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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

Zitron to Supply Fans for World's Biggest Underground Project

Zitron to Supply Fans for World's Biggest Underground ProjectThe M-30 motorway in Madrid is a large thoroughfare built in the seventies between Manoteras junction and Los Franceses bridge, and ... More Information

Concrete Admixtures by Sika

Concrete Admixtures by SikaSika's latest products include several novelties in the range of concrete admixtures. Sigunit®-L52 AF S and Sigunita®-L53 AF S are ecological alkali-free ... More Information

Stockholm to Present Projects Worth EUR2.5 Billion at International Meeting

Stockholm to Present Projects Worth EUR2.5 Billion at International MeetingThe Stockholm region is currently undergoing a period of rapid expansion. Within the next ten years, several very large ... More Information

Wirth Exports its Tunnel Bore Extender to Japan

Wirth Exports its Tunnel Bore Extender to JapanTo protect an endangered species of hawk during expansion of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, a 1,000 m-long tunnel is not being blasted but bored ... More Information

Fire Protection by Thermal Ceramics

Fire Protection by Thermal CeramicsTo meet the requirements of the French equipment and transport ministry's directive 2000-63 of 25th August, 2000 the Ariege provincial road agency (DDE) - project ... More Information

Cat Shows 321CCR Compact Tunnelling Excavator for First Time at Intermat

Cat Shows 321CCR Compact Tunnelling Excavator for First Time at IntermatGeneva-based Caterpillar Tunnelling Industries shows for the first time in a construction fair in Europe its 321CCR compact ... More Information

Lovat and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Form Strategic Alliance

Lovat and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Form Strategic AllianceLovat has agreed with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to combine resources and experience to form a worldwide collaboration agreement to provide ... More Information

Master's Course on Tunnels and Underground Works

Master's Course on Tunnels and Underground WorksGiven the ongoing importance of tunnels and tunnelling in Spain and around the world, the Spanish tunnelling association (AETOS) has set put a ... More Information

Work Progress on the Apennine Road Bypass to Highway A1 between Bologna and Florence

Work Progress on the Apennine Road Bypass to Highway A1 between Bologna and FlorenceAs part of the upgrading of highway A1 Milan-Naples on its Apennine section between Sasso Marconi (Emilia ... More Information

Groundwater Management at the Variante di Valico

Groundwater Management at the Variante di ValicoDuring tunnelling, the groundwater seeping from the tunnel face must be treated before being discharged in superficial waters or sewers because, ... More Information

Upgrading of Section Florence North-Florence South of the A1 Highway

Upgrading of Section Florence North-Florence South of the A1 HighwaySouth of the Variante di Valico, the highway section running from Barberino di Mugello to North Florence and Incisa, south of ... More Information

Atlas Copco's Intermat 2006 Preview

Atlas Copco's Intermat 2006 PreviewIntermat 2006, to be held at Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre on 24th-29th April, is this year's big construction event. Intermat 2006 is proud to ... More Information

First Section Breaks Through on Line 3 of the Madrid Metro Extended from Legazpi to Villaverde

First Section Breaks Through on Line 3 of the Madrid Metro Extended from Legazpi to Villaverde'Guster' has concluded its mission to extend Line 3 of the Madrid metro from Legazpi to San Cristobal de ... More Information

Rome to Present Project Finance of Metro Line D

Rome to Present Project Finance of Metro Line D On 13th April, 2006 at 11:00 am, the project finance of Line D will be presented in Rome at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Room Petrassi in Avenue ... More Information

400 years of experience at tunneljournalists.com

400 years of experience at tunneljournalists.comThis week sees the relaunch of one of tunnelbuilder's most popular websites, tunneljournalists.comThe most important part of any company's marketing ... More Information

Madrid: Biggest Tunnelling Worksite in the World

Madrid: Biggest Tunnelling Worksite in the WorldMadrid's regional autonomous government, through its transport infrastructure department MINTRA, is implementing during the 2003-2007 term the ... More Information

Tunnelling to Begin on DLR Extension to Woolwich Arsenal in London

Tunnelling to Begin on DLR Extension to Woolwich Arsenal in London The Docklands Light Railway's extension to Woolwich Arsenal will run from the existing King George V station, going ... More Information

Reaching Los Teques in 13 Minutes

Reaching Los Teques in 13 Minutes Metro Los Teques, which will link El Tambor to Las Adjuntas on Line 2 of the Caracas metro, is a new 9.5 km rail line, whereof 6.2 km in tunnel, with ... More Information

Book on "Fire Protection in Vehicles and Tunnels for Public Transport"

