China's inaugural EPB TBM designated for South America recently rolled off the production line at CRCHI on September 27th. CRCHI, the manufacturer, holds the honour of being the first to export ...
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Press release - We've unveiled the names of the next pair of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will construct the high speed rail line under the capital. Following a public vote, the names Emily ...
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VTA announced the updated cost and schedule for VTA’s Phase II Project at October 20, 2023 Board of Directors meeting. These changes reflect the Project’s design progress and market ...
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Between Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds, a new direct railway line will be built as part of the strategic development program for railway infrastructure, development stage 2035 (PRODES EA ...
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The shortlist has been announced for the NCE Tunnelling Awards 2023! Click here to view the 2023 shortlist. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner ceremony at the Hilton Bankside in London ...
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The call for papers for ISAVFT 2024 is now open. The symposium - to be held at the Tivoli Hotel and Congress Centre in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 28-30 October 2024 - is seeking paper ...
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The first of two TBMs has broken through at the future Oak-VGH Station, achieving another milestone for the Broadway Subway Project.
The machine, named Phyllis, has reached the fourth ...
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Nye Veier has sent out the first tender information for the Ranheim-Vaernes section at the end of October/beginning of November. The first competitive dialogue will include completion of the section ...
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A hundred meters below ground, in the very heart of the Swedish capital Stockholm, the Epiroc Powerbit X is breaking grounds in civil construction with its diamondprotected technology by drilling an ...
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A new TELT TBM - 10.5 m diameter, 264 t weight, 180 m length, for the Lyon-Turin new line unveiled on October 6th, 2023 at the Herrenknecht AG plant! It will work on the CO6/7 site for the Mont ...
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On September 30 th, 2023 the National Grid’s EUR1.15 bn (GBP1 bn) London Power Tunnels (LPT) project has achieved a major milestone with its final tunnelling breakthrough at Eltham substation ...
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The Metro Manila Subway Project commences with the implementation of TERRATEC's Continuously Advancing Tunnel Conveyors.
TERRATEC is pleased to announce the successful delivery of two ...
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Press release - The world's first ship tunnel will now go out to tender - The Stad Ship tunnel will secure ship traffic in weather-resistant Stad. It is now clear that he will go out to tender in ...
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HS2 has begun assembling the project’s longest ‘green tunnel’ - designed to blend the high speed railway into the rural landscape and reduce disruption for communities around ...
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The Ligerz tunnel will be put into operation at the end of 2029, three years later than planned. This delay is due to objections and appeals as well as an updated construction method due to ...
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On September 18, 2023 Bouygues Travaux Publics teams brokethrough for the second tube of the 5.6km Ucka tunnel on the Istria motorway. This breakthrough marks the end of the excavation work, carried ...
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On 11th September 2023 the TBM EPB - diameter 9.36 m and weight of approximately 900 t - which will be used by Webuild for the construction of the Letojanni and Forza d'Agrò tunnels on ...
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This September the Gulermak - Sam India Builtwell JV’s TBM S93 - 6.52 m diameter and 120 m length - named Nana after Nana Saheb Peshwa and built by Terratec, reached the Bada Chauraha ...
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The first parts of the massive TBMs that will dig the North East Link tunnels have completed their journey by sea to the Port of Melbourne and on September 9 and 10 have been transported to their ...
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The first milestone is the launch of the fourth TBM, named after Marlene Kanga AO, and the second milestone is the breakthrough of the TBM Peggy at the Airport Terminal Station.
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On September 4th, 2023 the twelve largest and heaviest parts of the TBM - to be used to drive the tunnel for the new main water supply line in Oslo - were unloaded at Ormsundkaia with ...
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In September in Ventimiglia representatives of the Government, of Liguria Region, of the Province of Imperia and of local municipalities presented the EUR 1.2 bn project for the ...
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In a remarkable development, the Norwegian government has earmarked a substantial investment of NOK 4 billion for the ambitious E6 highway expansion project in Sørfold, Nordland. This ...
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On 4 September the Hiwa-i-te Rangi TBM - more than 5m diameter -has broken through into a 69m deep shaft in May Road, Mount Roskill marking the halfway point of her 14.7km journey to central ...
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CMRL is going to further develop the Chennai city metro rail network as part of Phase II with 3 new corridors of metro rail for a total length of 116.1 km with 119 metro stations: Corridor-3, from ...
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The first of two 4000 t TBMs that will dig the North East Link Tunnels has passed testing. The first parts of the TBM have completed their journey by sea to the Port of Melbourne and they will ...
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The project manager Sveinung Brude from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed Implenia Norge/Stangeland Maskin, NCC Norge and Skanska Norge from Norway and Acciona Construcción ...
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STUVA-Expo will take place from 8.11.2023 - 9.11.2023 and almost all the exhibition space has already been rented out. Around 200 well-known exhibitors from Germany and abroad will present products ...
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From October 2-4, 2023, Zitrón will be a part of the XVII AFTES International Congress at Paris, Congress Palace. This event provides a unique opportunity to engage with our ...
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The consortium Suburban Connect - including CPB Contractors, Ghella and Acciona Construction is the preferred bidder for the first Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East main works contract, with TBMs on ...
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TERRATEC is pleased to announce that the Ø9.86m Hard Rock Double Shield TBM has commenced the excavation for Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydropower Project in India.
The TBM is currently ...
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All the main works have been completed at the construction site of lot H71 “Eisack River underpass” of the Brenner Base Tunnel, and subsequently the work completion report has now been ...
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HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd is asking the public to choose names for the next two TBMs that will be launched in early 2024 to dig the Northolt Tunnel East travelling through Brent and Ealing. The TBMs ...
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Last week on August 8th, 2023 the giant TBMs reached the Little Missenden ventilation shaft, passing the fourth of five ventilation and emergency access shafts, 75% of the way through the 16 km (10 ...
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On August 08, 2023 TBM Aurora - 100 m long, powered by 18 motors with a total power of 6.3MW - began excavation on the Grottaminarda tunnel in the Avellino Province, on the section between ...
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Jill, the TBM which is delivering the Silvertown tunnel in east London, has now completed work on the second bore.
The TBM, named in honour of Jill Viner, the first female bus driver in ...
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