Chicago’s Albany Park Diversion Tunnel to go online this spring
In Chicago, Illinois, USA Kenny Construction is nearing completion on the Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel. ...
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The Government authorized the construction of new emergency exits in 7 tunnels of the Vitoria/Gasteiz-Bilbao-Donostia/San Sebastian-French Border line, on the Vitoria/Gasteiz-Bilbao route, with a ...
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On the 15.01.2018 the Ministerio de Fomento with the publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE), opened a public information period. This was for an informative study of the N-230 road’s ...
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In order to promote the latest knowledge on current key
issues and to facilitate technical discussions and debate amongst industry
stakeholders, PIARC and its French National Committee have ...
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If you would like to see the full interview with Andy
Mitchell and Nick Sumption on innovation at Tideway please click this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLcIVtg-sY&app=desktop
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On the 03.02.2018 at the Champigny Plateau site the launch
and the christening of the first TBM on the Grand Paris Express took place.
Nearly 4,000 people attended the event and watched the ...
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TBMs Millicent and Ursula arrived in London for the super
sewer Tideway, the company building London’s super sewer, has welcomed the
first shipment of two more TBMs in preparation for the ...
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15th and 16th March 2018, Hotel Novotel Amsterdam Schiphol
Airport, Amsterdam – Netherlands
Using our last two Editions of Tunnels - Safety & Fire
Protection Conferences held in 2016 ...
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Challenging Ground Conditions are No Match for Talented Team and their TBM
In Jilin, one of the three provinces of Northeast China, a 7.9 m (26 ft) diameter Robbins Hard Rock Main Beam TBM has ...
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The MMRC (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation ) has completed 15-16% of the civil construction for the Mumbai Metro Line 3, the first underground metro line in Mumbai/Bombay.
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Last year on the 27th of October in the hall of the Ministry of Energy
Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia, Debed Hydro
LLC, a subsidiary of the Energy ...
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FAMA, a company in constant development, is increasing its
presence in the international market place. In the last few months they have secured
new contracts in the USA, United Arab Emirates and ...
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On 13.02.2018 the second TBM, launched from Dateo Station on
05.01.2018, has completed the last underground section
from Linate airport to Tricolore Place on the East section of M4 ...
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The Clean Rivers Project is DC Water's ongoing program to
reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO’s), millions of litres of untreated water,
into the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek ...
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From the 5th to the 7th December 2017, the International Forum for Tunnels and Infrastructure of STUVA took place on the grounds of the Stuttgart Messe.
The result of these three days ...
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For all the latest information on the construction of the Melbourne
Metro please click on this link ...
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The 6.8m Robbins Single Shield TBM Nora has started boring
for the Delaware Aqueduct Repair (DAR). The TBM, operated by contractor
Kiewit-Shea Constructors (KSC), will bore a 3.8 km long tunnel ...
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Stones Consult, a World leader in highly qualified Tunnelling Manpower
is proud to announce the opening of its new branch in Nigeria with office
located in Lagos, under the name of Stones Consult ...
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The two-year FinEst Link project has studied the economic
and technical feasibility of a fixed link between Helsinki and Tallinn. The
results of the feasibility study will be published at the ...
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On January 31st the Board of Directors of the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved the financing of Nenskra
Hydropower Plant project (HPP). Provision of a senior ...
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The first locomotive has started work on the new dual-track
1822m Beskyd tunnel delivering equipment for the laying of rail tracks. The
contractor Costruction Association Interbudmontazh completed ...
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Lyon, February 5th, 2018 - NFM TECHNOLOGIES sells its Energy
Business Unit dedicated to the design, implementation and maintenance of
complex mechanical systems for the nuclear, oil & gas ...
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The 18th International Water Mist Conference (IWMC) will
take place in London, UK, on the 19th and 20th of September 2018 at the Grange
City Hotel. The call for papers has now been released. ...
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On the 03.02.2018 the first TBM for the Grand Paris Express
line will be named and launched at Champigny-sur-Marne (Ile de France) at
around 5.30 pm. A decisive step in the progress of the works ...
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The IRF Global Road Conference in conjuction with the Road2Tunnel Global Expo, has become the only international tradeshow of its kind dedicated to Road, Tunnel, and Bridge Construction. With over ...
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The construction of the second Baikal tunnel - the most
important of the Baikal-Amur Main Line (4344 km from Siberia to the East) and
Trans-Siberian modernisation programme - is nearing ...
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CBE Group recently delivered several segment moulds and a
carousel to the city of Chengdu, in the Sichuan province, for an innovative
technical gallery project.
The project’s ...
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The biggest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the southern
hemisphere are on their way to Melbourne, with an order now placed for the two
massive machines that will build the West Gate ...
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ISTT’s
36th Annual International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition is to be held on the
8-9 October 2018 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC),
South ...
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AECOM and the
Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have launched a unique apprenticeship
programme where apprentices gain experience in client, consultant and
contractor roles ...
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In response to c ontinued growth in the Central and South
American Raise Boring Machine s demand , TERRATEC has opened a dedicated new
office in Lima , Peru .
At the end of last year, ...
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In March 2018 the Salini-Impregilo Group will deliver, the DC Water and Sewer Authority the Anacostia River Tunnel project.
The Anacostia River Tunnel in Washington DC (USA) is part of the Clean ...
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Whilst improvement works and lengthy construction times can be tedious for commuters, the importance of keeping a tight check on transport tunnels is paramount. Within construction, usage, ...
