The twin tube road tunnels of South Port Said and North
Ismailia under Suez Canal have been completed. The tunnels, designed to link
the Sinai Peninsula more closely to the Egyptian heartland ...
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In Jilin, one of the three provinces of Northeast China, a
7.9 m (26 ft) Robbins Hard Rock Main Beam TBM has achieved another national
record for 7 to 8 meter (23 to 26 ft) machines! The machine ...
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The Alaskan
Way Viaduct Replacement Program is making great progress. The
contractor, Seattle Tunnel Partners, is finishing up construction of the
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RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Efectis Group has
signed a mutual Memorandum of Understanding in order to jointly support
sustainable fire safety and fire research in society contributing ...
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At the border between the two provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan in China, the worlds largest underground hydroelectric power project is under construction. The Baihetan HEP will generate 16.000 MW ...
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Two 4.74m diameter hard rock double shield TBMs will
complete more than 15km of complex tunnelling for the Mae Tang-Mae
Ngad water diversion project, in Thailand.
Australian-based TBM ...
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The Zojila tunnel with a parallel escape tunnel has been approved
by the The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The approval has
been ...
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On the 4th January 2018 the first works started
on the Rogfast project . This will be
the first tunnel built to replace the ferry service. The road tunnel will be long. The EUR1.73 ...
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In Oslo, true pioneers are working all out on one of the
next hard rock milestones in Scandinavia – the Follo Line. They are cracking
the Norwegian hard rock with massive high-tech TBMs from ...
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The contracts to build the biggest public transport project
in Victoria’s history and equip it with next-generation, high-capacity
signalling have been signed.
Contracts to deliver the $6 ...
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Over the next several weeks parts of the Purple Line
extension TBMs, built by Herrenknecht (Germany), will begin arriving by
Palabora and Integrity cargos from Rotterdam and Antwerp, at the ports ...
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The TBM Angeli being used for the Regional Connector
resurfaced on the 08 Dec 2017 at the future Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill
Station. The TBM began digging the second tunnel on the project in ...
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CIFA have released their latest newsletter to read it please click https://www.cifa.com/static/nl/madeincifa/16/offline/download.pdf
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Join us on January 23, 2018 at the Graduate Center on the campus of City University in New York, NY. With its rich history of program excellence and ability to bring together some of the largest ...
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FCC has been recognised for the Geotechnical Specialist Innovation of the Year at the New Civil Engineer Tunnelling Awards 2017 for its work on the Bolaños tunnel on the Madrid-Galicia ...
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New Civil Engineer’s hugely popular Tunnelling Awards
returned for their eighth year today. Showcasing the very best in tunnelling
expertise the Tunnelling Awards are now firmly established ...
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MST Global
has recently acquired MISOM Technologies, based in Tucson, Arizona, for an
undisclosed fee. The move is a significant step in the progression of MST's
global digital transformation ...
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At any given time, Robbins TBMs are operating at dozens of
jobsites around the world. Our dedicated Field Service personnel ...
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In August 2017 the Victorian Government launched a campaign inviting naming suggestions for the five new underground stations being built as part of the Metro Tunnel Project. By the time the public ...
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On 26th November, a new record was set by a CREG TBM by
boring 1318.7 m/month, The Gripper TBM with 8.03 m boring diameter has reached
this new record while working on the Yinsong water supply ...
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MST Global (Mine Site Technologies; “MST”) provides fit
for purpose hardware combined with smart software solutions to support
productivity and safety processes in ...
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Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA
Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking
international innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and ...
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The Association of British Mining
Equipment Companies hosted its 7th Annual Conference with record numbers at the
Tankersley Manor near Barnsley on 16 November 2017.
Over 160 high profile ...
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ITACET Presidents address -
It is my great pleasure to announce that the ITACET Foundation and the IRF are joining their expertise to build a comprehensive programme of training sessions on ...
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note that call for papers closes December 1st, if you have not yet submitted
your abstract, now is the time to do so.
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore has invited members of the public to vote for their preferred names for three of the stations of the 4 km Circle Line 6. (CCL6): Keppel, Cantonment ...
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Expansive Metro Project Will Provide Transportation Within Rapidly Developing City.
On Tuesday, October 31, 2017, a 6.65 m (21.8 ft) diameter Robbins EPB TBM broke through at Chennai Metro, making ...
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The first meeting for the discussions for the detailed design
of the Genova By-Pass Gronda di Genoa. began on the 11.10.2017 . The project
includes 72 km of new motorways with 25 tunnels, which ...
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Tunneljobs is looking for Senior Engineers and Senior Project
Managers to work on major projects in the UK. If you need to find out whether
you are eligible to work in the United Kingdom please ...
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Stones Consult, a World leader in highly
qualified Tunnelling Manpower is announcing the opening of a new branch in
India. The new branch will be based in Delhi and dedicated to follow ...
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At the beginning of November the Joint Venture between Ghella/Acciona
reached an important milestone on the Follo Line Project. The 4 TBMs involved have
now excavated 50 percent of the tunnels. ...
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Landmark Conveyor revs up Akron OCIT Muck Removal
On October 18, 2017, a Robbins 9.26 m (30.4 ft) diameter Crossover machine started up at the Akron Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel (OCIT) in Ohio, ...
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The Road Infrastructure Agency launched a new open procedure for design and construction of Lot 3.1, the Zheleznitsa tunnel of Struma motorway. The indicative value of the contract is BGN 250 ...
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On the 6 October 2017 the construction of the Albvorland
Tunnel began, on the railway line between Stuttgart and Ulm. The first of the
two tunnel drilling machines named Wanda, will carve its way ...
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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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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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Karnaphuli Tunnel Project has achieved a “breakthrough” with the completion of the left line despite the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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