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Tunnelling Ends on Metro Project in Lausanne

Tunnelling Ends on Metro Project in LausanneThe final milestone has been reached on the M2 metro line in Lausanne, Switzerland when two teams of tunnellers made the junction at a 136 m-long ... More Information

World's Biggest TBM Finishes Boring in Madrid

World's Biggest TBM Finishes Boring in Madrid 'Dulcinea', the world's biggest TBM featuring a 15.2 m diameter and a power of 22,000 kW, has completed its job in record time. Machine ... More Information

Boring Begins on the San Vicente Pipeline Project

Boring Begins on the San Vicente Pipeline ProjectA Robbins hard rock main beam TBM began boring a section of the San Vicente pipeline in San Diego, California on 21st June, 2006. The 3.5 ... More Information

Lake Hodges-Olivenhain Reservoir Water Tunnel Nears End

Lake Hodges-Olivenhain Reservoir Water Tunnel Nears EndA water tunnel to link Lake Hodges and Olivenhain Reservoir is built by Kiewit Pacific Co. for the San Diego County Water Authority ... More Information

Fifth and Last TBM Launch at Pajares

Fifth and Last TBM Launch at PajaresThe fifth of the five TBMs needed to dig the 2 x 24.7 km Pajares tunnel commenced on 10th July, 2006 from the Asturias side. That TBM has been produced at ... More Information

Second Islisberg Tunnel Breaks Through

Second Islisberg Tunnel Breaks ThroughA Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine (machine S-256) holed through on 12th July, 2006 the 4,645 m-long east tube of the Islisberg tunnel in Zurich, ... More Information

Tunnelling of Maurice Lemaire Safety Tunnel Ends

Tunnelling of Maurice Lemaire Safety Tunnel EndsMore than fifteen months have been necessary for a Herrenknecht gripper TBM, christened 'Cynthia' in December 2004, to complete a 6,226 m-long ... More Information

Line C Extension of Prague Metro Makes Headway

Line C Extension of Prague Metro Makes HeadwayThe extension of Line C in Prague from Ladvi to Letnany (4,602 m, whereof 2,360 m in mined tunnels, with stops in Strizkov, Prosek and Letnany) is built ... More Information

Repairing the Montblanc Tunnels on the Lleida-Barcelona High Speed Link

Repairing the Montblanc Tunnels on the Lleida-Barcelona High Speed LinkThe Camp Magre, Lilla and Puig Cabrer tunnels are situated on subsection lV-b (for the first two) and V on the ... More Information

Putzmeister Ibérica Markets Vacuum Cleaner for TBMs

Putzmeister Ibérica Markets Vacuum Cleaner for TBMsSpain is the world's first market in terms of the number of tunnel boring machines in activity at the moment. At least 25 TBMs were working ... More Information

Third TBM Starts Boring on Line 9 in Barcelona

Third TBM Starts Boring on Line 9 in BarcelonaTunnelling on the future Line 9 of Barcelona's metro, an infrastructure that will cross Barcelona connecting Badalona and Santa Coloma de ... More Information

Chicago Finishes Deep Tunnel

Chicago Finishes Deep TunnelAfter 30 years and more than USD3 billion, the 176 km of tunnels were completed recently when the 12.9 km Little Calumet leg near Calumet City, Lansing and South ... More Information

Lovat TBM Starts Canada Line in Vancouver

Lovat TBM Starts Canada Line in VancouverA Lovat TBM, nicknamed 'Sweet Leilani', was launched with champagne on 10th June, 2006 at an official ceremony at the future False Creek South station ... More Information

Robbins Signs Contract for Very Long Water Tunnel in India

Robbins Signs Contract for Very Long Water Tunnel in IndiaJaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) has signed contracts with Robbins for the AMR project in Andhra Pradesh, India on 26th May, 2006. The ... More Information

Eiksund Tunnel Sets New Record

Eiksund Tunnel Sets New RecordThe 7,765 m-long Eiksund tunnel in Norway has set a new world record when the deepest point excavated so far (-266 m below sea level) was reached on 31st May, ... More Information

Hsuehshan Tunnel Opens in Taiwan

Hsuehshan Tunnel Opens in TaiwanThe 12.9 km Hsuehshan, or Snow Mountain, tunnel has opened to traffic on 16th June, 2006 in eastern Ilan county, Taiwan. It is the longest road tunnel in Asia ... More Information

