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156 Kilometres of Tunnels Planned in Istanbul

156 Kilometres of Tunnels Planned in IstanbulThe Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality targets 156 kilometres of new highway tunnels to improve the urban traffic in the city. The municipality ... More Information

Robbins Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Shanghai

Robbins Opens New Manufacturing Facility in ShanghaiRobbins recently opened a new manufacturing facility next to its offices in Shanghai, China in late 2006. The new workshop was built ... More Information

Turkey Opens Bolu Tunnel

Turkey Opens Bolu TunnelRecep Tayyip Erdogan and Romano Prodi, the prime ministers of Turkey and Italy, on 23rd January inaugurated the right carriageway (Istanbul-Ankara direction) on the ... More Information

Naples Metro Inaugurates First Section of Line 6

Naples Metro Inaugurates First Section of Line 6On 11th January, 2007 Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi inaugurated in Naples the first section, running from Mergellina to Mostra ... More Information

Mitsubishi TBM Breaks Through Parbati Stage II Hydropower Shaft

Mitsubishi TBM Breaks Through Parbati Stage II Hydropower ShaftA Mitsubishi-Boretec-NFM refurbished TBM has achieved the breakthrough of the second inclined pressure shaft of the Parbati stage ... More Information

Last TBM Breakthrough at Kárahnjúkar

Last TBM Breakthrough at KárahnjúkarThe third and last Robbins TBM at the main Kárahnjúkar headrace tunnel broke through its 11.5 km section on 5th December, 2006. The breakthrough marks ... More Information

Croatia Finalizes Construction of Zagreb-Macelj Motorway

Croatia Finalizes Construction of Zagreb-Macelj MotorwayThe Zagreb-Macelj motorway forms part of the European and Croatian road network between Zagreb and the Slovenian border in Macelj, ... More Information

Construction Starts on Marconi-Lingotto Section of Turin's Metro

Construction Starts on Marconi-Lingotto Section of Turin's MetroOn Monday 8th January, 2007 construction of section 2 Marconi-Lingotto on the Porta Nuova-Lingotto section of Turin's ... More Information

Construction of Jucar-Vinalopo Water Transfer Scheme to Start Soon

Construction of Jucar-Vinalopo Water Transfer Scheme to Start Soon The Spanish government repealed four sections of the Jucar-Vinalopo water transfer scheme a year and a half ago after ... More Information

DSI Acquires Alwag and ACI

DSI Acquires Alwag and ACIDSI (DYWIDAG Systems International) consolidates its existing tunnelling activities with the newly acquired companies Alwag Tunnelausbau Ges.m.b.H. (Alwag) of Austria and ... More Information

Arlaban Tunnel Breakthrough Unites Basque Provinces in Spain

Arlaban Tunnel Breakthrough Unites Basque Provinces in SpainBoring of the 3,377 m-long Arlaban tunnel (now named Isuzkitza) was completed on 28th December, 2006 thus uniting 1,300 metres that ... More Information

Sentvid Tunnel Nears Completion in Slovenia

Sentvid Tunnel Nears Completion in SloveniaThe Sentvid tunnel, which is currently under construction in Ljubljana, Slovenia is a section of the future highway between the Karavanke tunnel ... More Information

Construction in Full Swing at Malmö City Tunnel

Construction in Full Swing at Malmö City TunnelThe Öresund connection between Sweden and Denmark, a combination comprising both bridge and tunnel structures, was officially opened in July ... More Information

Longest Tunnel Breaks Through on Sweden's Bothnia Line

Longest Tunnel Breaks Through on Sweden's Bothnia LineThe 5.6 km Namntall tunnel, one of 16 such constructions on the Bothnia line and Sweden's longest railway tunnel, broke through on 30th ... More Information

Tunnelling Ends on the M-30 South Bypass in Madrid

Tunnelling Ends on the M-30 South Bypass in Madrid'Tizona', the world's biggest TBM with its twin 'Dulcinea', finished its job on 30th October, 2006 in the eastbound, south tunnel on the south ... More Information

Moutier Tunnel Breaks Through during Saint Barbara Day

Moutier Tunnel Breaks Through during Saint Barbara DayThe Moutier tunnel holed through on Monday 4th December, 2006 after a mass celebrated in honor of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of ... More Information

Steady Progress at Hallandsås

Steady Progress at HallandsåsAt the southern tunnel portal in Förslöv, commissioning of the 250 m-long TBM and its ancillary installations has been in progress since autumn 2005. ... More Information

2012 Olympic Games Powerline Tunnel Breaks Through in London

2012 Olympic Games Powerline Tunnel Breaks Through in LondonTunnelling work took a significant step forward with a scheduled breakthrough in one of the two tunnels being built to underground ... More Information

