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GIA Häggloaders Move Easily in Stockholm’s Long, Narrow Skanstull-Solberga Cable Tunnel

GIA Häggloaders Move Easily in Stockholm’s Long, Narrow Skanstull-Solberga Cable TunnelWith the increase in demand for residential housing in Stockholm’s southern suburb of Globen and the ... More Information

Sandvik Drill Rigs Tackle Brazilian Hydropower Tunnels

Sandvik Drill Rigs Tackle Brazilian Hydropower TunnelsThe Simplicio power plant will be the second largest hydroelectric power plant in the state of Rio de Janeiro, with a 334 MW generation ... More Information

Mexico City Invites Tenders for Two Projects to Improve Vehicular Traffic

Mexico City Invites Tenders for Two Projects to Improve Vehicular TrafficMexico City is the populous city of Mexico with 8.7 million inhabitants in 2005. Greater Mexico City, which ... More Information

Atlas Copco Upgrades Drill Rigs to Meet New Environment Directives

Atlas Copco Upgrades Drill Rigs to Meet New Environment DirectivesAtlas Copco, the global mining and construction equipment supplier, is upgrading many of its drill rigs and other equipment ... More Information

Construction of Aica-Mules Pilot Bore Starts at Brenner Base Tunnel

Construction of Aica-Mules Pilot Bore Starts at Brenner Base TunnelThe Brenner base tunnel is a key piece on the Berlin-Munich-Verona-Bologna-Palermo high speed rail corridor, which crosses ... More Information

Lerum-Partille Wastewater Tunnel in Sweden

Lerum-Partille Wastewater Tunnel in SwedenGRYAAB, the Gothenburg regional sewage agency, is responsible for wastewater purification in the region. The company is owned by the Ale, Gothenburg, ... More Information

Malmö City Tunnel Makes Breakthrough

Malmö City Tunnel Makes BreakthroughThe City tunnel project in Malmö consists of 17 km of railway connecting Malmö central station with the Öresund bridge that connects with Denmark, as ... More Information

Belfast Sewers Project Makes First Breakthrough

Belfast Sewers Project Makes First BreakthroughThe GBP100 million Belfast sewers project involves work to upgrade the existing sewer networks and the construction of a large diameter drainage ... More Information

ITA seeks Executive Director

ITA seeks Executive DirectorThe International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) has established a new position as Executive Director starting on 1st January, 2009. ITA is a ... More Information

Harbour Area Treatment Scheme Stage 2A

HARBOUR AREA TREATMENT SCHEME STAGE 2ACONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TUNNELSINVITATION TO APPLY FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative ... More Information

13th Australian Tunnelling Conference Underway in Melbourne

13th Australian Tunnelling Conference Underway in MelbourneThe elite of the world's tunnelling industry is meeting in Melbourne, Australia this week from 4th to 7th May to discuss engineering in a ... More Information

Contractor Prequalification for Hong Kong HATS Stage 2A Sewage Tunnels

Contractor Prequalification for Hong Kong HATS Stage 2A Sewage TunnelsThe Government of the Hong Kong SAR invites contractors to apply for prequalification of tenders. Click here for the official ... More Information

Construction of Second Tunnel Ends on Line 1 of Seville Metro

Construction of Second Tunnel Ends on Line 1 of Seville MetroThe construction of the twin bored tunnel on Line 1 of the Seville metro, which runs from Parque de los Príncipes to San Bernardo, ... More Information

TunnelTec Delivers First Rock Cutter Head to Canada

TunnelTec Delivers First Rock Cutter Head to CanadaOn March 28th, 2008, TunnelTec delivered after less than nine weeks its first rock cutter head to Dibco Underground Ltd further to an order ... More Information

Drill and Blast at Hedins Fjord Tunnels in Iceland

Drill and Blast at Hedins Fjord Tunnels in IcelandThe Hedins fjord tunnels in northwest Iceland consists of two-lane tunnels stretching for 10,575 metres. The first, 3,650 m-long tunnel ... More Information

China Orders for NFM Technologies

China Orders for NFM TechnologiesNFM Technologies has just signed three new contracts for the supply of four earth pressure balance (EPB) tunnelling machines of 6.28 metres in diameter, as part of ... More Information

