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Agenda Set for 12th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course

Course organizers have announced the agenda for the 12th annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course. The Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course will be held Sep. 9-11 at the University of ... More Information

Grand Paris Express update

Grand Paris Express update

On 19.07.2019 the teams of the Horizon Consortium (Bouygues Travaux Publics / Soletanche Bachy / BESSAC) - working on lot T2A of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express - left the construction ... More Information

Paris Line 11 extension

Paris Line 11 extension

The Paris Line 11 extension to Rosny-Bois-Perrier will be built with cut  & cover, conventional and TBM methods. The central part of the new alignment between the Serge Gainsbourg ... More Information

Press release for the 3rd ASEAN Rail Summit

Press release for the 3rd ASEAN Rail Summit

As the fastest growing region in the global economy, Southeast Asia emerging economies have attracted worldwide attention. It is estimated that by 2020, ASEAN is expected to become the ... More Information

Cooling the Tube

Retired Chartered Engineer CALVIN BARROWS proposes simple but innovative solutions to the age-old problem of overheating metro networks. Worldwide there are a significant number of Metro networks ... More Information

The Blue line extension in Montreal

On July 4th , 2019 Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, joined by Mayor Valerie Plante, the Quebec Junior Transport Minister and Minister Responsible for Montreal, Chantal Rouleau and ... More Information

Purple Line Extension in Los Angeles

Purple Line Extension in Los Angeles

New allocation from the FTA for section three of the Metro has received a new allocation of AUD100 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the third and final section of the ... More Information

Boring begins on the West Gate Tunnel

Boring begins on the West Gate Tunnel

The launch site - from where the 90 m long TBMs will dig south west to build the twin tunnels to connect the West Gate Freeway to the port, city and CityLink in Melbourne - has taken a year to ... More Information

Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel memorandum of understanding signed

Finest Bay Area Development has signed a memorandum of understanding with three Chinese companies, as part of plans to build the 100 km (60 mile) double undersea train tunnel from Tallinn in ... More Information

Melbourne Metro - Breakthrough at State Library Station

Melbourne Metro - Breakthrough at State Library Station

Three roadheaders have met 30 metres underground in the first major breakthrough, connecting two excavated caverns that will become State Library Station. The road headers have dug out more ... More Information

Bahrain Rail Congress 2019 – Press release

The Bahrain Rail Congress 2019 will be held under the theme “Designing & Developing a Well Connected, World Class, National Rail Network in the Kingdom of Bahrain” which is ... More Information

Excavation of the western section of the M4 completed

On  the 10th of July 2019 a second TBM arrived at Parco Solari station in Milan. Thus completing the excavation of the tunnels from San Cristoforo to Solari, part of the western section of ... More Information

Joint venture for tunnel project

Element Construction are looking for a tunnel construction company to be part of a joint venture on a tunnelling project. The tunnelling project is to build two parallel tunnels for a highway, ... More Information

West Gate tunnel update

Before tunnelling for the West Gate Tunnel Project begins in 2019, they need to divert a 600 metre section of the North Yarra Main Sewer. Diverting a sewer is a massive job that involves ... More Information

Thames Tideway Tunnel: Aerial Photos Reveal £4.2 Billion Project's Progress

London’s £4.2 billion super sewer is seen from the air as new pictures reveal deep shafts carved into the banks of the River Thames. The Thames Tideway tunnel snakes alongside the ... More Information

TBM Sandy arrives at Redcliffe

TBM Sandy arrives at Redcliffe

On Saturday, July 6th , the second 130m-long TBM arrived at Redcliffe Station for the Forrestfield Airport Link project. TBM Sandy broke through into Redcliffe Station, emerging from her most ... More Information

Ghella wins Cross River Rail Tunnel, Stations and Development Package

Ghella, as part of the Pulse consortium, which is led by CIMIC Group, has reached contractual and financial close with the State of Queensland to deliver the Tunnel, Stations and Development (TSD) ... More Information

Purple Line - TBMs Harriet and Ruth named and unveiled

Purple Line - TBMs Harriet and Ruth named and unveiled

Metro NET celebrated the ceremonial naming and unveiling of its second set of tunnel boring machines that will dig twin subway tunnels between Beverly Hills and Century City. Subway tunnelling is ... More Information

ISRBT2019

The International Seminar on Roads, Bridges and Tunnels, the ISRBT2019 will take place in Thessaloniki, 7-9 November. It will consist of three daily Sessions, 7th November: Roads, 8th November: ... More Information

TERRATEC TBM breaks through on Bangkok tight radius curve

TERRATEC TBM breaks through on Bangkok tight radius curve

TERRATEC’s tight radius TBMs are enabling a highly challenging project alignment for Bangkok’s Metropolitan Electricity Authority in one of the city’s busiest downtown areas. In ... More Information