Lovat Readies TBM for Bosphorus Railway Tube Crossing in Istanbul

Lovat Readies TBM for Bosphorus Railway Tube Crossing in IstanbulThe Marmaray project in Istanbul will provide a fully upgraded commuter rail line, connecting Halkali on the European side with ... More Information

Second Tunnel Breakthrough at Castellanza

Second Tunnel Breakthrough at CastellanzaOn 18th November, 2006 the second tunnel for the project to sink underground the railway operated by Ferrovie Nord Milano through Castellanza, on the ... More Information

First TBM Breaks Through Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension in Los Angeles

First TBM Breaks Through Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension in Los AngelesA Herrenknecht machine dubbed 'Lola' has completed a 2.75 km tunnel for the USD898 million eastside extension of the ... More Information

BWARI Tunnel Breaks Through

BWARI Tunnel Breaks ThroughOn 25th October, 2006 the Jay Dee-Michels Pipeline Construction-Traylor joint venture broke through on the Big Walnut Augmentation/Rickenbacker Interceptor (BWARI) ... More Information

Second South Gotthard TBM Arrives in Faido

Second South Gotthard TBM Arrives in Faido Three years and eight months after starting out from Bodio in February 2003 and driving some 13.5 km of the west Gotthard base tunnel, the ... More Information

Third WBI International Short Course on Rock Mechanics, Stability and Design of Tunnels and Slopes

Third WBI International Short Course on Rock Mechanics, Stability and Design of Tunnels and SlopesAfter two successful events in the past two years, WBI International organizes on 23rd and 24th ... More Information

GBP371 Million Hindhead Tunnel Gets Green Light… at Last

GBP371 Million Hindhead Tunnel Gets Green Light… at LastThe long-running A3 tunnel saga may finally be drawing to a close after the Highways Agency revealed work could start next year and be ... More Information

Orica Buys Minova

Orica Buys MinovaExplosives, paint and chemicals firm Orica from Australia said it had signed an agreement to acquire UK-based chemical products maker Minova for a purchase price of AUD857 million ... More Information

Robbins TBM Will Challenge New Heights in the Andes

Robbins TBM Will Challenge New Heights in the AndesAssembly of a Robbins 5 m-diameter main beam TBM was completed in September 2006 for the Olmos trans-Andean project in Peru. Odebrecht ... More Information

Atlas Copco Launches an Improved 10t Underground Loader - the Scooptram® ST1030

Atlas Copco Launches an Improved 10t Underground Loader - the Scooptram® ST1030An improved electrical system, an EPA Tier 3 diesel engine and a new instrument panel represent the major ... More Information

Mont Sion Tunnel to Start Imminently in French Alps

Mont Sion Tunnel to Start Imminently in French AlpsThe A41 north stretch is the missing link on the A41 between Villy-le-Pelloux / Saint-Martin-Bellevue and Saint-Julien-en-Genevois in the ... More Information

Conference and Training Course on Safety in Tunnels

Conference and Training Course on Safety in TunnelsItaly today holds the world's main records regarding underground structures. Recently, risks have been increasing due to ageing tunnels while road ... More Information

Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems Acquires Construction & Tunneling Services

Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems Acquires Construction & Tunneling ServicesWith the common goal to provide optimal and thorough services to contractors and tunnelling projects in the North ... More Information

Internet Advertising Overtakes Magazines

Internet Advertising Overtakes MagazinesGuy Phillipson, CEO of the Internet Advertising Bureau www.iabuk.net has reported that spending on online advertising in the first half of 2006 has ... More Information

8th International Conference on Tunnel Construction and Underground Structures

8th International Conference on Tunnel Construction and Underground StructuresThe Slovenian Society for Underground and Geotechnical Constructions, the University of Ljubljana with the Faculty ... More Information

China International Symposium and Exhibition on High Speed Railway Tunnels

China International Symposium and Exhibition on High Speed Railway TunnelsAccording to statistics, 7,504 railway tunnels - with a total length of 4,305 km - were already in operation in China ... More Information

Madrid Completes All New Tunnels for its Metro Expansion

Madrid Completes All New Tunnels for its Metro ExpansionAll tunnelling required as part of the 2003-2007 expansion plan of the Madrid metro ended on 27th September, 2006 on Line 7 to east of ... More Information

Long Rock Bores Are a Good Match for Robbins MSBU

Long Rock Bores Are a Good Match for Robbins MSBURobbins announces its newest trenchless product, the Motorized Small Boring Unit (MSBU). The Robbins MSBU is a technically advanced type of ... 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