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Construction update on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

In the last six months Renny, the first TBM to start tunnelling between Renforth Drive and Scarlett Road for the contractor West End Connectors Construction (WECC) has tunnelled 1.9 km, while Rexy, ... More Information

Inter-prefecture decree declaring the LNPCA Phases 1 & 2 project of public utility

Inter-prefecture decree declaring the LNPCA Phases 1 & 2 project of public utility

On Thursday 13 October 2022 the Prefect of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Bouches-du-Rhône Region, the Prefect of Var and the Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes signed the ... More Information

Independent Study Confirms VTA Plans for a Single Bore Tunnel

An independent study by world renowned tunnelling experts, confirms the Valley Transportation Authority’s single bore tunnel design is the right approach to deliver the BART Silicon Valley ... More Information

Robbins TBM Launches in Nepal

On October 14, 2022 China Overseas Engineering Group Co. Ltd and China Railway N. 2 Engineering Group Co Ltd launched a 6.4 m diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM. The TBM will bore the 13.1 km ... More Information

First section of CRL track laid

Press release - After the final tunnelling breakthrough last month, the Link Alliance team has completed the first section of railway track from Te Waihorotiu Station (Aotea) to Waitemata Station ... More Information

Construction begins on the Davao City Bypass‘s tunnel in the Philippines

Construction begins on the Davao City Bypass‘s tunnel in the Philippines

The Philippines's Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is going to accelerate the construction of the twin-tube 2.3km- length and 10 m-diameter mountain road tunnel in the central portion ... More Information

The City of Helsingborg requests private sector solutions for a permanent link between Helsingborg and Helsingor

The City of Helsingborg requests private sector solutions for a permanent link between Helsingborg and Helsingor

The City of Helsingborg issued an RFI (Request for Information) to examine how the private sector would build a permanent link between Helsingborg and Helsingor.    The project will ... More Information

Three TERRATEC EPBMS delivered for Ninth Bangkok Water Supply Tunnel

A total of three new TERRATEC TBMs will take part in the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority’s Ninth Bangkok Water Supply Improvement project in Thailand. TERRATEC celebrated the ... More Information

CRCHI Showcases Its Comprehensive Solution of Underground Engineering Equipment at BAUMA 2022

CRCHI Showcases Its Comprehensive Solution of Underground Engineering Equipment at BAUMA 2022

Press release - The 33rd Edition of the World's Leading Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment (bauma ... More Information

Route decision for E6 Gyllan – Kvål

On 25th  October the municipal council in Melhus municipality gave the go ahead with routes 1.1A with 100 km/h and option 2.1 with the 6km Homyrkam tunnel for the new E6 from Gyllan to Kval. ... More Information

The second of HS2's TBM sets off underneath the capital

On 27 October 2022 HS2 Ltd launched their fifth TBM Caroline, that will be constructing tunnels for the HS2 railway through London. HS2’s first London TBM Sushila - started on the 06 October ... More Information

RRTS corridor witnesses first tunnel breakthrough in Meerut

RRTS corridor witnesses first tunnel breakthrough in Meerut

On the 22/10/2022 the 90m-long TBM EPB S90 (Sudarshan 8.3) completed the first 750 m long tunnel to the Begumpul station in Meerut on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor. The tunnel has been ... More Information

Suburban Rail Loop East project - updates

Construction of SRL East between Cheltenham and Box Hill is now underway. SRL East will deliver 26km of twin tunnels and 6 brand new underground stations and quicker journeys between major ... More Information

First tunnel boring machines arrive for Sydney Metro West

First tunnel boring machines arrive for Sydney Metro West

The first two TBMs have arrived for the Sydney Metro West project, ready to start construction on the new 24-km tunnels which will connect Greater Parramatta to the Sydney CBD.   The two ... More Information

WTC2023| Full Paper Submission - Deadline Extended

This is your last chance to submit your work! Due to the overwhelming requests of many authors, the organizing committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline until October 31st. We ... More Information

METAX | Geotechnical, Drilling & Oilfield Division of CIMA S.p.A. will be at BAUMA 2022 in Munich – October 24-30, 2022

Press release – BAUMA, the 33rd Edition of the World's Leading Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction ... More Information

ROBBINS NEW WEBINAR - SUSTAINABLE TUNNELLING WITH REBUILT TBMs

Can TBMs reduce your carbon footprint? TBMs have been proven to last for decades, and can be rebuilt cost effectively project after project with proper maintenance.  In fact, several known, ... More Information

Broadway Subway Project’s TBM Launched

Broadway Subway Project’s TBM Launched

Last week on the 14/10/22 Elsie, Broadway Subway Project Corporation's first TBM, was  launched at GNW (Great Northern Way)-Emily Carr Station. This was the start of the tunnel excavations to ... More Information

Last section of Athens’ Metro Line 3 Extension to Piraeus completed

Last section of Athens’ Metro Line 3 Extension to Piraeus completed

On the 10/10/2022 the inauguration ceremony for the last section of Athens metro line 3 extension was held in the Dimotiko Theatro Station in the city of Piraeus. The tunnel is 3.5 km long and was ... More Information

