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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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!

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

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

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

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

WTC2023 – Full Paper Submission process will remain open until September 30, 2022

The paper submission process is currently underway. Authors with accepted abstracts have already received the link for full paper submission. You may also access the online paper submission form ... More Information

Impreservice srl has expanded the EASY click SMART family

Press release - Impreservice srl, who were at the WTC 2022. in Copenhagen have expanded the EASY click SMART family with two new variations. The first is the high ... More Information

Nye Veier recommends a western route for the E6 Nedgard – Toset

Nye Veier - after an evaluation of several route alternatives for the E6 section Nedgard - Toset within the planning area - has chosen two preferred alignments that have been put forward for ... More Information

Sydney Metro West to tunnel under Sydney Harbour

Sydney Metro has received the green light for tunnelling between The Bays and Sydney CBD, completing plans for the 24 km of twin tunnels from Westmead to Hunter Street in the Sydney ... More Information

Rail tunnel to be extended for North East Link

Major works are underway to get ready for construction of the twin 6.5 km North East Link Tunnels to finally fix the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network. When North East ... More Information

SAIE 2022 - The SIG (Società Italiana Gallerie) tunnelling area

Press release - Among the various special initiatives that uniquely characterize the SAIE 2022, the Construction, Design, Building and Plants’ Fair - in BolognaFiere from 19 to 22 October, ... More Information

Metro Alger line 1 - first section complete

On 07/09/2022 TBM Kahina broke through into an extraction shaft: click here for the video. This goal successfully concludes the first tunnel Oued Smar –Airport section, 5808 m long, of the ... More Information

Final breakthrough for TBM Dame Whina Cooper

In the early evening of the 14/09/2022 TBM Dame Whina Cooper (weight 910 t, length 130m and diameter 7.15m) reached the Te Waihorotiu Station (Aotea) completing the second tunnel of the Auckland's ... More Information

Final breakthrough for TBM Dame Whina Cooper

In the early evening of the 14/09/2022 the TBM Dame Whina Cooper (weight 910 t, length 130m and diameter 7.15m) reached the Te Waihorotiu Station (Aotea) completing the second tunnel of the ... More Information

A303 Stonehenge Updates

In response to the Secretary of State’s letter dated 26 August 2022 inviting comments on the Final Report on the joint World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS / ICCROM Advisory Mission to ... More Information

TfL Press Release - Tunnelling underway for new river crossing at Silvertown

Tunnelling of the new public-transport focused river crossing at Silvertown is now underway, Transport for London (TfL) and Riverlinx have confirmed. The 1.4km Silvertown Tunnel will link ... More Information

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Bengaluru: Four infrastructure firms bid for Hebbal short tunnel

Bengaluru infrastructure: Four firms, including Dilip Buildcon and Max Infra, bid for BDA's Rs 1086 crore Hebbal short tunnel project... More Information

TBM readied for Montreal's Blue Line extension

A custom-made 9.7m-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been assembled and lowered ready to excavate the tube from the future Vertières stop to ... More Information

$11.5B Brenner Base Tunnel Nears End of TBM Excavation

With TBMs Olga and Wilma closing in, the 55-km rail project shifts from excavation to systems integration ahead of its planned 2028 opening beneath ... More Information

$6.75 Billion Unlocked for Turkey's Bosphorus Rail Project

Multiple Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will need to be mobilized to carve out the subterranean corridors leading up to ... More Information

Tunneling for Nashville's underground Tesla project has begun

The Boring Company said that the first three weeks of the project will consist of the Prufrock-MB1, a machine that will help carve out the tunnel, ... More Information

Hudson Tunnel Project construction resumes

I look forward to celebrating the launch of our tunnel boring machines through the Palisades once GDC has assurance it will receive the steady flow ... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing

British suppliers could meet 90% of low carbon steel requirements. The proposed machine would be 16.4m in diameter, large enough to create a three‑lane tunnel bore, and is intended to dig ... More Information

Inside the Tunnel Boring Machine, Southampton Link Main project

A six-tonne tunnel boring machine is digging deep below the ground in Hampshire to help keep the county's taps and rivers flowing... More Information

TBM maestro inspects sites ahead of massive tunnel drive

The first machine components have arrived for the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be deployed on the Suburban Connect sites in Melbourne. More Information

Metrolinx provides major updates on subway and LRT projects across the GTA

Tunnel boring is advancing on multiple projects, with Scarborough's TBM ... Metrolinx says “Diggy Scardust,” the project's tunnel boring machine, is now ... More Information

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

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