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Breakthroughs While Breaking Ground: The First TBM Conveyor
Posted by The Robbins Company | Jan 16, 2018 | Hidden Underfoot
Modern Achievements
The 100th conveyor system has been refurbished ...
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The three major cities of Helsinki, Turku and Tampere form a
triangle of economic growth and expansion. The Finnish Transport Agency has
studied the prospects of passenger train traffic on the ...
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... double tunnels, with a total length of 24 km, which will be built using four tunnel boring machines (EPB-TBM), with an excavation diameter of 9.80 m.
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The German and Czech railway infrastructure managers, DB Netz and SZ, have announced a public tender for design work of the zoning decision documentation under the Dresden–Prague railway ...
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Network Rail has delayed the tender race for the £900m Western Rail Link to Heathrow until Summer 2022 because of Covid-19...
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Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) T61 nicknamed Tapi-1 operated by the J Kumar Infraprojects – China Railway Tunnel Group JV...
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All the information you need to know about the Gotthard Tunnel...
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The world’s longest immersed road and rail tunnel design, the Fehmarnbelt link gets a go-ahead. The 18 km infrastructure, the longest of its kind, connecting Denmark’s Lolland Falster ...
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After our contribution to research and development about "blasting", the alternative follows now: mechanised tunnelling methods such as full-face machines and roadheaders.
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In a statement, Transport for London said that the additional costs were not linked to the construction of the project, which remains at £1bn. “All payments ...
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GUWAHATI: The construction of the Atal Tunnel connecting Manali with Leh, which is the world's longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet, has been ...
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The government opened international tender in June for the design of Llogara Tunnel engineering project. The tendering process for the construction ...
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Construction of the initial twin tunnels near the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) was complete in May. The system is expected to be ready for ...
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Concrete pouring has begun at the Chiltern Tunnel site on HS2 for the Tunnel Boring Machine launch pad. Two TBMs will begin wok next spring to dig ...
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Barhale has won a £22M contract to monitor Thames Water’s network of tunnels and aqueducts.
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KUNMING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The cross-border tunnel on the China-Laos Railway was completed on Sunday, according to local authorities.
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At 4 a.m. early on the morning of June 20th, a glow appears on the horizon. It spreads over the meadows of Wiltshire, the area in southern Britain home to Salisbury and its medieval ...
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A view of an under construction site of Nagdhung tunnel at Sisnekhola in Dhading district, on Monday, September 07, 2020. Photo: Keshav Adhikari/THT.
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The Woodsmith Project is a deep mine and associated transport, processing and shipping infrastructure development under construction in North Yorkshire, UK.
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CAMORINO, Switzerland (Reuters) - Switzerland officially opened the Ceneri Base Tunnel on Friday, the final piece in a direct, flat rail link connecting northern Europe to the ...
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Find out how HS2 is protecting and enhancing woodlands, habitats and wildlife as we plan and build the railway.
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Normet Finland Service Center is specialized for third party emulsion charging system assemblies to Normet’s Charmec charging platforms. Normet’s new business model provides declaration of ...
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The high-speed railway, HS2 recently published a high-level report into its construction plans for the next few years. The timeline covers most of the concrete phase of the project before ...
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The Norwegian Public Roads Administration is in the process of creating the world’s first floating highway.
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LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), August 31 (SeeNews) – Turkey's Cengiz will complete the construction of the second pipe of the Karavanke motorway tunnel ...
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Switzerland's New Rail Link: Tunnelling and excavation. For Gotthard Base Tunnel, an astonishing 25 million tonnes of rock was excavated. For context, ...
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... covering 11 km of twin tunnels from The Bays to Sydney Olympic Park. ... of four tunnel boring machines expected to be in place by the end of 2022.
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The Ceneri Base Tunnel is scheduled to become operational at the end of 2020 and it is the third largest railway tunnel project in Switzerland after the Gotthard and the Lötschberg Base ...
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The new Central Interceptor TBM has been officially named Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, as one of the Matariki stars to which Māori send their dreams or aspirations for the new year. Students from ...
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Afcons, in a joint venture with Strabag, has constructed the world's longest motorable tunnel 3,000 m above sea level. The Atal Tunnel will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by ...
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Three world-leading consortia have been short-listed to construct twin twenty kilometres of tunnel as part of two works packages on one of Sydney’s biggest rail tunnelling projects.
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Balfour Beatty VINCI, a long-established joint venture between two global infrastructure leaders, welcomed its first rail freight delivery of aggregate at HS2’s Washwood Heath site in ...
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Early in 2021, two 2000 tonne tunnelling machines measuring over 170 metres each will be launched at a site by the M25 to bore 10 miles each underneath the Chilterns in Buckinghamshire.
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If you missed our webinar on high-speed tunneling in the Himalayas, we've got a video for you.
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The marquee construction elements are the £2bn Stonehenge tunnel to upgrade the A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) and the £7bn Lower Thames ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in May 2018 laid the foundation stone for the Rs 6,800 crore project, billed as the Asia's longest bi-directional tunnel, ...
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The project was first proposed in 2010, after which a feasibility study was conducted in 2013 and construction began in 2019. The New Mutwal Tunnel is ...
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More than 700 men are working in shifts to complete the tunnel...
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The system improvements include construction of nine tunnels to control sewer overflows. Upcoming tunneling components of Project Clear include ( ...
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Plans are moving forward for the construction of the Hangzhou Genshan East Road Crossing River Tunnel in China. The TBM that will be used for the ...
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