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Press release - Sydney Metro tunnelling finishes in city's north

Press release - Sydney Metro tunnelling finishes in city's north

A mega boring machine smashing through a wall of sandstone on the edge of Sydney Harbour has marked the end of tunnelling in the city’s north. Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Mabel has reached ... More Information

2nd TBM for Pune Metro launched

On January 5, 2020 the Minister Of Urban Development Shri Eknath Shinde named the second TBM, after the River Mula. The TBM has been launched from Agriculture College site and it will dig one of the ... More Information

Robbins unveils Largest Hard Rock TBM in the U.S. at Mill Creek

Robbins unveils Largest Hard Rock TBM in the U.S. at Mill Creek

In December 2019, the City of Dallas, Texas, USA unveiled the largest hard rock TBM ever to bore in the U.S. The 11.6 m (38.1 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM will excavate the 8 km (5 mi) Mill ... More Information

Grand Paris Express - TBM Allison

TBM Allison has reached Villejuif IGR station on Line 14 South after  six months excavation. The station will connect Line 14 South and Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express (Lot GC02) by ... More Information

Register today for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Industry Forum

Register today for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Industry Forum

Join VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Industry Forum to learn about opportunities to participate in building this mega-transit project. This informational forum, to be held on February ... More Information

New breakthroughs on China-Laos railway

Press release - At present, the construction of the tunnels of the China-Laos Railway has entered the dry season. There are continuous reports of tunnel breakthroughs. The companies involved in the ... More Information

WTC 2020 - Early Bird Registration extended

The Early Bird Registration for WTC 2020 is extended until 31st January 2020. The ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress (WTC) 2020 and 46th General Assembly will take place in Kuala lumpur, Malaysia from ... More Information

Italy/Lazio - Metro C TBMs will reach Piazza Venezia

The Cipe (Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning) at its meeting of 20/12/2019 approved the modification of the perimeter of the T3 section of line C of the Rome underground in order to ... More Information

India - Renames Tunnel under Rohtang Pass

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur revealed that the 8.8km Rohtang Tunnel, renamed Atal Tunnel, will be opened by the end of June 2020 and will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra ... More Information

TERRATEC secures AMT-II hard rock TBM order

TERRATEC secures AMT-II hard rock TBM order

Patel Engineering will utilise a TERRATEC open hard rock TBM for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM) AMT-II water transfer project, in India.  TERRATEC is pleased to ... More Information

HOCHTIEF Joint Venture to deliver GBP 400 million London Power Tunnels project

A HOCHTIEF joint venture has been awarded with a GBP 400 million contract to deliver the second phase of the London Power Tunnels (LPT2) project. Scheduled to start in March next year, this ... More Information

Coxwell Bypass Tunnel and the Don River and Central Waterfront project

Coxwell Bypass Tunnel and the Don River and Central Waterfront project

Toronto has embarked on the largest and most significant stormwater management program in the city’s history. Over the next 25 years, the City of Toronto’s Wet Weather Flow Master Plan ... More Information

Ceneri Base Tunnel update

On December 15th 2019 the go-ahead was given for the countdown to the opening of the 15.4 km long Ceneri base tunnel. The preview will be between December 12-13, 2020: where the first train will ... More Information

Bekaert takes full ownership of Bekaert Maccaferri Underground Solutions

Bekaert takes full ownership of Bekaert Maccaferri Underground Solutions

At the end of October 2019 Bekaert concluded the buy-out of Maccaferri's 50% share in Bekaert Maccaferri Underground Solutions (BMUS). As a result, the Underground Solutions team will from January ... More Information

Press release - History made under Sydney Harbour

Press release - History made under Sydney Harbour

The first of two metro railway tunnels deep under Sydney Harbour has been completed in an historic milestone for public transport in Sydney. At their deepest point, the tunnels are 40 metres ... More Information

First stretch of super sewer complete as tunnel hits 10km

First stretch of super sewer complete as tunnel hits 10km

London’s new super sewer has reached 10km as the first section of the main tunnel has been completed. Four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are currently at work deep beneath the city to create ... More Information