New milestones for the ECRL project

New milestones for the ECRL project

Final breakthrough for the 2.8 km long Kuantan East Coast Rail Link ECRL tunnel occurred on the 17/10/2022,  two months ahead of schedule. Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) is the owner of the ... More Information

STM at BAUMA 2022

STM at BAUMA 2022

Press Release - We are delighted to announce the attendance of the STM at the BAUMA Exhibition, taking place in Munich (Trade Fair Center Messe München) from the 24th to the 30th October 2022 - ... More Information

First tunnel completed for Snowy 2.0

First tunnel completed for Snowy 2.0

Main access tunnel  -  On 11th  October 2022 teams from Snowy Hydro and contractor Future Generation Joint Venture celebrated the completion of the excavation of its first tunnel for ... More Information

HS2 Chiltern tunnel – ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ reach 4 mile point at Chalfont St Giles

HS2 Chiltern tunnel – ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ reach 4 mile point at Chalfont St Giles

Press Release - Two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines digging HS2’s longest tunnels passed the second of five ventilation shafts this week, 4 miles into their 10 mile drive under the ... More Information

CRCHI Mega Slurry TBM "Jinghua" Assists the First Tunnel Section Breakthrough of Beijing East Sixth Ring Road Reconstruction Project

CRCHI Mega Slurry TBM "Jinghua" Assists the First Tunnel Section Breakthrough of Beijing East Sixth Ring Road Reconstruction Project

Press release  - In September 2022, the Beijing East Sixth Ring Road Reconstruction Project reported more good news. The CRCHI mega slurry TBM "Jinghua" reached the intermediate air shaft ... More Information

Message from iPS Powerful People

iPS Powerful People are very sad to hear of the tragic event in Creeslough,  County Donegal, We know many people who call Donegal home and it’s difficult to understand how they are ... More Information

Works begin on the PGDL (General drainage plan for Lisbon)

Works begin on the PGDL (General drainage plan for Lisbon)

On 03/10/2022 Carmona Rodrigues, the ex-mayor of Lisbon (CML) who in 2004 had signed the first proposal of the PGDL (General drainage plan for Lisbon), and José Silva Ferreira, general ... More Information

See you at BAUMA 2022!

See you at BAUMA 2022!

Costruzioni Elettrotecniche CEAR will be exhibiting at the 33rd Edition of BAUMA, the World's Leading Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Buildings, Mining and Construction ... More Information

Turin/Lyon - New milestone in Avrieux

With the completion of excavation of the first 10.5 km of the even-numbered tube of the Mont Cenis Base Tunnel between Saint-Martin-la-Porte and La Praz (in the direction of Paris) - the ... More Information

Innovative Riachuelo Project’s hydraulic tunnel filled

Innovative Riachuelo Project’s hydraulic tunnel filled

The innovative sub-fluvial tunnel near Buenos Aires, part of Lot 3 of the Riachuelo Environmental Restoration Project has been filled by water from the river Plate. This is a sustainable development ... More Information

The 8th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards returns this December in a digital format

Since 2015, the international competition seeks and rewards remarkable achievements in tunnelling and the underground industry. Organized by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space ... More Information

ForrestfieldAirport Link - The new Airport Line is ready for take-off

First trains on the Forrestfield-Airport Link, to be known as the Airport Line, will operate on Sunday 09 October 2022! Full services on the Airport Line commence on Monday 10 October. ... More Information

TERRATEC EPBMs ready to tackle Kanpur Metro’s 1st Underground Section in India

TERRATEC EPBMs ready to tackle Kanpur Metro’s 1st Underground Section in India

Gulermak/Sam India JV gets ready to commence tunnelling on the Corridor-1 of Kanpur. MRTS Project in India. TERRATEC celebrated the successful site acceptance testing of two 6.52m diameter Earth ... More Information

Giant HS2 TBM cutterhead’s impressive journey back to start second dig in Warwickshire

After HS2’s first tunnel breakthrough by TBM Dorothy at the south portal site in July this year, the front part of the TBM has been dismantled and transported back to the tunnel’s ... More Information

KonNx launched in the UK

Launched this year, KonNx UK is a subsidiary of AusProof Pty Ltd, the original equipment manufacturer of electrical cable couplers and components. Providing greater accessibility to the KonNx ... More Information

Cross Island Line Phase 2

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) at Singapore announced the alignment and station locations of the Cross Island Line Phase 2 (CRL2) from Bright Hill to Jurong Lake District.   CRL2 is ... More Information

Central Interceptor TBM begins historic tunnelling under Manukau Harbour

Central Interceptor TBM begins historic tunnelling under Manukau Harbour

Last week the TBM EPB Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, involved in the construction of the 14.7-km-long and 4.5m diameter wastewater tunnel from Grey Lynn to Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant at Auckland, started ... 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