Turin Hosts INTERtunnel and EXPO Ferroviaria 2008

Turin Hosts INTERtunnel and EXPO Ferroviaria 2008The 8th edition of INTERtunnel will be held in Turin from 20th to 22nd May, 2008 at Lingotto Fiere exhibition centre. INTERtunnel 2008 offers the ... More Information

Newsflash: Project Manager Wanted for Domestic and International Markets

Newsflash: Project Manager Wanted for Domestic and International MarketsWithin Marti Holding AG, Marti Technik is a renowned technology company operating internationally in the areas of ... More Information

Greater Sudbury Rock Tunnel is 75% Complete

Greater Sudbury Rock Tunnel is 75% CompleteGreater Sudbury is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada, created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of ... More Information

TBM Finish at Kárahnjúkar Dam

TBM Finish at Kárahnjúkar DamThe Robbins TBM which has been used to drill water tunnels at Kárahnjúkar dam, in Iceland's eastern highlands, was turned off on 9th April, 2008 after ... More Information

Caterpillar Announces Entry into TBM Business with Acquisition of Lovat

Caterpillar Announces Entry into TBM Business with Acquisition of LovatAt the Conexpo construction equipment exhibition in Las Vegas last month, Caterpillar outlined long-term growth expectations, ... More Information

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Engineer Receives IStructE’s Gold Medal for 2008

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Engineer Receives IStructE’s Gold Medal for 2008IStructE has awarded the Gold Medal for 2008 to Mike Glover of Arup for his outstanding contribution to the design ... More Information

20th National Conference Tunnelling Technology and the Environment

20th National Conference Tunnelling Technology and the EnvironmentThe Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC) organizes the 20th national conference and exhibition "Tunnelling Technology and the ... More Information

Newsflash - live tunnel ventilation demonstration

Newsflash - live tunnel ventilation demonstrationA workshop and general assembly on safety and security for railway and metro tunnels is scheduled to take place on 22nd-23rd April at Graz University ... More Information

Herrenknecht and Robbins TBMs to Dig Northern Sewerage Project Tunnels in Melbourne

Herrenknecht and Robbins TBMs to Dig Northern Sewerage Project Tunnels in MelbourneThe Northern Sewerage Project (NSP) in Melbourne involves the construction of 13 km of new sewer pipes ranging in ... More Information

Tunnel Makes Breakthrough on Milan-Lecco Railway

Tunnel Makes Breakthrough on Milan-Lecco RailwayThe breakthrough on 27th February, 2008 of the 2,155 m Beverate rail tunnel that links the Airuno and Olgiate Molgora stations, north of Milan, was ... More Information

Moscow tunnel of death

Moscow tunnel of deathThe 2.2 km Lefortovo tunnel in Moscow has been nicknamed the "tunnel of death" by local motorists, and watching the video it is not hard to see why. Running underneath the ... More Information

Robbins TBM Advances Lebanon's Water Tunnel

Robbins TBM Advances Lebanon's Water TunnelThe Kesrouan coastal area water supply project (KCAWSP) in Lebanon is funded by the Ministry of hydraulic and electric resources, the Council for ... More Information

Royal Opening for Heathrow Terminal 5

Royal Opening for Heathrow Terminal 5Queen Elizabeth II officially inaugurated London Heathrow airport's Terminal 5 (T5) on 14th March, 2008, 53 years after opening the airport's first ... More Information

Tunnel Construction at InnoTrans 2008

Tunnel Construction at InnoTrans 2008InnoTrans is a leading trade fair for rail transport technology, with a focus on railway technology, interiors, railway infrastructure, public transport, and ... More Information

Korea Mould for Precasting Equipment

Korea Mould for Precasting EquipmentKorea Mould supplies high quality segment lining products for the world's tunnelling industry and a range of similar products for railway, pipejacking, spun ... More Information

Sydney to Build Desalination Plant

Sydney to Build Desalination PlantAs part of the New South Wales government's initiatives for sustainable water supply, Sydney Water will build a major seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant. ... More Information

End of Tunnelling at Mont Sion

End of Tunnelling at Mont SionFurther to completing the west bore of the Mont Sion tunnel in June 2007, "Adélaïde" - the TBM produced by Herrenknecht - completed the east tube on 6th March, 2008 ... More Information

TBMs Ready for Rome Metro Lines

TBMs Ready for Rome Metro LinesLine B1 is the first line where work commenced in October 2005. Then, construction sites for Line C have been prepared at different places throughout the city. ... More Information