TBM Kathleen prepares for historic dig under the Harbour

TBM Kathleen prepares for historic dig under the Harbour

Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Kathleen has passed its final inspection and is now ready to launch from Barangaroo next month to dig the historic rail crossing deep under Sydney Harbour. The 975 ... More Information

EXPO Ferroviaria 2019

EXPO Ferroviaria 2019

EXPO Ferroviaria 2019, the 9th International Railway Exhibition, will take place from Tuesday 1st  to Thursday 3rd of October 2019 at the Rho Fiera exhibition centre, ... More Information

VMT - Combining Guidance Technologies Provides Accurate Solution for Cable Installation

VMT - Combining Guidance Technologies Provides Accurate Solution for Cable Installation

The Award-winning E-Power Pipe® system, which was developed by Herrenknecht AG as a new method for the quick and secure installation of small-diameter cable protection pipes underground for ... More Information

First TBM arrives at the Colosseum

On the 24th of June TBM 1 which is excavating the Rome Line C arrived near the Colosseum, while TBM 2 has passed the Piazza Celimontana shaft. After arriving at Fori Imperiali the TBMs, cannot ... More Information

Penetron waterproofs the Xi’an underground utility tunnel

Penetron waterproofs the Xi’an underground utility tunnel

Construction on the Xi’an utility tunnel project is ongoing. With estimated total costs of US$2.6 billion, it is currently China’s single largest infrastructure project. The planned ... More Information

News for Z-Morh and Zojila tunnels on NH1 in Jammu & Kashmir

The government of India, following the IL&Fs financial crisis, cancelled the contracts with first contractors for the construction of the 14-km-long Zojila and 6.5-km-long Z-Morh tunnels on the ... More Information

World Road Congress Abu Dhabi 2019

World Road Congress Abu Dhabi 2019

Early bird registration for the 26th World Road Congress has now been extended until the 30th of June. For further information about the congress please click here. To register for the event ... More Information

Normet making history by doing underground explosives charging on batteries

Normet making history by doing underground explosives charging on batteries

Iisalmi, Finland, June 12, 2019. Normet made history by demonstrating battery electric emulsion charging in production environment underground on June 4th in Pyhäsalmi mine, Finland, with ... More Information

WTC2020 - Submit your abstract!

WTC2020 - Submit your abstract!

The World Tunnel Congress (WTC) 2020 will be held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Growing numbers of underground innovations claimed to hold the key to unlock the door to ... More Information

Sydney Metro Project: tunnelling edges closer to the Harbour

Sydney Metro’s third mega TBM has broken through a wall of rock at the new Crows Nest Station, marking a major milestone in the project which will link the North West Metro to the CBD and ... More Information

Fehmarn Belt - EU Probing €8.7billion Tunnel Project's Financing

After appeal Europe's competition enforcer launched an in-depth investigation on the 14.06.2019  into public financing for a planned €8.7 billion ($9.8 billion) rail and road tunnel ... More Information

Forrestfield's TBM Grace at Bayswater

After relaunching, TBM Grace has now successfully tunnelled through the station box d-wall (western end). After spending five weeks at Redcliffe Station, where she underwent scheduled ... More Information

Cipa and Rome Metro C

Cipa and Rome Metro C

CIPA S.p.A.  is carrying out the widening excavations of the odd and even tracks on the section of the Rome Metro C between the well 3.3 and the San Giovanni station. On the left side of the ... More Information

Remembering Dick Robbins 1933-2019

Remembering Dick Robbins 1933-2019

It is with deep sadness that The Robbins Company announces the passing of Richard James Robbins, President and CEO from 1958 to 1993. Dick passed away surrounded by family on Thursday May 30, 2019 ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2019 in Miami - Florida - New Extended Deadline June 22nd, 2019

THE ITA TUNNELLING  and UNDERGROUND SPACE AWARDS 2019- 5th EDITION. The 5th edition of the international tunnelling and underground space awards welcomes new applications, ITA is now calling ... More Information

Boryeong undersea tunnel opens

Boryeong undersea tunnel opens

The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced that on June 6th, the South bound of the 6,927 m Boryeong Undersea tunnel, Korea’s longest undersea tunnel, had broken ... More Information

Tunnelling News

The World’s Largest Immersed Tunnel Is Being Built—And It’s Done Without a Tunnel Boring Machine

When we think about groundbreaking advancements, our minds often jump to cutting-edge technology like smartphones or supercomputers. But some of the most awe-inspiring innovations are ... More Information

Brenner Base TBM enters 'highly fractured' fault zone

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) working on the northernmost active construction lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel project has entered a “highly ... More Information

India building a historic Undersea Tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project

