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Cross River Rail Construction updates

Cross River Rail Construction updates

Roma Street station -  The two Cross River Rail TBMs have left Albert Street station in Brisbane’s CBD,  where they both arrived between June and July  At the beginning of ... More Information

Grand Paris Express - New Breakthroughs in July

Grand Paris Express  - New Breakthroughs in July

Line 15 South - End of excavation for TBM Camille - TBM Camille, launched from the Creteil l’Echat station in October 2019 and after 4.2km - reached Salengro (Champigny-sur-Marne) on Line 15 ... More Information

TERRATEC TBM celebrates final breakthrough on Pune Metro package UG-01

TERRATEC TBM celebrates final breakthrough on Pune Metro package UG-01

Gulermak-TATA Projects JV celebrates TBM breakthrough on the underground works for the package UG-01 of Line 1 of the Pune Metro, in India. On July 22, 2021, TERRATEC joined officials from ... More Information

Snowy 2.0 Project – July Updates

Snowy 2.0 Project – July Updates

It's winter in the Snowy Mountains and activity is hotting up at the Snowy 2.0 construction sites!   There's already more than 1,000 people working on the massive pumped-hydro project ... More Information

New Terzo Valico dei Giovi breakthrough

The Fegino construction site has had a new breakthrough between the Voltri interconnection tunnel (the so-called “odd-numbered” track) and a large structure in the already completed ... More Information

Tideway Project Press Release - Connection tunnel breakthrough at Carnwath Road

A significant milestone for London’s super sewer has been achieved at the Carnwath Road Riverside site in Fulham with the breakthrough of the West main tunnel connection into the Central ... More Information

First functional section of M4 metro line in Milan approved

The M4, Milan's new blue metro line (Linate - Forlanini FS section) has passed all its tests and been approved. The Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility has authorized the ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Week from 20-24 September 2021

ITA Tunnelling Week from 20-24 September 2021

ITA, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, organizes the first ever Tunnelling Week from 20 to 24 September 2021. These 5 days of online conferences and debates dedicated ... More Information

TBM for Cefalù railway tunnel arrives

TBM for Cefalù railway tunnel arrives

The TBM, which will be used to drive the Cefalù twin-tube tunnel (7 km), for the project to double and speed up the Palermo - Messina railway line, has arrived at the Termini Imerese port ... More Information

Lunchtime Lecture Series - #7 Tunnel Refurbishment

Event by ITACET Foundation for Continuous Education and Training on Tunnelling and Underground Space Use. Held online on Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (your local time). This seventh episode ... More Information

Excavation begins for HS2’s first ‘barn design’ tunnel vent shaft

Excavation begins for HS2’s first ‘barn design’ tunnel vent shaft

Following the launch of HS2's first two giant TBMs, engineers working on Britain’s new high-speed railway have now begun excavating the first of five shafts that will provide ventilation ... More Information

TBM Sofia completes Metro Line 11 Extension in Paris

TBM Sofia completes Metro Line 11 Extension in Paris

On 16/7/2021 the TBM Sofia (length 106 m, weight 1450 t) arrived in the future Serge Gainsbourg station (Les Lilas). The machine has now completed the tunnel for the 6 km metro Line 11 extension, ... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing - Eight-week public consultation

The community impacts consultation – running from  July to 23:59 on Wednesday 8 September 2021 - gives Highways England communities the opportunity to have their say on ... More Information

Pair of Crossover TBMs completes Triple Tunnel Drives in Mumbai

Pair of Crossover TBMs completes Triple Tunnel Drives in Mumbai

In the Spring of 2021, the second of two 6.65 m (21.8 ft) diameter Robbins Crossover XRE TBMs made its third and final breakthrough for India’s Mumbai Metro Line 3. The first machine made its ... More Information

Italy - Breakthrough in the Marana tunnel on SS260

Italy - Breakthrough in the Marana tunnel on SS260

On the 16/07/21 there was a breakthrough in the 1148 m Marana tunnel (1,148 m), which is part of the construction works for the Amatrice - Montereale - L'Aquila section on the SS 260 Picente in ... More Information

Simplon railway tunnel: SBB is looking for volunteers for a rescue exercise

On Sunday 12 September 2021, SBB will carry out a rescue exercise to verify the intervention and evacuation procedures in an emergency event. This will take place in the over 100-year-old Simplon ... More Information