Vancouver Celebrates Breakthrough of Canada Line Tunnel

Vancouver Celebrates Breakthrough of Canada Line TunnelThe Canada Line rapid transit project reached a major milestone on 2nd March, 2008 when a 440-tonne, 86 m-long Lovat tunnel boring ... More Information

TBM Finishes Drilling under Beacon Hill in Seattle

TBM Finishes Drilling under Beacon Hill in SeattleA Mitsubishi 600-tonne, 91 m-long, 6.4 m-diameter tunnel boring machine has punched on 5th March, 2008 the second tunnel through Seattle's ... More Information

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Spain Confirms Feasibility of €8.5 Billion Morocco-Europe Tunnel

The study was conducted by German company Herrenknecht, the world leader in tunnel boring machines, at the request of the Spanish government's ... More Information

TxDOT spends $748M to burrow bus-size tunnels under Central Austin

The first tunnel boring machine will be deployed near ... Industry experts say tunnel boring machines typically advance about 50 feet per day. More Information

6 TBMs on Duty on the 27-Kilometer Line in Körfezray

Two of the six Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will serve in the first 27-kilometer phase are actively excavating tunnels, while the ... More Information

Construction on HS2's Euston tunnel will start 'fairly soon', says rail minister

Construction on the HS2 tunnel from Old Oak Common station to Euston station will start “fairly soon”, the rail minister has said... More Information

Blue Line Extension TBM Arrives at Port of Montreal

Railway Track and Structures Construction site of the future Vertières station (Pie-IX) in June 2025. Caption and photo courtesy of STM. MONTREAL - The tunnel boring machine (TBM) ... More Information

Tunnel break through milestone for Mt Messenger Bypass project

A 110 tonne excavating machine, called Hinetūparimaunga, has broken through at the northern end of the project's 235 metre-long tunnel ... More Information

$3.9 billion tunnel and bridge link for VA

Costing around $3.9 billion, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) upgrade Expansion project for Virginia will improve traffic flow for a key ... More Information

Extended North Tunnel Flood Mitigation Project Receives $18.2 Million in State Funding

The funding advanced by the board includes a $17.2 million loan and $1 million grant for the construction of the mile-long tunnel, which will divert ... More Information

Gateway Project faces new uncertainty amid government shutdown

Federal funding for the $16B Hudson Tunnel Project, aka Gateway, has been paused during the government shutdown, sparking political backlash. More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine Emily Passes Key Factory Test for DC Water Potomac River Tunnel Project

Tunnel boring machine (TBM), Emily. This test confirms that Emily is ready to begin excavating the southern leg of the Potomac River Tunnel — a ... More Information

Sydney Metro West achieves world-first in tunnelling technology

Sydney Metro West has achieved a world-first in tunnel construction with a Lining Erector Machine (LEM) successfully being used to line the mined ... More Information

Gateway construction continues despite Trump's claim of termination

Tutor Perini, the general contractor on the Manhattan Tunnel Project, confirmed construction activity is currently continuing as planned... More Information

Tunnelling complete for Annacis water supply project

Metro Vancouver has completed the tunnelling phase of the $450 million Annacis Water Supply Tunnel, which will complete in 2028... More Information

Santa Clara VTA confirms single tunnel plan for BART extension

With VTA now owning the tunnel boring machine, the agency assumes full responsibility for its performance, agency officials said. To manage the risk, ... More Information

Chennai: Tunnel Boring Machine Vaigai achieves breakthrough at Mandaveli Metro Station

CHENNAI: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Saturday achieved a major milestone in Phase II tunnelling works, as Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ... More Information

Trump 'terminates' $16 billion Hudson River tunnel project linking N.J. and N.Y.C.