Book on "Fire Protection in Vehicles and Tunnels for Public Transport"Fire Protection in Vehicles and Tunnels for Public Transport is the title of a bilingual German/English book that presents ... More Information

Tunnelling of Lausanne Metro Nears End

Tunnelling of Lausanne Metro Nears EndLine M2 of the Lausanne metro in Switzerland, between Ouchy and Croisettes, consists in building a new section between Flon and Croisettes and upgrading ... More Information

Lausanne Puts the Final Touches to Garbage Tunnel

Lausanne Puts the Final Touches to Garbage TunnelAnother major project in Lausanne is TRIDEL, which stands for Traitement et Incinération des Déchets de Lausanne (treatment and incineration of the ... More Information

Rowa Tunnelling Logistics Back-up for Niagara Falls Tunnel

Rowa Tunnelling Logistics Back-up for Niagara Falls TunnelA 10,421 m-long tunnel underneath the City of Niagara Falls will feed more water to the existing Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric plant in ... More Information

Italy Inaugurates Lecco-Ballabio Road Link SS 36 Dir

Italy Inaugurates Lecco-Ballabio Road Link SS 36 DirThe new road link Lecco-Ballabio (SS 36 dir) opened to traffic on 24th February, 2006 between Lecco and provincial road SP 62 to Val ... More Information

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SRL inspires TBM Captains - Victoria's Big Build

Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Captains. When SRL East opens in 2035 ... Construction of SRL East is powering ahead, with more than 3000 people ... More Information

Beneath winter's fjords: 17 miles of rock, 1300 ft deep

Rogfast tunnel construction beneath Norway's winter fjords, 17 miles long and 1,300 feet deep,. Credits: Ground Engineering. For years, the E39 ... More Information

Massive Sinkhole Opens Near $26 Billion Tunnel Project in Melbourne

A massive sinkhole has suddenly opened up in Melbourne near a major highway tunnel construction site, sparking safety fears and halting ... More Information

The world's longest expressway tunnel: China's Tianshan Shengli Tunnel

At the same time, the project also implemented China's first 'three-tunnel parallel construction' plan, which increased the number of workfaces. At ... More Information

'Not really where you want to be': Ground preparation for Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling

The Lower Thames Crossing is a major new road and tunnel project in the UK, intended to alleviate congestion at the Dartford Crossing and enhance. More Information

Funding problems affect metro line extensions

In the Athens metropolitan area, construction of Line 4 is continuing, with the Avax-Ghella-Alstom consortium saying the two tunnel-boring machines ... More Information

Transport Minister inspects progress on Cairo Metro Line 4 phase one

Four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are in operation—two in each direction. According to the project timeline, the first TBM has reached the Grand ... More Information

Here's what happened with Toronto's Scarborough Subway Extension in 2025

SSE tunnelling, which began in January 2023, is being carried out with the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) ever used on a Canadian transit project ... More Information

NHAI connects Tunnel No. 4 on Shimla bypass

NHAI PIU Shimla Project Director Anand Kumar, Bharat Construction ... The tunnel was constructed using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) ... More Information

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Update: Palghar Tunnel Breakthrough Achieved

NHSRCL Bullet Train Project | India First Bullet Train Update: Last year, the Ministry of Railways achieved a breakthrough in the construction of ... More Information

Main tunnel works connecting future Changi Airport T5 to existing T2 completed

Main tunnel works connecting the future Terminal 5 to the existing Terminal 2 are completed, as the Changi East development gathers pace... More Information

Testing completed on Hudson River Tunnel boring machines

The project calls for construction of 9 miles of passenger-rail track between New York ... More Information

World's longest motorway tunnel finally opens in £3BILLION project

The Tianshan Shengli (Victory) Tunnel, located in the Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang, China, measures some 22 kilometres – roughly 13.75 miles – and ... More Information

Cross-river tunnel of Nanjing Metro Line 4 Phase II completes tunneling

This photo taken on Dec. 27, 2025 shows the rear of the "Xinzhengcheng" tunnel boring machine at the construction site of Nanjing Metro Line 4 ... More Information

Tunnels Design and Construction Market is Going to Boom

HTF Market Intelligence projects that the global Tunnels Design and Construction market will expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.80% from 2025 to 2032, from 72 Billion in ... More Information

Longest tunnel in the world costing £7billion will connect 3 European cities

The Brenner Base Tunnel is currently under construction and will connect the countries of Austria and Italy. The impressive tunnel, which is set ... More Information

Georgian Officials Mark Completion of Railway Modernization, Hoping to Boost Transit

The works also included the construction of the 8,300-meter dual-tube tunnel near Kvishkheti, 10 bridges, six tunnels, and around 100 engineering ... More Information