EXPO Ferroviaria opens at Fiera Milano Rho from 28th to 30th September 2021

The EXPO Ferroviaria 10th Edition will be the first Italian rail industry exhibition since the COVID pandemic started. The show covers all aspects of rail-related technology and services (including ... More Information

The First Tunnel of the Fuzhou Binhai Express Line Is Completed

The First Tunnel of the Fuzhou Binhai Express Line Is Completed

Recently, the jointly built by China Railway 17th Bureau and CRCHI, the earth pressure/TBM double-mode boring machine successfully completed the left line of Dailing Tunnel. This tunnel is part of ... More Information

TBM EPB Jinxiu ready to go into operation for the Chengdu - Zigong high speed railway

TBM EPB Jinxiu ready to go into operation for the Chengdu - Zigong high speed railway

On the 10/07/2021 China’s largest homemade EPB TBM rolled off the production line at Changsha N.2 Industrial Park where CRCHI (China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation Ltd) is ... More Information

BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Program announcement

The following protocols and instructions apply to the Pre-SOQ meeting that Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) intends to convene with private sector Participants who have downloaded ... More Information

Sydney Metro West enters the next planning stage

On the Sydney Metro West project, the planning process has started for the construction of 9 new metro stations between Westmead and Hunter Street in the Sydney CBD – as well as the precincts ... More Information

€3 BILLION worth of Contracts awarded for TELT

Paris, 7 July 2021–The TELT board of directors, which met today online between Rome and Paris, has given  the  go-ahead  for  the  signing  of  contracts ... More Information

Press Release - Super sewer gets Royal visitor as project nears end of tunnelling phase

London’s new super sewer tunnel was visited today by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as she delved deep below the River Thames to witness the progress made during the ... More Information

Press Release - CEAR presents video of CTS Ex p Compact Distribution and Transformer substation

Press Release - CEAR presents video of CTS Ex p Compact Distribution and Transformer substation

CEAR (Costruzioni Elettrotecniche) introduces their CTS Ex p Compact Distribution and Transformer substation, as per ATEX Standard 2014/34/EU, with a YouTube video please click here to view. The ... More Information

Call for papers for 2nd PIARC Int’l Conference on Road Tunnel Operations and Safety!

PIARC and the Spanish National Committee (ATC) will jointly organize the 2nd International Conference on Tunnels and the VIII Spanish Symposium in the new Granada Conference & Exhibition Centre ... More Information

2021 ITA Awards entries: Deadline extended

An extended deadline has been set for the global tunnelling industry to submit entries for the 2021 ITA Tunnelling Awards that seek to rewards the  most  ground-breaking innovations and ... More Information

Final breakthrough for the 3RPORT project in Fort Wayne city

Final breakthrough for the 3RPORT project in Fort Wayne city

On 30/06/2021- after 3 years - TBM MamaJo completed the 7.473,39 m (5 miles) length and 16-foot (4.88 m) diameter tunnel stretching from Glasgow Avenue to Foster Park and connecting 14 ... More Information

Press release - Momentum builds as HS2 launches second giant tunnelling machine

Press release - Momentum builds as HS2 launches second giant tunnelling machine

HS2 this week launched ‘Cecilia’ - the second of two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines that will excavate the ten mile long tunnels beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London. ... More Information

TERRATEC 2nd Open TBM delivered for Mumbai’s Water Tunnel Project

TERRATEC 2nd Open TBM delivered for Mumbai’s Water Tunnel Project

TERRATEC delivers the new 3.2m dia. Open TBM that will be used by Contractor Soma Enterprise Limited to complete two drives for Amar Mahal I water transfer tunnel contract in Mumbai, India. ... More Information

Strata Tunnelling Head Mike Rispin Becomes Chair of the Underground Construction Association of SME

Strata Tunnelling Head Mike Rispin Becomes Chair of the Underground Construction Association of SME

Mike Rispin, who joined Strata Worldwide as Vice President of Tunnelling in December 2020, becomes chairman of the Underground Construction Association of The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & ... More Information

Turkey - New high-speed railway line Halkali-Ispartakule-Cerkezkoy

Turkey - New high-speed railway line Halkali-Ispartakule-Cerkezkoy

Turkish Republic Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments (AYGM) intends to construct a new high-speed railway line from Halkali to ... More Information