Brenner Base Tunnel 50% complete

Brenner Base Tunnel 50% complete

On the 29th of November 2019 the Brenner Base tunnel reached a milestone and is now 50 % complete. So far they have tunnelled 150km of the 230km needed to finish the project. The Brenner Base Tunnel ... More Information

TBM Coline starts work for the Lyon Metro B extension

TBM Coline starts work for the  Lyon Metro B extension

TBM Coline has now begun tunnelling for the Lyon Metro B extension. It has taken over two months to assemble this variable density TBM. The TBM type was chosen by Sytral due to the geological ... More Information

Two Robbins Crossover TBMs to Bore Second Severomuysky Tunnel

Two Robbins Crossover TBMs to Bore Second Severomuysky Tunnel

In 1979, a 4.56 m diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM was delivered to bore the Severomuysky Service Tunnel, a 15.3 km long railway through the remote mountains of Siberia. Now, 40 years after the ... More Information

Rijnlandroute tunnel halfway complete

Rijnlandroute tunnel halfway complete

The TBM Mixshield Gaia, involved in the construction of the N434 Rijnlandroute tunnel, between the A4 at Leiden and the A44 at Wassenaar has now completed 50% of its tunnelling. The two tubes, 2 ... More Information

Works for Erjos Tunnel in Tenerife begin

Works for Erjos Tunnel in Tenerife begin

The works to complete Tenerife’s motorway ring road started on the 25th November 2019. The project, which has an investment of EUR 240.4 million and has to be completed within 48 months, is a ... More Information

Schoema at STUVA 2019

Schoema at STUVA 2019

German specialist locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer Schoema will be exhibiting at STUVA 2019 in Frankfurt between November 26th -27th . Schoema manufactures the most robust and durable ... More Information

Press release - Las Vegas Convention Center Makes History as Elon Musk’s The Boring Company Begins Tunneling

LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) today began tunnelling the future of transportation in Las Vegas as Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) began work on ... More Information

The ITA Tunnelling awards - The winners for 2019

Since 2015, the international competition ITA Tunnelling Awards seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space use. This year the ... More Information

The Riachuelo environmental restoration update

The Riachuelo environmental restoration project is the excavation of a nearly 12 km long outfall tunnel, under the River Plate in Argentina. Lot 3 of the megaproject was devised by the government to ... More Information

Introducing The mini-HELI Antenna Range From Poynting Antennas

Poynting have an established history of providing circular polarised antennas for mine tunnels internationally. The MinePoynt (HELI) range of antennas are well established for several years ... More Information

Central Interceptor Project New Zealand

Central Interceptor Project New Zealand

The TBM that will be used for the excavation of the Central Interceptor Project has officially been ordered. The Central Interceptor is New Zealand’s largest ever wastewater tunnel, that will ... More Information

Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project - Update

The Gateway Program partners continue to advance with the engineering and design of the Hudson Tunnel Project with dozens of “geotechnical borings” to be conducted along the proposed ... More Information

TBM Coline named for Metro B extension in Lyon

TBM Coline named for Metro B extension in Lyon

The TBM, that will excavate the2.4 km extension of the metro line B of Lyon from Saint-Genis-Laval to Oullins, has been christened Coline. The machine will drive a single tube tunnel with a 8.5 m ... More Information

Systemair - Oddernes and Banehei road tunnels ventilation complete

Systemair has supplied 122 jet fans - with a 630 to 1250 mm diameter – for the Oddernes and Banehei E18 road tunnels in Norway. Due to the presence of entrance and exit ramps and to the ... More Information

Robbins and iPS Webinar postponed

The date of the Robbins and iPS Webinar on Rescuing & Refurbishing TBMs has been postponed until November 21st , 2019. For further information please visit ... More Information

TERRATEC EPBMs gear up for tunnelling on Pune Metro

TERRATEC delivers the first two of three TBMs that will be used by Gulermak-Tata Projects JV for the underground works on Line 1 of the Pune Metro, in India. TERRATEC is pleased to announce the ... More Information

Melbourne Metro update - Joan and Meg start tunnelling

Melbourne Metro have reached a major milestone with tunnelling starting on the North Melbourne to Kensington section of the Tunnel Project. Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Joan was the first to break ... More Information

Second mega borer breaks through for Sydney Metro at Martin Place

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Mum Shirl has broken through a wall of rock into the new Martin Place Station in the heart of Sydney. Mum Shirl has excavated about 650,000 tonnes of rock – enough ... More Information

