The stretch of BART Silicon Valley into Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara is entering the procurement stage of the project. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is reaching ...
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On Oct 15, 2020 08:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada) Robbins are hosting a new webinar called “48 Fault Zones and 26 Bar Pressure: Tunneling Turkey's Gerede Water ...
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So far this year about 63% of the length of the E4 tunnel which is part of the Forbifart Stockholm project has been completed. The team working on the project have averaged about 680 meters per ...
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TBM Armelle, a TBM on the Grand Paris Express Line 16 has broken through. The TBM was originally launched from the Georges Braque shaft in October 2019 and broke through in Aulnay-sous-Bois after ...
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This year's WTC 2020 will be held virtually from September 11-17, but Robbins history in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is very real. Robbins is looking forward to your online visit to the country where it ...
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On 09/09/20 the final breakthrough ceremony was held in the presence of authorities for the first of two TBMs involved in the construction of M4 metro line (Blue line) central section in Milan. The ...
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Press release - True to its commitment to innovation while embracing the “new norm”, the World Tunnel Congress 2020 will now be held fully digital, paving the way for tunnelling ...
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On 04/09/20 the last giant TBM set to create the final 5.5km stretch of London’s new super sewer has been lowered below ground. The TBM, Selina, was delivered to Tideway’s Chambers Wharf ...
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The new 3.14m diameter TERRATEC EPB TBM will empower sewage infrastructure components on the Mumbai Sewer Disposal Project Stage II Priority Works, in Mumbai, India.
TERRATEC is celebrating ...
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At the beginning of August two TBMs (weight 1350 t and 165 m length) arrived in Queensland, ready to be fitted out before being deployed to dig the Cross River Rail twin tunnels in early 2021. ...
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The environmental assessment process for Sydney Metro West is being done in stages in recognition of the size of the project. Stage 1 seeks approval for station excavation and tunnelling between ...
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On the 01/09/2020 the Province of Bolzano signed a contract with the consortium, led by Carron Bau Srl GmbH (group leader) and composed of companies Mair Josef & Co. KG di Mair Klaus and Di ...
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In August the Hampton Roads Connector Partners (HRCP) received one of the three components of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project Permit. The receiving of the final US Army Corps ...
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In July TBM Sarah was launched from its shaft at Aubervilliers for its journey towards the Saint-Denis Pleyel station. It will arrive at the Finot site at Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine and then it will drive ...
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On behalf of the Greek Tunnelling Society (GTS) it is our great pleasure to inform you that the we have applied to host in Athens the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress (WTC) in 2023.
The Greek ...
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On July 24, 2020, a jubilant ceremony marked a milestone for southern Turkey’s arduous Bahçe-Nurdaği High-Speed Railway Tunnel. The first TBM-driven portion of tunneling using an ...
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In August this year MMRC (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation) completed the 1.5-km long tunnel beneath Mithi River. The Terratec-made TBM Godavari-4 completed the upline stretch of 1.5-km from BKC to ...
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Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued two Request for Proposals (RFPs) to teams who have recently been shortlisted to bid on the advance tunnelling work on the Scarborough Subway ...
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HS2 has revealed the design for the Amersham vent shaft headhouse which is a design for one of 5 structures that will be built to provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed rail ...
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On the 19th of August Sound Transit announced that Atkinson Construction had completed the civil construction of the Bellevue tunnel. The tunnel will connect the East Main and Bellevue ...
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The new Brenner Base Tunnel, which is the responsibility of BBT, is being built to boost the capacity of the Verona-Fortezza access line from the south, which is being built by RFI. The line is ...
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On 13/08/20 the China State Railway Group Co Ltd (China Railway) completed the 14.5km Duoji tunnel on the Kunming-Vientiane Railway to link China with Laos. In drilling the Duoji Tunnel, located ...
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The final two Tunnel Boring Machines on the Tideway project have been blessed signalling that they will soon be ready to begin digging the final stretches of the super sewer.
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The TBMs will excavate tunnels, reducing the environmental impacts in rural areas.
What is HS2?
HS2 is a state-of-the-art, high-speed line critical for the UK’s low-carbon transport ...
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On 30/07/20 BMRCL, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation has launched the 2.88 km tunnel work between Shivaji Nagar and Tannery Road stations on Namma Metro Phase 2 line project: the Chief ...
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Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have shortlisted six teams for advance tunnelling work on the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension projects. ...
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After noting the persistent scenario of international uncertainty linked with Covid-19, the 31st edition of SaMoTer and 9th edition of Asphaltica have been postponed to March 2021. ...
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On August 13, 2020 at time: 8 AM PDT / 11 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT/5 PM GMT+2 Robbins will be hosting a free webinar discussing a project they were involved in in the Himalayas.
The title of the ...
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Preparation for the arrival of HS2’s first giant TBMs has passed a major milestone with the completion of the 17m high headwall and ground reinforcement at what will become the south ...
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Depuis 50 ans, Sotecnisol a dominé le marché de l’étanchéité au Portugal et a développé une forte présence dans d’autres ...
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New outfall tunnel for Ashbridges Bay Wastewater
The construction of the new outfall tunnel for Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant in Toronto has been a work in progress since the ...
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Last week the virtual Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) for the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant Effluent Outfall TBM to be used for the Clearwater Project in Los Angeles was ...
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On 20/07/20 the TBM Koumba arrived at the future Europa service facility in Orly on the extension of line 14 south: click here for the video. The TBM will resume excavation in about two ...
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Cross River Rail in Brisbane (Australia) will test underground blasting at the site of the new Albert Street underground station and the new Woolloongabba station site, in a move to speed up ...
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CEAR have finally completed the certification for their 7.2kV Ex-e MV Junction box in accordance with the Directive ATEX 2014/34/EU. This Ex-e Junction Box is also in compliance with ...
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On 14/07/2020, the Turin City Council passed a resolution, which will then have to be approved by the City Council, which identifies Infra.To, the in-house company of the city of Turin, for the ...
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