The 5.4m diameter TBM Hiwa-i-te-Rangi arrived at the 25m deep Pump Station 23 shaft in Hillsborough (Auckland) on 6th December. The TBM had left the southern shore of the Manukau in September ...
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The 8th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards was held online on the 8th December 2023.
The winners in each category are:
MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR - Purple line ...
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On the 04/12/2022 - celebrating Saint Barbara the patron saint of miners and tunnellers - there was a breakthrough between Polcevera and Cravasco work site in the Valico tunnel (odd track). This ...
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The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) just received authority to pursue federal funding for up to 50% of the cost of Phase II of the BART Silicon Valley Extension Project. The ...
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Earlier this week, the Government’s independent planning authority, the Planning Inspectorate, confirmed it has accepted National Highway’s application for a Development Consent Order ...
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Line 17 - On Monday 14th November at 5 pm the TBM Dorine - 120 m long and weighing over 1,000 t – brokethrough at Line 17’s Rolland manufact in Le Bourget at a depth of 26 m, ...
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Press release - HS2 Ltd’s 125 metre-long ‘Dorothy’ tunnel boring machine has launched for her second one-mile tunnel bore under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire, marking the ...
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There has been great excitement recently at the 4STREETS Srl office, due to the fact that 4machines Srl has delivered an innovative new machine called the WallEater.
It is equipped ...
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In November 2022 the Herrenknechkt TBM - value EUR10.63 million (USD11 million) - that was shipped from Germany has now been moved to the construction site on the Olentangy River Road in the city of ...
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The Provincial Fire Brigade Command approved, on 21 November, the final design of the Rebaudengo-Polytechnic section of the metro Line 2 in Turin.
The project represents the "first ...
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The Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel (TKO-LTT) and the Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O (CBL) will be commissioned on December 11 (Sunday) to improve the transport network and facilitate the commuting ...
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The massive east headwall in the South Island launch shaft is now complete, and the 14 m (46-foot) external ring at the start of the new tunnel was recently bolted onto the headwall. ...
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On 14 October 2022, Beliris published a special specification for the civil engineering works for the northward extension of the Brussels metro Line 3. The tenders are expected in the first quarter ...
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The Norwegian Government's budget in 2023 confirmed EUR 7.23 million (NOK 76 million) was set aside for the Stad ship tunnel.
After the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) approved the construction and ...
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Second Project Underway for Record-Setting TBM - In October 2022, China Overseas Engineering Group Co. Ltd and China Railway No. 2 Engineering Group Co Ltd launched a 6.4 m diameter Robbins Double ...
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On Saturday 26th November the Municipality of Milan and Webuild will inaugurate the first 5.4 km of the new M4 line (Blue), connecting Linate airport with Dateo, one of the 6 interchanges of ...
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Riverlinx’s TBM Jill has now bored more than 210m and installed 102 rings and now it has started tunnelling under the river Thames towards North Greenwich! Once the TBM reaches the Greenwich ...
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Since 2015, the international competition the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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