On St Barbaras day the 4th of December 2018 the
southern portal of the Brenner Base tunnel near Fortezza Station broke through.
93 km of the total 230 km that will make up the Brenner Base tunnel ...
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ITALY’S A1 ROAD EXPANSION SUCCESS - Known to many as the Spinal Cord of Italy’s road network, the A1 Autostrada in Italy connects Naples in the south to Milan in the north via Rome and ...
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You can view the winners of the 2018 tunnelling festival by
clicking HERE. 49/18.
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When finished, the tunnel on the Lyon-Turin train line is expected to stretch for nearly 60 kilometers across the French-Italian border"
When finished, the tunnel on the Lyon-Turin train line is ...
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Neustadt an der Donau is a town in Lower Bavaria region of Germany, located on the River Danube. Recently there was requirement for the installation of a new 1,000 mm diameter gas pipeline over a ...
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Press Release - Draka’s Firetuf cable series has grown! The new
Firetuf OFC-LT-SWA fire resistant loose tube cable with steel wire armour, is
designed for harsh environments and to ...
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BART is taking early steps to build a second Transbay rail crossing, perhaps a second Transbay Tube.
Despite BART’s plan to increase capacity through the existing San Francisco’s ...
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Auckland’s Watercare have selected Ghella-Abergeldie Harker Joint Venture as the preferred bidder for the construction of the Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel.
The Central Interceptor ...
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Robbins PR Manager Desiree Willis writes about her adventures visiting the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project in Nepal. To read the blog “Namaste Nepal: How I Learned to Live ...
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This morning (30/11/2018) the Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland Anne Berner and Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia Kadri Simson are in a meeting in Helsinki ...
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HUGE DIGGER AT WORK BENEATH CBD
The Metro Tunnel Project has reached another significant construction milestone, with the launch of a massive roadheader machine that has begun creating the huge ...
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CIPA press release - On the 25.11.2018 the last diaphragm of the RT 3010 Tunnel was demolished: the first tunnel in the rail link between the cities of Relizane and Tiaret, which is part of the new ...
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The 14th International Conference entitled “Underground
Construction Prague 2019” will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from the 3rd to the 5th of June
2019.
On-line ...
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TERRATEC Press release - A new 4.27 m diameter TERRATEC tight radius TBM will enable a challenging alignment on the Bangkok Metropolitan Electricity Authority’s Klong Daan Cable Tunnel , in ...
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The North East Link has gone out to market, and they are
calling for expressions of interest from builders.
Builders are invited to apply to deliver the $200 million
early works package, expected ...
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The operation of the Köhlbrandbrücke is no longer regarded as economically viable beyond 2030. In addition, the bridge, which was inaugurated in 1974 and has a headroom of 53 metres, no ...
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The TBM DiGs conference series provides a specialized
technological forum discussing and exchanging knowledge related to TBM works in
difficult grounds. The 4th edition will be held between the ...
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Super sewer machine starts work as first-of-its-kind
tunnelling apprenticeship launched in UK
As the first machine digging London’s super sewer has
started work, Tideway has announced ...
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Press release - November has seen a high volume of concrete works taking place across our construction sites. At Forrestfield the future station platform walls are being poured, Airport Central ...
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CEC are involved with construction of high value projects across segments like MRTS, National Highways, Bridges, Urban Roads, Railways and SEZ projects. The team includes ...
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On the 12.11.2018 the second of five mega TBMs started tunnelling underneath Sydney. The TBM, named ‘Mum Shirl’, has been launched at the Marrickville site to help bore 31km of tunnels ...
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The Munich S-Bahn system is one of Germany’s largest suburban
rail networks. With 148 stations, 442 km of tracks and approximately 1,000
train journeys a day, the network extends far into ...
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On the 1st if December 2018 the third TBM for the Grand Paris Express project will be launched. The celebrations will include a light show which will be open to everyone who wants to see ...
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The Latest VMT Newsletter is now available. It is their
update about all VMTs current projects, product developments and general topics
that concern VMT. For further information and access to ...
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Over at The Big 5 Heavy team, we strive to make sure that we
help our visitors deal with some of the toughest challenges in the industry.
This year, sponsored by Herrenknecht, we introduce the ...
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On 12.11.2018 a group backing the construction of the
Gateway Tunnel Project released a poll that found support for the first two projects
in the program, the Port North Bridge and Hudson Tunnel ...
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Bane NOR is planning the construction of 10 km of
double-track from Drammen to Kobbervikdalen and from Drammen to Gulskogen, as
part of the ongoing modernization of the Vestfold Line. ...
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The conference dates are 11th & 12th April 2019 and its being run by Enigma Cg.
With over 25 live tenders for construction/development of
new tunnels in just Spain, Switzerland ...
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Camborne School of Mines Association invites the Australasian network to submit Expressions of Interest to showcase projects and work at a one-day workshop followed by a Gala Dinner event on the ...
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The ITA
Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards took place on 07.11.2018 in Chuzhou
(China) following the 20th CTUC conference (Chinese Tunnels and Underground
Works Conference).
The ...
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Lake Mead is one of the largest artificial lakes of the
Unites States. It is formed by the Hoover dam, which dams the Colorado river at
a few kilometres from Las Vegas.
The project involved the ...
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On 22.10.2018 Rio Tinto, Cheslatta Carrier and Haisla First
Nations launched the 1300 t TBM named Tl'ughus (pronounced tahl-ug-us, with
accent on ‘ug’). Tl’ughus is a legendary ...
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Master Drilling and Ghella have announced the creation of TunnelPro this is a Joint Venture to combine expertise and unlock key mining and civil tunnelling projects.
Master Drilling, listed on the ...
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At its recent AGM held on the 17th October 2018, Jim Kirby, a Technical Director at consulting engineer COWI, was appointed as the new chairman of the Pipe Jacking Association. Jim Kirby has 25 ...
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In recent
years, the issue of environmental impact of chemical products for construction
has become increasingly relevant in every field of application. The mechanical
excavation of tunnels with ...
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CIFA latest magazine ‘Made in CIFA’ #20 is now available
please click here to read all their latest news. 44/18.
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