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Lovat Receives Order for TBM in Spain

Lovat Receives Order for TBM in SpainLovat has signed a contract with a joint venture whose members are FCC, OHL and Copisa for the supply of a new Lovat RME270SE earth pressure balance tunnel ... More Information

Unique Application of Formwork for East Side CSO Tunnel Project in Portland

Unique Application of Formwork for East Side CSO Tunnel Project in PortlandIn Portland, Oregon, a major 20-year USD1.4 billion overhaul programme dedicated to cleaning up the city's Willamette River ... More Information

Italy and France Sign Joint Request for EU Funding for Lyon-Turin High Speed Link

Italy and France Sign Joint Request for EU Funding for Lyon-Turin High Speed LinkItaly and France have made on 16th July, 2007 a joint request for European financing for the Lyon-Turin high speed ... More Information

DLR Completes Tunnel Extension to Woolwich

DLR Completes Tunnel Extension to WoolwichThe tunnel extending the Dockland Light Railway (DLR) under the River Thames to Woolwich Arsenal in East London was completed on time on 23rd July, 2007 as ... More Information

Herrenknecht Appoints New North American Sales Manager

Herrenknecht Appoints New North American Sales ManagerHerrenknecht, the world renowned manufacturer of TBM, shield and mixshield tunnelling machines, microtunnelling systems, shaft sinking ... More Information

TBM Begins Boring Sierra de La Cabrera on Madrid-Valencia High Speed Line

TBM Begins Boring Sierra de La Cabrera on Madrid-Valencia High Speed LineTBM excavation of the longest tunnel has commenced on the future 914 km Madrid-Castilla La Mancha-Valencia-Murcia ... More Information

Atlas Copco Introduces New COP 2238 Rock Drill

Atlas Copco Introduces New COP 2238 Rock DrillAtlas Copco is introducing COP 2238, a new 22 kW hydraulic rock drill for the hole range 51-76 mm. The rock drill is intended for drifting and ... More Information

Overcoming Fault Zones at Bodio on Gotthard Base Tunnel

Overcoming Fault Zones at Bodio on Gotthard Base TunnelLot 452/554 between Bodio and Faido, in the south section of the Gotthard base tunnel, is built by consortium TAT, whose partners are Implenia, ... More Information

Lochkov Tunnel under Construction on Prague South Ring Road

Lochkov Tunnel under Construction on Prague South Ring RoadLot 514 Slivenec-Lahovice of the Prague ring road project is currently under construction. This 6,013 m project, which is located in ... More Information

Austrian and Italian Governments Sign in Vienna Memorandum on Brenner Base Tunnel

Austrian and Italian Governments Sign in Vienna Memorandum on Brenner Base TunnelAustrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, Italy's minister for infrastructure Antonio Di Pietro and the Austrian ... More Information

French-Swiss Cooperation to Build, Operate and Maintain a Cross-border Sewage Tunnel

French-Swiss Cooperation to Build, Operate and Maintain a Cross-border Sewage TunnelThe Canton and Republic of Geneva, Switzerland and the Community of municipalities of the Gex territory (CCPG) in ... More Information

Second Driverless Metro Line Opens in Toulouse

Second Driverless Metro Line Opens in ToulouseToulouse's second fully automatic metro line was inaugurated on Saturday 30th June, 2007 by Jean-Louis Borloo, France's minister for ecology, ... More Information

Record-breaking Robbins TBM Demolishes Rock at Kárahnjúkar

Record-breaking Robbins TBM Demolishes Rock at KárahnjúkarOn 25th June, 2007, a Robbins 7.23 m main beam TBM set its second world record in the 7 to 8 m size range while boring at ... More Information

Vedeggio-Cassarate Tunnel under Construction in Lugano, Switzerland

Vedeggio-Cassarate Tunnel under Construction in Lugano, SwitzerlandThe Vedeggio-Cassarate tunnel in Lugano, Switzerland is the first piece within Lugano’s transport plan. This big scheme ... More Information

Last Breakthrough at Grouft Tunnel in Luxembourg

Last Breakthrough at Grouft Tunnel in LuxembourgThe entrance of the Grouft rescue tunnel was holed through on 18th June, 2007 near the Lorentzweiler-Blaschette road, thus marking the last ... More Information