Zheleznitsa tunnel update

The Joint Venture working on the Struma motorway (Bulgaria) which consists of GP Group (48%), Global Construction (48%) and Via Plan (2%) has now started construction of the 2km Zheleznitsa tunnel ... More Information

Grand Paris Express – Update

Grand Paris Express – Update

Line 14 - On the 12th October 2019 during the KM7 event at the Saint-Denis Site, the name of the third TBM to be used for the  line 14 construction on the Grand Paris Express was announced. The ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Light at the end of the tunnel showing for Mount Washington transit project

The project is expected to be completed in October. New tracks finally emerge from the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel as a part of Pittsburgh ... More Information

Davao City Bypass South Tunnel hits breakthrough towards improved connectivity

The Construction Project with the ceremonial breakthrough of the southbound tunnel, marking the complete excavation from opposite ends of the ... More Information

Which companies are bidding for the US$2.3bn highway and tunnel contracts in Brazil?

The project in Brazil, as it will be the country's first underwater tunnel,” the person added. The project involves construction of a 1.5km tunnel ... More Information

US Northeast Rail Corridor Gets a Major Makeover with Tunnel and Bridge Replacements

This project is designed to replace tunnels severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, ensuring smoother and more reliable service for Amtrak, NJ Transit, ... More Information

DPWH, JICA celebrate breakthrough of Southbound Tunnel in Davao Bypass

The event marked the successful connection of the tunnel's north and south ends. The ... More Information

Jacobs joins Ramboll on Marselis road tunnel project in Denmark

Danish Road Directorate senior project manager Michael Schmidt Vosgerau said: “It is a complex task to build a tunnel on one of the busiest access ... More Information

Planning continues for Midway Tunnel, Safe Streets for All projects

The Midway Tunnel project is a $13.4 million plan ... construction of a new overpass bridge and pedestrian and bicycle walkway above the tunnel. More Information

Four million tons of clay moved in HS2 excavation

Construction on HS2's second-longest tunnel started in October 2022. The rotating cutters cut away clay and other material at a rate of about 50ft ... More Information

Jacobs Has Design-CM Role on $640M Denmark Tunnel, With Ramboll as Key Consultant

Set to begin construction in 2028, Marselis Tunnel project is core component of the country's 10-year Infrastructure Plan 2035. By Emell D. Adolphus. More Information

Elon Musk's $760,000,000 plan to build underground tunnels beneath Houston, Texas

Elon Musk's next big construction plan from The Boring Company could build $760000 worth of tunnels beneath Houston to help with flooding... More Information

Kerala Moves Closer To Vizhinjam–Balaramapuram Tunnel Rail Project

The Kerala government is preparing to invite bids next month for the tunnel rail project linking Vizhinjam International Seaport with ... More Information

Norway's Ship Tunnel Project Under Threat as Costs Rise

New cost estimates suggest the ambitious project will far exceed its approved budget, raising questions about whether it will ever be built. More Information

Davao City Bypass southbound tunnel nears breakthrough

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that the southbound tunnel of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project (DCBCP) is ... More Information

CA should pursue better alternatives to the costly Delta Tunnel Project Stocktonia

Governor Gavin Newsom is attempting to fast-track the construction of a massive, budget-busting water tunnel through the Delta to ship freshwater to ... More Information

Physical Origins of Shear Strength Fluctuations in Fault Gouges

Fault gouge is rock texture within fault zones that may include rock fragments (RF) and foliated structures. Previous studies have primarily focused on remould soils, the natural structure ... More Information

Webuild expands its role in high-speed rail projects

Four modern tunnel boring machines will be deployed to ensure precision and safety in complex geological conditions. Once completed, the old single- ... More Information

Hudson Tunnel Project advances as tunnel boring machines near completion

The Hudson Tunnel Project hit a key milestone as massive tunnel boring machines near completion, with delivery set for November. More Information

Nagdhunga tunnel in final stages of construction

If we look at the history of road construction and development in Nepal, there are various records of road construction starting from the Rana period. According to articles published in ... More Information

