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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

China Tunnel Summit 2008

China Tunnel Summit 2008The Millennium Hongqiao Hotel in Shanghai will host the China Tunnel Summit 2008 on 20th and 21st March, 2008. The summit will bring together scholars, senior experts and ... More Information

NFM Technologies Receives Order for Water Diversion Project in China

NFM Technologies Receives Order for Water Diversion Project in ChinaTwo 5.75 m-diameter hard rock tunnel boring machines have been ordered to NFM Technologies as part of the project to divert the ... More Information

Digging Begins at Hindhead

Digging Begins at HindheadResidents in Hindhead point out that they have been waiting 73 years for a bypass to be constructed around their village. Boring work finally got under way on the ... More Information

Emcor equipment and services for tunnelling

Emcor equipment and services for tunnellingEmcor has long experience in the manufacture and supply of machines and consumables to the underground sector in Spain, the EU and the Americas. Equipment ... More Information

Wanted: Project Director & Planning Engineer, Based In Europe

Wanted: Project Director & Planning Engineer, Based In EuropeFor a renowned international Civil Engineering Contractor, IPS Group is looking for suitable candidates for the following two ... More Information

NFM Technologies Completes First Yangtze River Crossing Tunnel in China

NFM Technologies Completes First Yangtze River Crossing Tunnel in ChinaThe first of the two NFM Technologies slurry type tunnel boring machines, 11.38 m in diameter, has successfully crossed ... More Information

Tunnelling Ends on First La Cabrera Tunnel on Madrid-Valencia High Speed Line

Tunnelling Ends on First La Cabrera Tunnel on Madrid-Valencia High Speed LineA joint venture formed by FCC and Sando completed the first tube of the La Cabrera tunnel, the longest tunnel on ... More Information

Puerto Cabello-La Encrucijada Rail Line in Venezuela is 50% Complete

Puerto Cabello-La Encrucijada Rail Line in Venezuela is 50% CompleteThe Ezequiel Zamora central railroad system in Venezuela connects, in its first stage, Caracas with the suburban Tuy valley ... More Information

Third International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS)

Third International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS)The third international symposium on tunnel safety and security (ISTSS) will be held at Foresta Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, from ... More Information

Newsflash: hydraulic excavator operators wanted in Asia

Newsflash: hydraulic excavator operators wanted in AsiaFor a project in Asia starting in 2008, IPS is currently looking for excavator operators for large (70 ton) 360 excavators with hydraulic ... More Information

New Sandvik Company Profile and Film

New Sandvik Company Profile and FilmSandvik has merged its many product brands under one banner to provide comprehensive tunnelling and underground civil engineering expertise. The company has a ... More Information

tunnelbuilder.com passes 300,000 readers/year milestone

tunnelbuilder.com passes 300,000 readers/year milestoneIn January, 2008, despite the festive season, tunnelbuilder.com achieved its highest-ever readership of 26,989! Over 1,000 tunnellers are now ... More Information

First Conference on Fire Suppression in Tunnels - Invitation Flyer now Available in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish

First Conference on Fire Suppression in Tunnels - Invitation Flyer now Available in German, English, French, Italian and SpanishThe joint IWMA/COSUF conference on fire suppression in tunnels will be ... More Information

Construction Starts at Shiziyang Tunnel in China

Construction Starts at Shiziyang Tunnel in ChinaMore than 300 Chinese workers have begun excavating a cross-river railway tunnel near the estuary of the Pearl River, in south China on 9th ... More Information

Construction of Bogota-Fucha-Tunjuelo Wastewater Interceptor Starts in Colombia

Construction of Bogota-Fucha-Tunjuelo Wastewater Interceptor Starts in ColombiaThe Bogota water and wastewater agency (EAAB) is responsible for the construction of a wastewater interceptor to ... More Information

(Portuguese) Readers Invited to Sign Petition in Favour of Serra da Estrela Tunnels

(Portuguese) Readers Invited to Sign Petition in Favour of Serra da Estrela TunnelsThe Serra da Estrela is the highest mountain range in Portugal that rises to 1,993 metres. It is situated between ... More Information

Bracons Tunnel Breaks Through in Spain

Bracons Tunnel Breaks Through in SpainThe construction of the second section of the Vic-Olot road axis C-37 in Catalonia is under way between Torelló, in the province of Barcelona, and Sant ... More Information

Production and Delivery of Microtunnelling Cutter Head Takes only 33 Days

Production and Delivery of Microtunnelling Cutter Head Takes only 33 DaysOn 12th December, only 33 days after receiving the order, TunnelTec delivered a microtunnelling cutter head with a diameter ... More Information