Completion of Melbourne's Metro Tunnel Project in 2025

Completion of Melbourne's Metro Tunnel Project in 2025

After the completion of TBM tunnelling, Arden Station is taking shape with the platforms being constructed and the Laurens Street station entrance ground floor slab poured. The twin tunnels are now ... More Information

Breaking ground on the Scarborough Subway Extension

Breaking ground on the Scarborough Subway Extension

On 23/06/2021 Metrolinx officially broke ground on the Scarborough Subway Extension, though work is already well underway. At the northeast corner of Sheppard and McCowan, crews are building the ... More Information

Press release - Getting on with the North East Link

A preferred bidder has been selected for the tunnelling package for the North East Link, which will fix the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network, slash travel times and free up local ... More Information

City Rail Link construction - June Progress

City Rail Link construction - June Progress

The 130 m long TBM Dame Whina Cooper  has reached 60 m on its journey towards the Karangahape station under construction,  830 m away from its Mt Eden starting point. The red ... More Information

Warwick Boring – Learn all about their bid to win Elon Musk’s “Not-A-Boring Tunnelling Competition 2021”

Warwick Boring – Learn all about their bid to win Elon Musk’s “Not-A-Boring Tunnelling Competition 2021”

We are a diverse and ambitious group of 30+ engineers from the University of Warwick, UK who qualified into the Finals of Elon Musk’s Competition as the top 3% worldwide (12 out of 400 ... More Information

Tunnelling News

East West Rail between Bedford and Cambridge to include new tunnels

15 November, 2024 By Thames Menteth Revised proposals for the East West Rail scheme’s section between Bedford and Cambridge include a new section of railway, as well as new stations and ... More Information

Amtrak's $1.6B East River Tunnel Rehab Work Contractors Get Notice to Proceed

Amtrak's $1.6-billion East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project in New York is advancing after construction manager STV Inc./Naik Consulting Group ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine for National Grid's VIP project in Eryri set to arrive in North Wales

National Grid is reaching a major milestone on the Eryri Visual Impact Provision (VIP) scheme with the arrival of its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine hits major milestone on Snowy 2.0 project

The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject recently marked a significant milestone, with one of three tunnel boring machines (TBM), Lady Eileen Hudson ... More Information

Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel Plans Move Forward with Renewed Focus

Discover the ambitious Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel project, set to connect continents in under 30 minutes and revolutionize travel between ... More Information

Alaska Transportation Department to spend $1 million on Knik Arm tunnel study

The results of the feasibility study will give us a better picture of how the project could be constructed, potential costs, and financing options,” ... More Information

Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme

Bowing to pressure to reduce the project's environmental impact two tunnels are now proposed for the new stretch of railway in Cambridgeshire. Design ... More Information

Balfour Beatty VINCI reaches halfway point on key HS2 'green tunnel'

As well as Burton Green, green tunnels will be constructed at Copthall in Hillingdon, Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Chipping Warden and Greatworth, ... More Information

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work (US$1.1 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project to a consortium of ... More Information

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

The London-based contractor will reconstruct 2.5 miles of the highway through downtown Austin and build a link to the future light rail line. AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel ... More Information

Metro Vancouver digs water tunnel designed to withstand 'the big one' under Fraser River

Crews have begun construction on a new $450-million water supply tunnel between New Westminster and Surrey designed to withstand a major earthquake. More Information

Longest tunnel in Poland begins construction

The project, managed by the Polish company Budimex and Turkish Gülermak, includes 10 viaducts and 12 bridges. This unprecedented investment will ... More Information

Watercare Passes Key Milestone On $300M Programme To Improve Wastewater Services

Watercare and McConnell Dowell celebrate Piper's final breakthrough. On Sunday (subs note: November 10), Piper – a tunnel-boring machine – completed ... More Information

Tutor Perini Scores Contracts

The tunnel project includes the construction of two new shafts connecting to the surface and the use of a tunnel boring machine. The completed ... More Information

Bengaluru Metro completes tunnelling for longest underground line

The final breakthrough came from Bhadra, the last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed, which completed a 937-meter stretch from K G Halli to Nagawara ... More Information

Eastern Freeway Upgrade preferred bidders confirmed

Tunnel boring is currently underway on the North East Link project, with machines currently digging under Yallambie. Federal Minister for ... More Information