Boring of tunnel across Yellow River completed in China's Shandong

Constructed by using a "Shanhe" shield machine with a 17.5-meter excavation diameter, this double-deck, two-way, six-lane tunnel stands as the world's ... More Information

The £1.6bn plan for world's deepest underwater road tunnel leaving 'no room for error'

Opening of Rogfast tunnel under construction. The Rogfast tunnel will be the longest and deepest undersea road tunnel on Earth. (Image: SKANSA). A ... More Information

Tunnelling complete on NSW's Coffs Harbour bypass project

Tunnelling has been completed on the A$2.2bn (£1.1bn) Coffs Harbour bypass project in New South Wales, Australia, with the excavation of the third ... More Information

Veidekke acquires tunnel construction contract for Gothenburg's West Link Project

Veidekke has received a contract from the Swedish Transport Administration to build the Stora Hamnkanalen tunnel, a component of the West Link ... More Information

German Rail completes construction of Rastatt Tunnel

GERMAN Rail (DB) has completed civil works on the new 4270m twin-bore Rastatt Tunnel, a major component of the project to widen to four tracks the ... More Information

Final contracts signed for Eastern Freeway transformation

A huge amount of work is underway to build North East Link and upgrade the freeways – two tunnel boring machines are digging deep under Rosanna ... More Information

Progress on Sydney pipeline duplication

Bouygues Construction Australia and Rob Carr have launched a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Sydney Water's Thornleigh pipeline duplication ... More Information

The latest plan to connect BART to downtown San Jose: One tunnel rather than two

When BART and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority first discussed plans to send trains rolling under downtown San Jose, transit officials contemplated a design with two tunnels ... More Information

Nashville Tesla tunnel: Here's when construction could start on the Music City Loop

Elon Musk's The Boring Company is currently in the design phase of constructing a tunnel connecting downtown Nashville to the Nashville ... More Information

World's longest underwater 'mega tunnel' to cost $46 billion but will halve 21-hour drive

Oddvar Kaarmo, the Rogfast project manager, cited additional motivation for the tunnel's construction: "The port at Mortavika is quite exposed and ... More Information

China's first vertical large model for tunnel, underground space sector released

The project which is in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The model helps make tunnel construction safer, higher-quality, more efficient and ... More Information

BMC Begins Major Water Supply Upgrade Mumbai

The project commenced in 2023 and has adopted tunnel boring machine (TBM) technology to minimise surface disruptions in crowded neighbourhoods. Of ... More Information

Slurry tunnel boring machines to be deployed for Bengaluru Twin Tunnel Road Project

B-SMILE opts for slurry TBMs over hard rock TBMs for Twin Tunnel Road project in Bengaluru due to mixed terrain... More Information

Tunnel along railway linking Shenzhen and Shanwei special cooperation zone under construction

Technicians check a tunnel boring machine (TBM) at the construction site of a tunnel in Pingshan, Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug ... More Information

Construction staging area approved for Nashville's airport tunnel project

The Music City Loop will be a 10 mile tunnel connecting downtown Nashville to the Nashville International Airport (BNA)... More Information

Zojila tunnel deadline pushed to 2028: Here's why Asia's longest tunnel project is delayed

Zojila Tunnel Latest Update: On completion, the project will not only play an important role in the country's infrastructure development but also ... More Information

W.A. Rasic Construction Awarded Major Subcontract on Dragados' $630M Effluent Outfall

The tunnel project is a critical component of Southern California's long-term infrastructure resilience strategy. The project directly supports the ... More Information

VDOT gives HRBT expansion update

Construction on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project hit key milestones as tunneling progresses and traffic shifts to new lanes. More Information

HS2 lifts third TBM following 3.4-mile journey

HS2 Ltd has lifted Tunnel Boring Machine Emily's 9.11-metre diameter cutterhead, front and middle shield, weighing 880 tonnes, from below the ... More Information

Musk's Boring Company unveils Music City Loop tunnel project for Nashville

The big picture: The project has an ambitious timeline of completing the 10-mile route in less than two years. The tunnel would move vehicles at warp ... More Information

Progress Update on East Dallas Tunnel Project to Address Flooding Problems

With so much rainfall throughout the metroplex, NBC 5 wanted an update on a project expected to mitigate flooding in East Dallas... More Information