VIATEC 2008 - Show on Road Construction and Infrastructure Maintenance in Mountainous Areas

VIATEC 2008 - Show on Road Construction and Infrastructure Maintenance in Mountainous AreasVIATEC will take place from 20th to 22nd February, 2008 in Bolzano, in northern Italy's South Tyrol. The ... More Information

Health and Safety at tunnelintelligence.com

Health and Safety at tunnelintelligence.com tunnelintelligence.com provides 50,000 consultants and contractors around the world with the latest information on Health and Safety issues. While the ... More Information

Newsflash: TBM Operators Wanted

Newsflash: TBM Operators WantedInternational Tunnelling Services is currently recruiting tunnel professionals for more than 80 TBM's, which are starting on worldwide projects this year. Required are ... More Information

In the Middle of a Dark Tunnel

In the Middle of a Dark TunnelAccording to video recordings of Hrvatske Ceste, the Croatian Motorways, a tunnel can become a place to turn around, stop, or go to the bathroom.View incredible scenes ... More Information

Robbins TBM Goes on the Fast Track for Papua New Guinea Tunnel

Robbins TBM Goes on the Fast Track for Papua New Guinea TunnelA 5.6 m-diameter high performance main beam TBM will be delivered on a "fast track" programme just six months after contract signing. ... More Information

Loch Ness Hydro Tunnel Makes Breakthrough

Loch Ness Hydro Tunnel Makes BreakthroughThe Glendoe hydroelectric scheme is the biggest ongoing civil engineering project in Scotland. Upon completion, it will provide enough electricity to ... More Information

Malaysia Special: SMART Tunnel on National Geographic Channel

Malaysia Special: SMART Tunnel on National Geographic ChannelAnnually, floods besiege Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city. The Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) project can ... More Information

Mexico City Invites International Tenders for Construction of Line 12 of its Metro

Mexico City Invites International Tenders for Construction of Line 12 of its MetroCompanies interested in participating in the construction of the two sections of Line 12 of the Mexico City metro ... More Information

Lovat Sells Two New TBMs for Shenzhen and Canton Metro Projects

Lovat Sells Two New TBMs for Shenzhen and Canton Metro ProjectsLovat recently signed a contract to supply two new RME246SE earth pressure balance (EPB) tunnel boring machines to the China Railway ... More Information

Hallandsås Tunnel Halfway Completed

Hallandsås Tunnel Halfway CompletedA total of 8.6 kilometres, or 50%, of the Hallandsås tunnel has been completed. The tunnel boring machine dubbed Åsa, which has built slightly more than two ... More Information

Harbour Area Treatment Scheme

Drainage Services Department HARBOUR AREA TREATMENT SCHEME - STAGE 2ACONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TUNNELS CONTRACTOR FORUM The Government of the Hong Kong Special ... More Information

News Flash: Contractor Forum for Hong Kong

News Flash: Contractor Forum for Hong Kong The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is undertaking the implementation of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme Stage 2A which ... More Information

Think Deep in Amsterdam, First Important Event in 2008

Think Deep in Amsterdam, First Important Event in 2008Amsterdam will be the venue for the international congress on Underground space challenges in urban development on 28th and 29th January, 2008 ... More Information

Tenders Invited for Construction of Phase 1 of Thames Tideway Tunnel

Tenders Invited for Construction of Phase 1 of Thames Tideway TunnelThames Water has advertised the GBP300-375 million Phase 1 works on its GBP2.2 billion Thames Tideway tunnel project. Phase 1 ... More Information

Atlas Copco Gets SEK94 Million Order in Turkey

Atlas Copco Gets SEK94 Million Order in TurkeyAtlas Copco has received an order in Turkey to supply tunnelling equipment to the Cengiz-IC Ictas-Belen consortium, which is building a high speed ... More Information

Sandvik Bags Order for Hindhead Tunnel in the UK

Sandvik Bags Order for Hindhead Tunnel in the UKBalfour Beatty has appointed Sandvik Mining and Construction to supply the tunnelling jumbos for the 1.83 km Hindhead tunnel on the A3 in Surrey. The ... More Information

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Single-Bore Tunnel Method Chosen for BART Silicon Valley Phase II

This decision allows VTA to advance project design towards 60%, stay on a critical path to tunnel construction and meet the projected revenue service ... More Information

Boring Co. begins 'controlled blasting' for Nashville tunnel at TN capitol

The Boring Co. has started excavation work at a state-owned parking lot on Rose Parks Boulevard for the Music City Loop project Wednesday, Aug. 13, ... More Information

TBM arrives in Montreal for delayed metro extension project

A custom-built tunnel boring machine (TBM) has arrived in Canada for use on a 6km extension of the Montreal Metro... More Information

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