Israeli municipality approves budget for new tunnel project south of Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Governorate said that the project aims to connect the Har Homa settlement, built on Jabal Abu Ghneim land, to the Begin bypass road near ... More Information

Megaprojects Under Construction Around World In 2026

Described as the largest road tunnel in the U.K., the Lower Thames Crossing will link Tilbury in Essex via a tunnel underneath the Thames with ... More Information

Delhi Metro expansion: Cabinet approved Rs 12,015 crore project

The project, planned over a construction timeline of three years, will be executed largely underground using tunnel boring machines to minimise ... More Information

World's Longest Expressway Tunnel to Open, Linking North and South Xinjiang

Engineers used innovative methods and specially designed machines called tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to dig through hard rock faster and safer than ... More Information

The huge £21bn mega-tunnel that goes right through the middle of a mountain

Huge boring machines will create a 57.5km (35.7mile) tunnel through the Alps to connect French and Italian high-speed rail networks and link Lyon ... More Information

Rome digs deep for railway that burrows beneath the Colosseum

Tunnellers used lasers to check whether ancient columns at the nearby Forum were not wobbling as their 300ft long tunnel boring machine churned ... More Information

World’s largest-diameter high-speed railway shield tunneling machine reaches milestone

The world's largest-diameter high-speed railway shield tunneling machine independently developed by China, “Linghang,” for the Chongming-Taizhou ... More Information

Third circuit on £1bn London Power Tunnels 2 project energised

Electricity has begun flowing through a new section of National Grid's London Power Tunnels 2 (LPT2) project after the energisation of a ... More Information

Westmead metro station cavern formwork the biggest in the southern hemisphere

Crews are now retrieving the 1,200-tonne Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that arrived beneath Westmead in September and October, lifting each machine ... More Information

Webuild: excavation begins on three tunnels for Salerno-Reggio Calabria HS/HC Railway

All four TBMs planned for Lot 1A Battipaglia–Romagnano section are operational with launch of latest three Joining TBM Partenope, already active, are Leucosia and Ligea, whose names were ... More Information

SELI Overseas: 75 Years of Tunneling with TBMs

From Channel Tunnel to the Brenner Tunnel: When Tunneling Is Synonymous with Innovation ... SELI TBM at work on the construction site... More Information

Road realignment is major step for HS2, says firm

HS2 Ltd A view of the realigned B4525 on an overcast day. · HS2 Ltd An aerial view of the construction of Greatworth tunnel showing major earthworks ... More Information

Amtrak has made real progress in East River Tunnel rehabilitation

The tunnel has been stripped down to the concrete liner. Westbrook was told the project isn't just about modernizing and replacing what was, but also ... More Information

Madrid invests EUR 123 million in new metro stations on Line 11

TBM Mayrit enters into action in 2026 · November 2025 – February 2026: assembly of the tunnel boring machine in Comillas Park (Carabanchel district) ... Facebook Twitter Flag as ... More Information

Jerusalem Light Rail Construction Advances Ahead of Major Tunnel Work

Local reporting on city project materials notes that “the plan calls for a 2-km underground tunnel to be built beneath the city center, including ... More Information

Why and how the Civil Works Alliance changed Sizewell C tunnel designs from Hinkley Point C

Ground conditions around Sizewell C have required intense collaboration between the project’s contractors alliance to come up with new outfall and intake tunnel design solutions... More Information

AI planning of the first railway tunnel through challenging terrain

AI plans first rail tunnel through tough terrain. Artificial Intelligence China Uses AI for the Construction of Railway Tunnels. 2025-12-08 ... More Information

Will Tunneling Projects Be The Next Big Thing For Mumbai's Public Transport?

During the interview, she also called tunnel boring machines the safest and one of the most efficient ways of doing tunelling. "Only the place of the ... More Information

Chipolbrok vessels deliver tunnel boring machines to Sydney and mineral bulk to Peru

Chipolbrok delivers TBMs for Sydney Metro on Chipolbrok Star and loads 29000t minerals in Peru on Taixing, showcasing fleet versatility... More Information

How Seequent's software solutions help to manage tunnelling data

The second phase of Singapore's Cross Island Line (CRL) metro project is under way, assisted by a suite of software from Seequent. Singapore's CRL is ... More Information

Muography to Transform Tunnel Safety Monitoring

Underwater bridge tunnels have become vital arteries for cities, enabling smooth vehicular passage beneath rivers, bays, and inland waterways. More than 200 of these structures operate ... More Information

10 longest tunnels in the world that reshaped global transportation

Modern tunnel construction involves sophisticated techniques, including tunnel boring machines and advanced geological surveying. The project ... More Information