President Trump said funding for the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project is "terminated" at a press conference. New Jersey officials said they will ... More Information

$676 million underwater tunnel for India

The project is expected to cost around $676 million, with a Detailed Project Report (DPR) having now been completed. India's road transport network is ... More Information

€1.4 billion Belgian tunnel project approved

The first phase of the €1.4 billion project for Belgium’s new Limburg Noord-Zuid link has been approved. Construction should commence in 2027 on the project, which will form a section of ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine S-639B achieves breakthrough under Kanpur Metro Phase I Project

The package KNPCC-06 involves design and construction of a tunnel through TBM, cut and cover tunnel, underground ramp from Kanpur Central end of ... More Information

Lawmakers propose construction of undersea tunnel to link Luzon and Visayas

Several lawmakers from the Visayas region are proposing the construction of an underground tunnel that will serve as a permanent land connection ... More Information

Oman-UAE rail project hits major milestone with start of tunnel excavation

Tunnel excavation has begun in Oman's Al Hajar Mountains, marking a major milestone for the cross-border Oman-UAE Railway... More Information

Engineering the depths: innovative tunnelling for hydropower projects

Major schemes in Austria, China, and Germany are applying advanced underground construction techniques for hydropower projects. More Information

New tunnel, new standard: Silvertown project showcases innovation in surface protection

Originally approved in 2018, construction of the tunnel began in March 2021. In September 2023, following the completion of tunnelling works, ... More Information

Metro Manila Subway Project: DOTr launches third tunnel boring machine

Dubai: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has launched a third tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), ... More Information

Skanska JV wraps up $450M Baltimore tunnel nearly 2 years early

A joint venture has reached substantial completion on the $450 million Howard Street Tunnel Project in Baltimore nearly two years ahead of the original completion date, according to a ... More Information

Work continues on NYC megaprojects, despite $18B federal funding pause

Contractors on two of New York City’s largest infrastructure projects will keep digging, but they might glance over their shoulders toward Washington... More Information

HS2 Chipping Warden tunnel project moves step forward

HS2 Ltd An aerial view of the HS2 tunnel construction at Chipping Warden. A road HS2 Ltd. The 1.55 mile (2.5km) Chipping Warden tunnel will be ... More Information

First of three Tunnel boring machines on way to SA as beams go up for tram overpass

The first of three tunnel boring machines that will be used to complete the northern and southern tunnels project is on its way to SA as part of a ... More Information

Chennai Metro Rail's TBMs to begin tunneling between Thiruvanmiyur and Indira Nagar

Chennai Metro Rail begins tunnelling work in challenging stretch for phase II project, facing obstacles due to hard rock... More Information

Custom lifting gantry aids TBM removal - Construction Briefing

The four TBMs excavated the 8.4 mile (14 km) Northolt Tunnel section. Two went in each way, digging a pair of tunnels from both ends towards each ... More Information

Tunnel construction begins on Barskoon — Bedel road in Issyk-Kul region

According to the project, two tunnels, 5,340 and 3,840 meters long, respectively, will be built at Sook and Ashuu-Suu passes. They will be among the ... More Information

China debuts world's mightiest centrifuge, unleashing ultra-intense gravity

China leads the way in shield tunnelling machine development · Shield machine of south line of Yellow River tunnel starts boring in Jinan · A close ... More Information

Boring Company Launches Global Operations Control Center in Bastrop, Texas

The Boring Company has officially opened its new Global Operations Control Centre in Bastrop, Texas, the tunnelling start-up announced on X... More Information

Port of Longview Lands $35.9MM Federal Loan for Rail Expansion

Active Construction on New Hudson Tunnel Project Supporting Domestic Jobs and Economic Output ... Bridges/Tunnels, Class 1, Freight, Ports, Track ... More Information

TBM Parvati Achieves Breakthrough At Kakadeo Station Of Kanpur Metro Line 2

Brief Scope: Design and Construction of TBM Tunnel, Cut and Cover Tunnel, ramp after Double Pullia, ramps in Agriculture Depot for main line and ... More Information

Howard Street tunnel reopens ahead of schedule, boosting Baltimore's freight capacity

The Howard Street Tunnel has been reopened after being out of service since February 2025.The nearly 130-year-old tunnel extends north from Camden Yards to the Mount Royal Station and is ... More Information

Progress update on the Tunnel Boring Machine for National Grid

Following its launch in May this year, Buddug, the Eryri VIP tunnel boring machine (TBM) is making good progress digging the tunnel which will ... More Information

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project Clears Major Hurdle

After months of delay, the tunnel-boring machine stuck in China is being shipped to India, clearing the path for underground construction of the ... More Information

Bright lights: This Las Vegas tunnel is getting a major upgrade

Construction is underway on Desert Inn Road between Paradise Road and Joe W Brown Drive as part of a $9.2 million improvement project on Friday, ... More Information