It is less than a month before the beginning of the World
Tunnel Congress 2019. This annual international event for the engineering
sector is dedicated to underground construction. The congress ...
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On April 4th 2019 in Moscow, the TBM Polina broke
through at the Michurinsky Avenue Station in the south-western section of the
Big Ring Line (BCL). The TBM had bored 1.5 km of tunnel from ...
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The Morrison and Marshall Governments have put EUR3.43 bn
(AUD5.4 bn) on the table towards completion of the final 10.5 km section of the
78km North-South Corridor, between Darlington and the ...
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The SR 99 tunnel in Seattle opened to drivers on 04.02.2019.
The tunnel and a new Alaskan Way street are designed to work together to
replace the functionality of the viaduct. The tunnel provides ...
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Ground conditions don’t always fit into one category so why
should your machine? Today’s TBMs must adapt to shifting geology from hard
rock, to soft soil, to boulders, and everything ...
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Celebrating the third decade of PPS-Poltinger Precision Systems at BAUMA 2019. PPS have celebrated their 20th birthday in 2018 and we are starting the third decade with a series of product ...
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The political parties behind the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link
project have decided to initiate a number of large construction activities in
Rødbyhavn on Lolland.
Femern A/S have been requested ...
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On the 25th of March the second of two TBMs excavating the tunnels of the Western Section (from S.Cristoforo to Solari), which is part of the Blue M4 metro line in Milan reached the Tolstoj Station. ...
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Sirius Minerals - The public have been
invited to decide on the winning name for the first of three 1,800 tonne tunnel
boring machines (TBM) that will construct Sirius Minerals’ underground ...
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STRABAG: Financial close of its project “Autopista al Mar 1” in Colombia completed.
USD 713 million project financing
Seven international and one national bank are ...
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Two ITACET training sessions will be organized on 3rd-4th May during WTC2019.
• Tunnelling 4.0 information technology for the design, construction and
maintenance of underground ...
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The French company can be proud of very satisfying production results for 2018 : CBE Group exceeds now 25 000 moulds manufactured by its French and Chinese teams since 1987.
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CIFA will be showing at BAUMA this year, they will be exhibiting
as part of Zoomlion Heavy Industry group (outdoor area 905/2) and CIFA by
Euromecc. They will be showcasing their leading products ...
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VMT will be 25 years old on the opening day of Bauma2019
VMT is crowning this anniversary with a series of product innovations to be presented for the first time at Bauma. They are the ...
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Carola Edvardsen is one of the world’s leading concrete experts, specialised in major international bridge, tunnel and marine projects. But getting to this point was no easy feat and she had ...
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Powerful TBM proves itself in both soft ground and hard rock.
On February 28, 2019 a ceremony was held to mark the breakthrough of a machine proven in both soft ground and hard rock. The ...
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The 2020 Graduate Program is now open for the Major
Transport Infrastructure Authority. If you’re looking for an opportunity to get
involved in Victoria’s Big Build in Melbourne ...
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Stockholm is one of the fastest growing metropolitan regions
in Europe. The population is increasing by 35,000 a year. Stockholm needs more
housing and better public transportation and as a result ...
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On the 11th of March 2019 the board of TELT, the
Italian-French company building the tunnel for the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail
link, approved the call for tenders for the tunnel, on the French ...
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“Why paint trains with high-performance solar reflective
paint ..... .....and fit low emissivity glass windows?”
(N.B. The focus of this document is on mixed surface and
sub-surface ...
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The existing outfall pipe at the Bergen Point Waste Water
Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Babylon, Suffolk County, NY, has to be replaced. A
4.33 km (14,200-foot) tunnel, with a 3.05 m (120-inch) inner ...
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The Belchen Tunnel, built in the 1970s, had to be rehabilitated due to damage to the tunnel support structure. In order to keep the traffic restrictions to a minimum, the Belchen rehabilitation ...
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Through the initiative of ITACUS, THINK DEEP groups have
been established in recent years or are in the process of being established in
several countries. These groups aim at raising awareness of ...
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Assembly is underway on the first of the two TBMs that will build the West Gate Tunnel, the Victoria’s alternative to the West Gate Bridge. It will take around 75,000 working hours to assemble ...
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Are you interested in finding out comprehensive information about
all the tunnels that have been built in Switzerland? Use this link ...
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EnigmaCG’s Tunnels 10x10x10
The number 10, for EnigmaCG symbolises us being10 years old. For you it means the first 10 Delegates get a 10% discount for the 4th Annual Innovation in ...
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The excavation of the French Saint-Martin-la-Porte
construction site (SMP4) with the Fedrica TBM exceeded 77% of the 9 km planned
by the end of February. Also in February, the target of 30 m/day ...
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Dynamic Testing has now commenced for the Crossrail Project.
Testing is being carried out through the 21 km of new tunnels under central
London. Over the next 6 months all the railway’s ...
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EUROCK 2020, is the international symposium of the ISRM, and will be taking place at the Clarion Hotel & Congress in Trondheim from June 15th to 19th 2020. The EUROCK 2020 Program Committee ...
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On the 27.02.2019 the Dogus Construction-Via Group Construct-Ultrastroy Joint Venture, completed the 5978 m tunnel using a TBM for the Sofia Metro Extension Project Line3, Lot 4 in Bulgaria.
The ...
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iPS – Powerful people has opened a local office in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia and in Manama, Bahrain. iPS is constantly looking for new opportunities to grow and expand our current business ...
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The high-speed rail project will connect the city of Oslo
with the town of Ski via twin 19.5 km tunnels, the longest in Scandinavia.
28 February 2019- ACCIONA and Ghella have completed ...
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The first of seven TERRATEC TBMs being used on Mumbai Metro’s highly anticipated 33.5km underground Line 3 corridor, in India, breaks through on its inaugural drive. In mid-February, TERRATEC ...
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TBM Catherina-Amalia broke through on the 10th of
January 2019 to complete the Victory Boogie Woogie tunnel in the Hague. The TBM
was 80 metres long and 11 meters in diameter and bored a tunnel ...
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In February 2019 the
European Commission (EC) endorsed the EUR 517 million funding dedicated to a
section of the M6 metro line planned to
link the Bucharest airport ( Henri
Coanda in ...
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On 26.02.2019 at 14h00 Bane NOR reached an important milestone
with the final double breakthrough on the Follo Line project. Anna and Magda,
the last two of the 4 Follo Line TBMs broke through at ...
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