Robbins Readies TBMs for Capilano-Seymour Water Scheme in Vancouver

Robbins Readies TBMs for Capilano-Seymour Water Scheme in Vancouver Deployment of the first of two Robbins tunnel boring machines represents a significant step in construction of the ... More Information

Double Breakthrough with Two Lovats in Bologna

Double Breakthrough with Two Lovats in Bologna Sergio Cofferati, the mayor of Bologna, and Elio Catania, the president and CEO of the Italian railways, presided on 31st May, 2006 the ... More Information

Norway Builds SILA Project

Norway Builds SILA Project Sweden's LKAB supplies highly upgraded iron ore products to the steel industry and custom-adapted mineral products to other industrial sectors. Most of LKAB's ... More Information

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Kicks off San Cristobal Tunnel at Groundbreaking Ceremony

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Kicks off San Cristobal Tunnel at Groundbreaking CeremonyChilean president Michelle Bachelet, minister of public works Eduardo Bitran, and Karl Traub, ... More Information

Flood Relief Tunnel Starts in Paris

Flood Relief Tunnel Starts in ParisAn impressive tunnel boring machine commences to work at the Ivry-Massena tunnel (TIMA) in Paris. Its mission is to dig Europe's biggest and deepest ... More Information

Last Breakthrough in the Uetliberg Tunnel with Tunnel Bore Extender Using Undercutting Technique

Last Breakthrough in the Uetliberg Tunnel with Tunnel Bore Extender (TBE) Using Undercutting TechniqueOn 18th May, 2006 the Uetliberg tunnel construction crew celebrated the TBE's last ... More Information

Katschberg Tunnel Breaks Through in Austria

Katschberg Tunnel Breaks Through in AustriaThe 5,414 m Katschberg tunnel on the A10 Tauern motorway connects Salzburg with Carinthia. It is a single bored tunnel and for obvious safety ... More Information

World's Largest TBM Ready to Cross the Yangtze in Shanghai

World's Largest TBM Ready to Cross the Yangtze in ShanghaiAt the end of April 2006, Herrenknecht handed over the first tunnelling machine with a diameter of 15.43 m to the Chinese client ... More Information

Angela Merkel Inaugurates New Central Station and Tunnel in Berlin as Germany Hosts World Cup

Angela Merkel Inaugurates New Central Station and Tunnel in Berlin as Germany Hosts Football World Cup Berlin inaugurated its new central station on 26th May, 2006. The new station is ... More Information

Nordoya Tunnel Opens in Faroe Islands

Nordoya Tunnel Opens in Faroe IslandsThe 6.2 km Nordoya subsea tunnel opened on 29th April, 2006 in the Faroe Islands, three months ahead of schedule. This is a single-tube dual-lane tunnel, the ... More Information

First Sections of Variante di Valico to Open Soon

First Sections of Variante di Valico to Open SoonThe upgrading project of the Apennine section between Sasso Marconi and Barberino di Mugello, first designed in 1993 and revised in 1999, goes from ... More Information

Construction Starts on Tunnel under Yangtze River in Wuhan

Construction Starts on Tunnel under Yangtze River in WuhanWuhan, capital of Hubei province, wants to decongest the only two bridges over the Yangtze River in the city centre. The 3,609 m-long ... More Information

Underground Drillrigs Launch

Underground Drillrigs LaunchAfter the Rocket Boomer E2, Atlas Copco has added a new member to the Rocket Boomer E-series family: the Rocket Boomer XE3, a three-boom drill rig. The Rocket ... More Information

East Rail's Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Extension in Hong Kong Nears End

East Rail's Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Extension in Hong Kong Nears EndIn Hong Kong's Northern New Territories lies a 25 hectare site of agricultural lands and ponds. This is the Long Valley ... More Information

One out of Four European Tunnels is Unsafe

One out of Four European Tunnels is UnsafeThe EuroTest firstly, then the European Tunnel Assessment Programme (EuroTAP) began in 2000 following the Mont Blanc tunnel disaster when 39 people ... More Information

Experts Invited to Workshop and Fire Test on Water Mist Systems

Experts Invited to Workshop and Fire Test on Water Mist SystemsIntensive research work over the last decade has shown that fixed automatic firefighting systems considerably can increase safety in ... More Information