He stated, "All high-quality safety norms have been adopted in the construction of this India's first carefully designed undersea tunnel project." The ... More Information

Norway's Incredible Ship Tunnel Plan Is Back On Track

Despite pandemic-related and planning delays to the project, the Norwegian Coastal Administration is pressing ahead with plans to build the world's ... More Information

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel in J&K

The tunnel works with the under-construction Zojila tunnel to enhance travel efficiency and road connectivity. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra ... More Information

Metro's tunnel construction on track

Meanwhile, the 'Azad' TBM is already working on the 'up-line' tunnel for the same stretch. After arriving at Transport Nagar, both TBMs were 'dragged' ... More Information

Potomac River Tunnel: Tunnel Forum Meeting

The Potomac River Tunnel project team will provide overviews of the project and the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) 022 Construction Site located at ... More Information

Valley Water District to vote on an additional $9.69 million for Delta Tunnel

Tunnel Boring Machines would launch in both directions from each launch shaft site. ... Tunnel opponents weren't impressed with the 'refined' tunnel ... More Information

The Moles Present 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards

Paul C. Schmall and Anthony J. Binsfeld received the Outstanding Achievement Awards by The Moles, a National Heavy Construction Industry Professional ... More Information

Silvertown Tunnel opening confirmed for April

The tunnel boring machine (TBM), Jill (named after Jill Viner ... bore the second tunnel back towards Newham - a UK engineering first. More Information

Major road tunnel between France and Italy set to reopen after ten years

Discover the reopening of the Tende Tunnel, a crucial link between France and Italy, after a decade of construction. Learn about the project's ... More Information

Opening date for new London tunnel announced

Transport for London (TfL) said construction work and “rigorous testing” of the Silvertown Tunnel are “sufficiently complete” to enable it to set out ... More Information

Meet our Women in Tunneling

Most recently, she was the project geotechnical engineer on the Pawtucket tunnel design in Rhode Island where she assisted in field exploration ... More Information

Five bids submitted to build CPK Łódź tunnel

The contractor will be required to complete the project within 46 months of contract signature. As the tunnel will run beneath densely built-up areas, ... More Information

The new £3.1bn underwater tunnel that will be world's longest and connect continents

A four-mile multi-purpose underwater tunnel is set to link the continents of Europe and Asia and cater to 1.3 million passengers when it opens in 2028... More Information

Prague-Beroun Tunnel Project: Faster Rail Travel in Czechia

The Prague-Beroun tunnel will improve rail travel in Czechia, cutting travel times and easing congestion. This transformative project promises ... More Information

The Longest Road Tunnel on Earth is a Stunning Masterpiece of Engineering

The world's longest road tunnel is a marvel of engineering, planning, and construction that connects the cities of Oslo and Bergen in Norway... More Information

United Utilities names preferred bidder for £2.5billion tunnel project

Water firm United Utilities has announced its preferred bidder to design, build, finance and maintain the replacement of six tunnel sections of ... More Information

World's longest expressway tunnel built in Xinjiang, China

The use of new technologies helped reduce the construction time from 10 years to just over four years... More Information

Procurement kicks off for Norway ship tunnel main contract

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has put out a tender for the £247M main construction contract for the Stad ship tunnel... More Information

The $20-Trillion Tunnel That Could Link New York and London

With the two global cities being over 3,000 miles apart, construction would take several years—the 23.5-mile Channel Tunnel linking .. More Information

HS2 reveals two giant tunnelling machines preparing to dig Euston Tunnel

Engineers have started assembling two massive tunnelling machines that will excavate the final 4.5 miles of underground high-speed railway, connecting HS2 di... More Information

Around 75 tunnel projects worth Rs 49K cr under construction in India

Around 75 tunnel NHAI projects entailing investment of Rs 49,000 crore are under construction in the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. More Information

Spain to study seismic risks for Gibraltar tunnel project linking Morocco

Spain's Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility is moving forward with a seismic study for the proposed tunnel that would link Morocco and ... More Information

Excavation Progresses for the Ontario Line Project

A 16-meter-deep launch shaft marks the starting point for two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) set to create twin tunnels extending approximately 6 ... More Information

Record-breaking open-type TBM rolls off production line

An open-type rock tunnel ... tunnel diameters and numerous fault zones. The project faces multiple construction challenges, including rock bursts and ... More Information

State builders speed up undersea tunnel work

The tunnel will be 17.48 kilometers long, marking a new milestone in China's construction prowess, said Liu Aiwu, CREC4 project manager of the No ... More Information

Spain - Awarded contract for  improving energy efficiency in Pilar de la Horadada tunnel

The company San Jose SA from Tres Cantos (Spain) secured the EUR2.93 million contract, excluding VAT, for compliance with Royal Decree 635/2006 and for improving energy efficiency ... More Information

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