Work Finishes on Olympic Power Tunnel in London

Work Finishes on Olympic Power Tunnel in LondonConstruction of two tunnels to take power into the Olympic Park has been completed. Four Lovat TBMs dug the two 6 km-long bores, and despite a delay to ... More Information

Betuwe Line Starts Operating between the Netherlands and Germany

Betuwe Line Starts Operating between the Netherlands and GermanyQueen Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the Betuwe line on 16th June, 2007 at Barendrecht station where, besides the Betuwe line, four ... More Information

Preparatory Works at Allegheny River Tunnel in Pittsburgh Awaiting TBM Arrival in August

Preparatory Works at Allegheny River Tunnel in Pittsburgh Awaiting TBM Arrival in AugustThe work to prepare for Pittsburgh's first underwater tunnels is marching forward on schedule. Excavators, ... More Information

First Section of Pajares Tunnel is Completed

First Section of Pajares Tunnel is CompletedOf the five machines used to bore the Pajares high speed rail tunnels in Spain, the NFM Technologies 9.88 m-diameter hard rock tunnel boring machine ... More Information

First, West Mont Sion Tunnel Breaks Through in France

First, West Mont Sion Tunnel Breaks Through in FranceAfter eight months of tunnelling under the Mont Sion, Herrenknecht’s TBM dubbed ‘Adelaide’ has emerged to light on 12th June, 2007 at ... More Information

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

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Deutsche Bahn awards contract for Munich S-Bahn project

The contract involves structural works for the expansion, including the construction of tunnels and an underground station. The Tunnel Ostbahnhof JV, ... More Information

Excavation completed on Italian side of Brenner Base Tunnel

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Flavia” successfully bored through the Alps beneath the Mules 2–3 section, reaching the Austrian border. More Information

Giant tunnel borer set for Shantou Bay project

A giant tunnel boring machine has been installed for tunnelling under Shantou Bay in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo provided to ... More Information

€0.4bn road and tunnel project in Georgia

Work is proceeding on the Kvesheti-Kobi road and tunnel scheme in Georgia. The scheme is part of a larger project, being carried out with Chinese ... More Information

Lahore to transform with Rs49 billion tunnel boring project

Pakistan, April 27 -- The federal government has approved Lahore's Rs49 billion Tunnel Boring Project, marking a major development for the city... More Information

Construction at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

The 2,100-foot-long tunnel connects the terminal to parking facilities and the tramway leading to the RTA public rail line. During the project, two of ... More Information

AFFHOLDER AND J.F. SHEA TEAM UP ON $700 MILLION CONTRACT

The tunneling subsidiary, Affholder LLC, will lead a joint venture with J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., to build the I-35 Capital Express Central ... More Information

Factory Testing Complete on DC Water's first tunnel boring machine for the Potomac River

Mary passed all the necessary requirements and is one of two TBM's on the project. The tunnel is part of DC Water's Clean Rivers Project, to ... More Information

Work on Chennai Metro tunnel racing to a finish

The machine Flamingo, which started boring in 2023 for the tunnel linking Light House with Thirumayilai, is expected to reach the other end in ... More Information

CPK awards contract to build high-speed rail tunnel in Lodz, Poland

The tunnel, to be constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), will have a ... More Information

Inside HS2: Meet London's miners working on the Northolt tunnels

We are on a tunnel boring machine (TBM) inside High Speed Two's huge Northolt tunnels. These tunnel boring machines are part of a tunnelling ... More Information

Ontario Begins Construction Of Last Tunnel Segment Of The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

The remaining eastern portion of tunnel construction (500-meter twin tunnels) will use the sequential excavation method, with daily progress of ... More Information

Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords

We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put ... More Information

CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

The estimated cost of construction of the FCC electron–positron stage, including the tunnel and all the infrastructure, is 15 billion Swiss francs... More Information

TBM break through on Auckland's £915M wastewater megaproject completes 16.2km tunnel

Auckland's major wastewater infrastructure project, the Central Interceptor, has reached a significant milestone with the final breakthrough of ... More Information

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