Turin Hosts INTERtunnel 2006

Turin Hosts INTERtunnel 2006The 7th INTERtunnel will be held in Turin at the Lingotto Fiere exhibition centre from 16th to 18th May, 2006. Italy is the ideal host country for an exhibition covering ... More Information

Rome Presented Project Finance Scheme for Metro Line D

Rome Presented Project Finance Scheme for Metro Line DOn 13th April, 2006 the project finance scheme of Line D, the fourth subway line in Rome, has been presented. This is a new line to be developed ... More Information

First Castellanza Tunnel Breaks Through on Saronno-Malpensa Railway Section

First Castellanza Tunnel Breaks Through on Saronno-Malpensa Railway SectionThe first tunnel built to place underground the FNM tracks in Castellanza broke through on 19th April, 2006. The ... More Information

SMART Southern Tunnel Breaks Through in Kuala Lumpur

SMART Southern Tunnel Breaks Through in Kuala Lumpur The southern drive of the SMART (Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel) project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was completed on 22nd ... More Information

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Work in Progress: High-tech TBMs ready to carve underground corridor

The Bhopal Metro Rail Project is transitioning into its most challenging and sophisticated phase as two state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) ... More Information

Sarens helps extract TBM at BC water supply project

The Annacis Water Supply Tunnel Project aims to increase the reliability and capacity of the water supply system in New Westminster, British Columbia. When complete, the tunnel will ... More Information

Judge rules in favor of New York and New Jersey for now in $16B tunnel fight with Trump

A federal judge ruled Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from suspending federal disbursements for the Gateway Tunnel Project... More Information

Webuild: award for Sustainability Report for commitment to decarbonise through innovation

This includes the large tunnel-boring machines deployed on some of Europe's most complex projects: from the Salerno-Reggio Calabria ... More Information

Clearwater update reports initial entry area is 'stable and intact'

The tunnel boring machine being used in the project remains trapped underground just ahead of where the breach occurred. The ambitious, $630 ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine Market Size estimated at USD 7.08 Billion

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) market is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing urbanization, infrastructure development, ... More Information

Completing the First Section of Line 3: Tunnel Boring Machine Roars as it Emerges at Balboa

The Panama tunnel boring machine emerged and completed its first major task: the first section of the Line 3 Metro tunnel. More Information

Twin tunnel-boring titans prepare to dig new road under Sydney Harbour

Twin tunnel-boring titans are preparing to launch under Sydney Harbour to dig out a new road crossing from Birchgrove to Waverton... More Information

Monica Breaks Ground on Snowy 2.0

Monica the tunnel boring machine, with the renewable energy mega-project now more. TBM Monica is among the world's most advanced tunnel boring machines... More Information

Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 has set to work a fourth tunnel boring machine, a $75 million piece of drilling equipment purpose built to complete excavation of the huge pumped hydro project’s “geologically ... More Information

World's 'largest' underground assembly of tunnelling machines happening beneath Sydney

Workers are craning into place about 167 major pieces that will form the first of two giant boring machines. Once assembled like giant Meccano sets, ... More Information

Tunneling Begins on Major Water Pipeline for South Hillsborough

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Water has begun construction on a major underground pipeline project aimed at meeting rising water demand in southern Hillsborough County, where population growth ... More Information

The massive £3billion tunnel designed to connect two continents under the sea

The construction of a huge underwater multi-tiered tunnel is underway in Turkey, that will create a direct route from Asia to Europe - and is expected to carry 1.3 million passengers a ... More Information

Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt is further delayed

Traffic was supposed to start flowing through the controversial Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt in 2033. But that's unlikely to happen. The €1.5 billion project is facing further delays – ... More Information

What happens to our metro tunnel boring machines when they hit the end of the line?

These mechanical behemoths were Betty and Dorothy, the tunnel boring machines tasked with digging the Sydney Metro West tunnels. Loading. The ... More Information

The incredible £2.8bn underwater tunnel connecting Europe and Asia

A huge new tunnel will connect Europe and Asia - and construction has already started. The Great Istanbul Tunnel is a major project. It will carry ... More Information

China develops "smart brain" for tunnel boring machines to boost underground construction

A team from Hunan University in central China has collaboratively developed an intelligent operating system for tunnel boring machines, giving these massive underground giants a "smart ... More Information

How China rescued highway project under Yangtze River

The incident occurred in February 2023 during construction of the 6.4-kilometer Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel. Midway through excavation, at ... More Information

