A major milestone has been reached on the Trebisacce Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the Third Mega Lot of the Jonica State Road (SS106) in Calabria. Webuild confirmed the second breakthrough, a key ...
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Transport for London (TfL) has released its draft 2029/30 Business Plan, setting out a multi‑year investment programme aimed at modernising London’s transport network and accelerating delivery ...
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Press release - In a crucial moment for the high-speed rail project, the Rail Minister, Lord Peter Hendy, and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, turned on the 1,624-tonne machine ...
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Thames Water has launched the search for a main works contractor to deliver the £5.7 billion White Horse Reservoir in Oxfordshire — a nationally significant scheme set to transform water ...
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The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that will excavate the new electricity cable tunnel beneath the River Thames for National Grid’s Grain to Tilbury project has successfully completed Factory ...
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TAC is proud to launch the call for submissions for its 2026 Achievement Awards, celebrating excellence in Canada’s tunnelling and underground construction industry, and beyond.
Whether ...
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Veteran TBM rebuild for major flood mitigation project - Robbins marked a major project milestone in October 2025 with the substantial completion of the factory acceptance test (FAT) for a ...
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The tunnel boring machine (TBM) Wilma has reached a major construction milestone on the H53 Pfons–Brenner section of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT), completing approximately 5 km of excavation ...
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Civil engineering works have been completed on HS2’s Chiltern Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the UK high-speed rail project, marking a major milestone in the construction of the ...
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As we head into 2026, one thing is clear: Doing more of the same will not deliver different safety outcomes.
Across the past year, the signals have been consistent — from incident ...
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Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a S$326 million contract for the construction of tunnels as part of the Downtown Line (DTL) extension, which will connect the existing ...
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Press release - At the end of last year in Stockholm, we had the pleasure of hosting our latest Herrenknecht Tunnel Symposium, bringing together clients, planners, and construction companies to ...
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Exhausted but happy! That was the prevailing feeling among most participants at the STUVA Conference 2025 in Hamburg. It was clear in advance that the three days from 25 to 27 November 2025 at the ...
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Joseph Gallagher Ltd (JGL) has completed a further microtunnel breakthrough on the Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Tunnel Sewer (SIBS) project in Bahrain, marking the successful conclusion of the ...
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Construction activity on the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) is set to intensify further in 2026, with several key works advancing simultaneously along the alignment.
In the H53 Pfons–Brenner ...
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The tunnel boring machine (TBM) Xihe has entered a new phase of excavation on Hong Kong’s Tung Chung Line Extension (TUE), commencing construction of the down-track tunnel towards the existing ...
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Denmark has taken a further major step in strengthening climate resilience in the capital region with the launch of the SST04 Cloudburst Tunnel, a large-scale underground flood protection scheme for ...
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In a significant engineering feat for Singapore’s aviation infrastructure, the main tunnel works connecting the future Terminal 5 (T5) at Changi Airport to the existing Terminal 2 (T2) have ...
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TERRATEC has achieved key landmarks on Chennai Metro Phase II with the advancement of the TBM on Line 3 and the launch of another TBM on Corridor 5, reflecting strong collaboration with Tata ...
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The Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT), poised to become the longest underground railway connection in the world, represents one of Europe’s most ambitious cross-border transport infrastructure ...
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The Zoji La Tunnel is a landmark infrastructure project currently under construction beneath the Zoji La Pass in the Himalayan range. Once completed, this high-altitude tunnel will provide ...
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A Colorado company is promoting an ambitious clean‑energy rail concept that would hinge on one of the most significant new mountain tunnels proposed in the state in decades — a 3.6‑mile ...
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Universal Orlando Resort has officially opened a bidding process for what could become a major new underground transportation system linking its upcoming Epic Universe theme park with the rest of ...
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The long‑debated expansion of Heathrow Airport has taken a decisive step forward, with the UK government formally backing the airport’s preferred proposal for a third runway — a ...
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The Woodsmith Project in North Yorkshire has achieved another landmark in global tunnelling, as its tunnel boring machine (TBM) Stella Rose passed the 30-kilometre mark on 3 December. The ...
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Press release - The construction of HS2’s longest green tunnel took a major step forward with the realignment of a key local road, freeing up space for the next phase of ...
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Verona, 17 December 2025. SaMoTer 2026 (May 6-9 www.samoter.it) welcomes top names in the construction machinery industry to Verona: leading international brands have all confirmed attendance, ...
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The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has reached a major milestone in the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) with the completion of manufacturing and factory acceptance testing of the first two tunnel ...
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The Delta Conveyance Project — often called the Delta Tunnel — remains one of California’s most hotly debated infrastructure proposals. Though not yet under construction, it looms ...
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The Shetland Islands Council (SIC) has taken a decisive step forward in its ambition to improve inter-island connectivity by appointing three major international tunnelling and civil-engineering ...
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Construction of the second phase of the BART Silicon Valley Extension — the six-mile leg running from San Jose’s West Portal through downtown toward Berryessa — remains “on ...
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The tunnelling community gathered in London last week to celebrate another year of technical excellence, creative problem-solving and sector-wide collaboration at the NCE Tunnelling Awards ...
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The Shetland tunnel link project is currently in the modelling and feasibility stage, with three international tunnelling companies appointed in early December 2025 to assess the potential for fixed ...
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The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is a major new road and tunnel project that will create a new road link beneath the River Thames, connecting Kent in the south with Essex and Thurrock in the north. ...
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On Wednesday, November 26, at 10:00 a.m., the TBM Lise Enjalbert, after travelling 920 m from the shaft of the future Ponts Jumeaux station, where it began in December 2024, broke through the ...
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TERRATEC’s T83B Open TBM is delivering strong and consistent results on the CIDCO Long Treated Water Tunnel Project in Mumbai, India. Since its launch, the machine has maintained steady ...
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