tunnelling Begins at Devil's Slide in CaliforniaDevil's Slide, a winding and precarious stretch of California's Highway 1 which soars above the Pacific Ocean, was carved into the mountain. ... More Information

Track Dualling on Milan-Lecco Rail Line

Track Dualling on Milan-Lecco Rail LineThe dualling of the Carnate Usmate-Airuno section on the Milan-Lecco rail line will improve the suburban train service provided by Line S8 from Milan via ... More Information

Lovat Receives Order for TBM for Line 9 of Beijing Metro

Lovat Receives Order for TBM for Line 9 of Beijing MetroLovat recently signed a contract to supply a new RME246SE earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine to the Beijing Urban Construction Group ... More Information

Long Pipejack in New Zealand

Long Pipejack in New ZealandA 55-tonne Herrenknecht AVND 1800 microtunnelling machine, painted in Canterbury colours and nicknamed 'Dora the Bora', completed the first underground stretch of ... More Information

Colombia Releases Pre-bidding Rules for South America's Longest Road Tunnel

Colombia Releases Pre-bidding Rules for South America's Longest Road TunnelColombia's national road and highway institute, Invias, published the pre-bidding rules for the studies, design, social and ... More Information

Second Stage of Big Walnut Interceptor Tunnel Breaks Through in Ohio

Second Stage of Big Walnut Interceptor Tunnel Breaks Through in OhioThe Big Walnut Augmentation/Rickenbacker Interceptor (BWARI) project is part of an overall programme for the City of Columbus, ... More Information

Conference on Design and Construction of Tunnels and Shafts for the DLR Woolwich Extension

Conference on Design and Construction of Tunnels and Shafts for the DLR Woolwich ExtensionThe Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Woolwich Arsenal extension is an integral part of Transport for London's ... More Information

New Life for Karahnjukar TBM at Ceneri Base Tunnel

New Life for Karahnjukar TBM at Ceneri Base TunnelTBM #1 that achieved successfully its task on the main headrace tunnel of the Kárahnjúkar hydropower project in Iceland will be the first Robbins ... More Information

First Concrete Element to be Placed on World's First Offshore Immersed Tunnel in Korea

First Concrete Element to be Placed on World's First Offshore Immersed Tunnel in KoreaIn 2005, construction commenced on two cable-stayed bridges, with main spans of 475 m and 230 m, and a 3.2 ... More Information

Construction of Deep Flood Relief Tunnel Under Way in Mexico

Construction of Deep Flood Relief Tunnel Under Way in MexicoThroughout the years, the regional landslides that affected the banks of the Río de la Compañía in Mexico Valley reached annually ... More Information

Malaysia Invites Contractors to Prequalify for Pahang-Selangor Water Transfer Scheme

Malaysia Invites Contractors to Prequalify for Pahang-Selangor Water Transfer SchemeContractors have until 19th September, 2007 to prequalify for the construction of the first package, which is also ... More Information

Ministry of Infrastructure and City of Milan Sign Agreement for Metro Lines in Milan

Ministry of Infrastructure and City of Milan Sign Agreement for Metro Lines in MilanDuring a meeting on 31st July, 2007 between minister for infrastructure Antonio Di Pietro, mayor of Milan ... More Information

TBM Finish on A86 Tunnel in Paris

TBM Finish on A86 Tunnel in ParisTunnelling on the second, 5.5 km section of the A86 double-deck tunnel linking Pont Colbert in Jouy-en-Josas, south of Versailles, and the A13 motorway in Vaucresson ... More Information

Recent Infrastructure Projects Motivate Hunter Personnel (UK) to Look to Spain for Engineering Expertise

Recent Infrastructure Projects Motivate Hunter Personnel (UK) to Look to Spain for Engineering ExpertiseAs we all know over recent years Spain has been alive with infrastructure projects ranging ... More Information

Sika and Putzmeister Apply Efficient Shotcrete and Concrete at Schmuecke Tunnel

Sika and Putzmeister Apply Efficient Shotcrete and Concrete at Schmuecke TunnelThe two 1,720 m and 1,729 m-long tunnels are part of the new construction section of the A 71 motorway between ... More Information

Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Inaugurated in Hong Kong

Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Inaugurated in Hong KongThe Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) on 15th August, 2007 celebrated the commencement of service of Lok Ma Chau spur line of the East ... More Information

Mega Tunnel Projects: Myth or Reality?

Mega Tunnel Projects: Myth or Reality?At first view, mega tunnel projects seem science fiction, a theatre of dreams, with little connection to reality. And yet some of them are already in operation ... More Information

Kops II Hydro Nears Completion in Austria

Kops II Hydro Nears Completion in AustriaIn west Austria, construction of the new 450 MW Kops II pumped storage power plant by Vorarlberger Illwerke, the project owner, is nearing completion ... More Information

First Tunnel Section on Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway to Open in October in Singapore

First Tunnel Section on Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway to Open in October in SingaporeFrom 26th October, 2007, motorists will be able to move between the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) and the East ... More Information

Martin Knights - First 100 days as ITA President

Martin Knights - First 100 days as ITA PresidentJust three months since the ITA Congress in Prague, and Martin Knight's election to the presidency, and already two ad-hoc meetings with the ITA ... 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