The breakthrough of an 8 m (26.2 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM at China’s Yin Han Ji Wei project is not only a cause for celebration, but also a triumph of technology and perseverance. The ...
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At its meeting on 30/03/2022 the Swiss Federal Council approved the general project for the construction of the third tube of the Rosenberg tunnel on the A1 in St. Gallen; the two existing tubes ...
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For the first time in Australia, two autonomous TBMs (1,266 t and 165 m) will be used to build twin 9-km rail tunnels between Sydney Olympic Park and Westmead, part of the EUR1.45 bn (AUD2.16 ...
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On 29/03/2022, TBM 8, christened Mireille, which had left Chelles less than a year ago, reached its first milestone by entering the future Clichy - Montfermeil station on Line 16 of the Grand Paris ...
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HS2’s Main Works Contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture, SCS JV, have taken a major step forward in their work at the Victoria Road Site in Acton, completing the base slab ...
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The Cefalù Municipality reached an agreement with the RFI, for the construction of the evacuation tunnel serving the future Cefalù underground stop, along the Cefalù ...
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MAPEI's UTT Division have provided technological solutions and technical assistance for all the main applications related to excavation of the S. Lucia tunnel. The tunnel is on the new three ...
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Press release - On March 3, 2022, a 7.95 m (26.1 ft) diameter Robbins Single Shield TBM completed a record-setting run below Lake Ontario. The machine, for the Southland/Astaldi JV, bored 3.5 km ...
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Press release - HS2 has revealed the designs for the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel, which has been specially designed to cut noise from trains entering and exiting the project's longest tunnel ...
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Snowy Hydro, the main contractor for the Future Generation Joint Venture and members of the local community celebrated the commissioning of the third and final TBM for Snowy 2.0, with a ...
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Inland Rail is a 1,700km fast freight backbone that will transform how we move goods around Australia by providing transit times of less than 24 hours for freight trains between Melbourne and ...
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Members of the public are invited to attend upcoming public meetings to learn more about the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions (WSBLE) Project, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and ...
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On the 19/03/2022 the new three lane Barberino di Mugello - Florence North section of the A1 motorway was officially opened to traffic. The new 17.5km road is a continuation of the Variante di ...
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The NPRA has entered into the PPP contract for The Sotra Connection with Sotra Link AS in Norway. The contract is worth EUR1.96 bn (NOK 19.8 bn). The contract was awarded in September last year ...
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Press release - HS2 this week confirmed that the two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines digging the high speed rail project’s tunnels under the Chilterns have completed the first stage, ...
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National Highways (the Applicant) has published the environmental information relating to the environmental statement submitted in support of its application to the Secretary of State for Transport ...
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Press release - Invited shortlisted bidders to tender for the £1.9 billion contracts to build the roads, green bridges, parks and woodlands
Today, (Monday 14 March 2022) we have invited ...
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The Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC) unfortunately did not take place as usual over the last two years, but now it’s back! The STC 2022 will be held from June 1-2, 2022 in the concert hall of the ...
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Press release - The team working on the most western site of the Tideway project has recently completed the secondary lining of its 35-metre-deep shaft, marking a key milestone at Acton Storm Tanks ...
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Construction has of the new E6 from Kvithammer (Stjørdal municipality) to Asen (Levanger municipality) for Nye Veier by general contractor Hæhre Entreprenør AS. The works started ...
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After 398 explosions and 550,000 t of rock blasted out, Nye Veier and Acciona have broken through the new tube of the 1625 m Være tunnel on the E6 from Ranheim to Værnes. Work will now ...
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On the 08/03/2022 the Department of Transportation (DoTr) announced that the first TBM to be used in Philippine history would be lowered into the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) works. The TBM is ...
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Press release - The largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the Southern Hemisphere has started digging the West Gate Tunnel.
The massive TBM, named Bella, was sent on its journey under ...
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Last October TBM Dame Whina Cooper successfully completed the first City Rail Link tunnel and is now currently being reassembled at Mt Eden. All parts of the TBM, the cutterhead, front shield, ...
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All members of the tunnelling and Underground Space family are invited to submit their abstracts, deadline 31/05/2022, for WTC2023 to be held in Athens from 12th to the 18th May 2023: ...
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Excavation, portal structure construction and TBM removal continues in March at the Northern Tunnel Portal site and is on track for completion in mid-2022.
Once the team reaches the required ...
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On 03/03/2022 the ceremony for the beginning of construction of the Cefalù tunnel was held.
The tunnel will be the longest of the 3 tunnels for the doubling of the ...
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On 30 August 2021, after 6 months of excavation at a depth of 20 m under the municipality of Bourget and the simultaneous installing of the tunnel lining, the TBM Dorine arrived at the Rolland shaft ...
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TERRATEC delivers the new 4.27m dia. EPB TBM that will be used by Contractor Nawarat Patanakarn PCL to supply the electricity in Bangkok, Thailand.
TERRATEC is pleased to announce the delivery of a ...
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The Danish Road Directorate has now - after a pre-qualification - selected the four contractors who will have the opportunity to bid on the task of building the Nordhavn tunnel in Copenhagen, which ...
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LARGE DIAMETER XRE TBM: SUCCESS IN TURKEY & FUTURE APPLICATIONS.
Can large diameter TBMs bore mixed ground efficiently? Join us as we discuss the incredible results achieved at Turkey’s ...
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On February 24th the ROAD TUNNELS SAFETY webinar will be held organised by PIARC Italy with the Italian Technical Committee "Tunnels", in collaboration with ANAS, the National Council of Engineers ...
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Troitskaya metro line - The construction of the right running tunnel between the Mamyri and Bachurinskaya stations on the Troitskaya metro line has been completed. The TBM has finally ...
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On 17/02/2022 the Chilean President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, together with the President of the Metro, Louis de Grange, kicked off the works with the start of the ...
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On 27/01/2022 the Romanian Minister of Transport, Sorin Grindeanu, signed a collaboration protocol for the construction of the subway in Cluj county, Cluj-Napoca and Floresti municipalities. ...
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The World Tunnel Congress 2023 will be held at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre (MAICC) in Athens (Greece) from the 12th - 18th of May 2023.
The theme of WTC 2023 ...
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