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The construction of the 1.6km Ersmark tunnel, the first tunnel of the Norrbothnia/North Bothnia Line, is progressing according to plan and the construction between Fäboberget and ...
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On 21 April 2025 Larsen & Toubro broke through in India’s longest railway tunnel. It is the 14.57 km tunnel n. 8 between Devprayag and Janasu in Uttarakhand part of the 125-km ...
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Considering the numerous requests for an extended deadline, the ITA Awards 2025 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the deadline of abstract submission has been extended to 30 May, ...
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Via Feree—literally “Street of the Blacksmiths”—leads directly to the Belloli SA facility in Grono, Switzerland, a fitting location for a company that has forged a ...
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On 15/04/2025 crews have started digging the tunnels that will connect the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension to the existing terminus of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (to be known as Line 5 Eglinton ...
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On April 9, 2025 the launching ceremony was held for the first of the two TBMs that will excavate the Southern section, 6.6 km long, between Tokyo and 1 Mai stations, of metro line 6 in Bucharest. ...
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Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Bane NOR - in order to correct ambiguities in the competition basis, and ensure effective competition for the procurement of a framework agreement for ...
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On March 24, 2025, the Horizon consortium, composed of Bouygues travaux publics (leader), Soletanche Bachy and Bessac celebrated the break through of the TBM Marguerite de Catellan in the Limayrac ...
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Excavation for the North East Link has reached another significant milestone with road headers breaking through in Bulleen in March, marking a key step in the construction of the 6.5 km ...
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On April 9, 2025, a significant milestone was reached on the Naples-Bari high-speed/high-capacity (HS/HC) railway line with the completion of excavation works for two major tunnels. The final ...
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On 28 March 2025 the TBM Hiwa-i-te-Rangi broke through into a 30-metre- deep shaft at Point Erin Reserve, Herne Bay completing the 16.2-km Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel running under ...
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Today, April 7, 2025, Transport for London (TfL) has officially opened the Silvertown Tunnel, a significant infrastructure project designed to enhance connectivity between Silvertown in east ...
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Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Lilia has reached a major milestone in the construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT), having successfully crossed the Werner fault zone and completed 6 kilometers of ...
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On 3rd April 2025 HS2 has completed a 5-mile tunnel drive under London – using one of four TBMs being deployed to build the railway’s Northolt tunnel. The TBM named Caroline, is the ...
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The consortium consisting of Budimex SA (leader), Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat ve Taahhut AS and Gulermak Sp. z o.o. . have started excavation of the tunnels under Pisarzowa on the Limanowa - ...
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On April 1, 2025, at the Saint-Martin-la-Porte construction site (CO7), the first of seven TBMs that will operate over the next three years had been christened. The red Savoy TBM has been ...
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On April 1, 2025, during a meeting of the Turin-Lyon Observatory in Turin, the final project for the national section of the Avigliana-Orbassano–Pronda junction was presented and approved. ...
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On March 27, 2025, in Arquata, the final breakthrough of the Trisungo Tunnel (1.8 km) was completed. This tunnel is part of the SS4 Salaria variant, connecting the Trisungo and Valgarizia tunnels ...
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The 2 TBMs helping build the 6.5km North East Link twin tunnels between Watsonia and Bulleen have broken through at the Lower Plenty Road interchange site – marking a major milestone on ...
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On 25 March 2025 the government has given planning permission for National Highways’ A122 Lower Thames Crossing project. The decision, the recommendation made by the Examining Authority to the ...
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The TBM Futura, with a diameter of over 12 m, completed the excavation of the first kilometre of the Rocchetta tunnel (6.5 km). This is part of the first functional lot Apice-Hirpinia of the ...
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The construction works are progressing at full speed - on behalf of RVNL, Rail Vikas Nigam (the railways of India) – for the new 125 km Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway line, 125 km long (105 ...
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Following its 8 km (5-mile) drive underneath the capital, HS2 lifted TBM Sushila out of the ground at the Green Park Way site in Greenford, West London.
The cutterhead, ...
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The international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space ...
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In the launch pit of the future Tokyo station of the M6 line of the Bucharest metro, assembly work is proceeding at a rapid pace on the TBM that from April will dig 24/7 one of the tunnels of the ...
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National Grid has received full planning approval for the Grain to Tilbury project from Thurrock Council in Essex and Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, a key milestone in strengthening the ...
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Press release - On 13 March at 10:00 a.m. the 1st edition of the workshop “Injection systems for construction repair and soil consolidation” will be held at Dorcol Platz, Belgrade. ...
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TERRATEC's EPBM achieved a breakthrough in the Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System Project - Phase-IV, Contract DC-08 for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited in ...
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While Flavia is only 300 m from its final destination and Ida has already passed the Werner fault zone, the TBM Wilma reached its first kilometre of excavation at 10:40 on Sunday 2 March after ...
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On March 7, 2025, the TBM ‘’Thanh Toc’’ - which was launched at the end of July 2024 from the S9 - Kim Ma station at a depth of 17.8 m - reached the S10 - Cat Linh station, ...
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Two TBMs constructing the 24-km twin metro railway tunnels for Sydney Metro West have broken through solid rock walls to arrive at the junction caverns 24-m below the surface at Clyde. This latest ...
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The call for abstracts for the World Tunnel Congress 2026, which will take place from May 15 to 21 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, open today 3 March 2025
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Four of the six contractors applied for prequalification to construct the Stad ship tunnel have been qualified to submit bids. The contractors advancing are:
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HS2 has announced a significant milestone at Long Itchington Wood tunnel in Warwickshire – the first deep tunnel on the high-speed route to complete its civil engineering ...
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The TBM Flavia, length 200 m and weight 2750 t - launched in April 2019 – which has advanced with a driving power of 4200 kW under a rock cover of over 1200 m. The TBM has now completed the ...
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