HS2 final tunnel drive to Euston starts next week

A team from SCS will drive a 4.5-mile twin-bore tunnel linking Old Oak Common to Euston using two tunnel boring machines, Karen and Madeleine. More Information

Work begins on £48M Knutsford sewer upgrade featuring 1.8km stormwater tunnel

Sean Reid, United Utilities county business lead for wastewater in Cheshire said: “This project highlights our ongoing commitment to improving water ... More Information

$14.6M boost moves Gering–Fort Laramie Canal Tunnel project forward

After nearly six years of planning, construction is moving forward on the Gering–Fort Laramie Canal tunnels... More Information

Webuild: second breakthrough at Trebisacce Tunnel along Jonica State Road 106

Project will help transform Jonica State Road 106 into a strategic corridor linking Ionian coasts of Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia... More Information

Ground preparation for Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling

Work is ongoing to overcome sub-optimal ground conditions in preparation for the start of tunnelling on the Lower Thames Crossing in late 2028, according to the project’s tunnels director... More Information

LA Metro approves massive $25B underground rail line to bypass 405 Freeway

The LA Metro Board unanimously approved an underground heavy rail line to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, bypassing the congested 405 Freeway. The nearly 13-mile route, ... More Information

TUNNEL VISION Mega £7.4bn undersea tunnel connecting two CONTINENTS just got one step closer

A MAJOR £7.4 billion underwater tunnel connecting two continents has taken a step closer to construction. Experts have said the 24-mile tunnel is “technically viable”, paving the way for ... More Information

TBM breakthrough in Sydney

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Jane Starkey successfully completed her 1.2km underground journey through challenging Sydney sandstone... More Information

Hochul announces $25 million for Harlem crosstown subway tunnel design

At E. 120th St., a pair of tunnel-boring machines — currently under construction in Germany — will bore new, 8,400-foot tunnels north from the end ... More Information

Tunnelling under the Yarra River

Our two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will soon be travelling underneath the Yarra River... Approximately 300 metres of the 6.5 kilometre North East Link will be under the Yarra ... More Information

The Boring Company says its tunneling machine is 'ready to mine in Nashville'

The Music City Loop project is aimed at transporting people from Nashville International Airport to Lower Broadway in roughly 10 minutes. By Li ... More Information

Norway Is Building the World's Longest and Deepest Tunnel Beneath the Sea

The Rogfast project, short for Rogaland Fixed Link, is an underwater road tunnel being built beneath Norway's fjords as part of the E39 coastal ... More Information

Future engineers become 'TBM Captains' for Suburban Rail Loop

Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will begin work this year. The tour of the eastern tunnel entrance was part of a long-term initiative, with ... More Information

Image gallery: Civil works completed on HS2's longest tunnel

Main construction on the Buckinghamshire structure began in May 2021 with the launch of two 2,000-tonne tunnel boring machines (TBMs), named Florence ... More Information

The Boring Company Launches Free Tunnel Contest: AI Applications for Smart Infrastructure

According to Sawyer Merritt on Twitter, The Boring Company has announced a contest to build a one-mile tunnel for free, inviting proposals for ... More Information

Out of sight: spectacular HS2 tunnels offer glimmer of hope for stalling project

Despite much soul-searching over UK’s inability to build infrastructure, two sections of HS2 under Chilterns are being hailed for their engineering... More Information

HS2 January 2026 update

We’re making progress building the main infrastructure for the new line. We’ve completed 80% of tunnelling and are working on major bridges, viaducts and embankments, and HS2’s new ... More Information

Implenia Secures EUR 350 Mln Projects For Bridges, Tunnel Works In Germany

Tunnel to join motorway sections and connecting roads. The Swiss construction and real estate company said the Peene Bridge project in Wolgast, ... More Information

Incredible new $7.9bn mega rail and road tunnel to be the world's longest

The safety of our workers is of utmost importance during the construction of the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel. We will await the findings of the ... More Information

TBM launch from Rukanpura soon as metro work gains pace

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the underground network is likely to be launched from Rukanpura on Bailey Road, which falls under Corridor I ... More Information

World's largest-diameter boring machine used for Yangtze River railway tunnel

China's domestically developed, world's largest-diameter vertical shaft boring machine 'Qiming' was officially put into operation in Taicang City ... More Information