Bengaluru civic body completes DPR for 18-km underground tunnel road network

Designed to ease Bengaluru's notorious traffic congestions, the project will deploy six massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) with a diameter of 14.7 ... More Information

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project for New York City Department of Environmental Protection... More Information

Assam's first underwater tunnel: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says DPR nears completion

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Gohpur-Numaligarh tunnel project is almost ... More Information

The Tunnel Vision: A look at California's $20B plan to solve to the state's water crisis

Minassian describes the process, locations and implications of the operation using four tunnel boring machines. READ STORY | HEAR PODCAST. PART 3 ... More Information

Ruby deployed for final Metro West tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ruby has begun carving out the final section of tunnel for the Sydney Metro West project. More Information

Photos: Inside the $250 Million Tunnel Being Constructed Under Columbus

Located at an average depth of 50 feet underground, the 12-foot-diameter tunnel has been under construction since early 2021. By the time it is ... More Information

Tideway: £4.5bn ‘super sewer’ begins to protect Thames as first 4 sites activated

The Thames Tideway Tunnel has commenced operation as the first four of 21 sites have been switched on. This means that, after eight years of construction, the 25km £4.5bn “super sewer” has ... More Information

Lowest bidder emerges for Dubai Metro Blue line

Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) opened bids from contractors for the contract to design and build Dubai Metro’s Blue Line on 8 October. The group of China Tiesiju Civil ... More Information

Sanya River estuary passage project makes steady progress

A drone photo shows the construction site of the Sanya River estuary passage project in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 12, 2024. The Sanya River estuary passage project ... More Information

Mumbai Metro 3: Breaking Ground, Defying Odds

Two tunnels for the 33.5-km corridor (Colaba to Aarey), totalling 55 km, were carved out, using 17 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). Certain sections ... More Information

VIDEO: Drone fly through inside new HRBT tunnel

We can't fly you to the moon, but we can fly you through the new #HRBTExpansion tunnel. Drone video gives you a quick glimpse into the... More Information

Skanska receives Innovate UK funding to accelerate decarbonisation of concrete

Our Skanska Costain STRABAG JV has secured funding to trial repurposed London Clay as a low carbon alternative to cement... More Information

Longest Tunnel in the World Entering Final Phase Underneath Newburgh

Repair Plans for the Delaware Aqueduct in Wawarsing and Newburgh, NY. The plan for repairs involved the construction of a 2.5 mile bypass tunnel ... More Information

Two TBM's break through

Two TBM's break through. Joshua Farrell ... tunnelling segments to line the new tunnel walls. Work inside the ... More Information

Texas A&M eyes Elon Musk's Boring Company for tunnel system

A&M officials have conducted a feasibility study with positive results, but they have yet to talk with Musk about the project, Chief Operating Officer ... More Information

Construction Begins on £1.8bn Underwater Tunnel Under Panama Canal

The tunnel is part of Panama's Metro Line 3 monorail project, designed to ease traffic congestion in the metropolitan area. tunnel boring machine... More Information

Webuild at work on the massive railway tunnel at the heart of the Northeast Corridor

After years of planning, the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) to improve the railway connection between New York and New Jersey has begun. The first drilling contract for the tunnels, part of ... More Information

TfL Awards Contract for Elephant & Castle Tube Station Upgrade

Transport for London (TfL) has selected Dragados UK to design and construct new passenger tunnels at Elephant & Castle Tube station. These tunnels will connect the new station box to the ... More Information

More than 10 years of transformational tunnelling

More than 23,000 workers, 11 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and an army of roadheaders and excavators are what it has taken for CPB Contractors to construct more than 80 kilometres of ... More Information

Ivy – the Newest Member of the DEME Marine Fleet on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Project

DEME have introduced “Ivy”, the newest member of their marine fleet for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project! Specifically designed for the transport and immersion of the project’s 89 massive ... More Information

Double down: SA’s groundbreaking purchase

Up to twice the number of Tunnel Boring Machines previously anticipated will be delivered to South Australia for the landmark River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project, giving hope the ... More Information

CRL Tunnel Vision September 2024

This month in Tunnel Vision we’re celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! It’s been a busy month on the CRL fitting out the stations with all the technical systems needed to run and revealing ... More Information

Siddhababa tunnel achieves key breakthroughs.

The first and third cross passages of the Siddhababa Tunnel Project on the Siddhartha Highway have achieved breakthroughs. Construction of two of ... More Information