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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On the 25.10.2018 the Technical Committee of the Province of
Bolzano expressed its approval for the technical-economic feasibility project
for the Perca bypass in Italy. The study was carried out ...
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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 International experts from ...
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The first of two new 4.66 m diameter TERRATEC Earth Pressure
Balance TBM s have been delivered for a 13 .5 km potable water tunnel system,
in Buenos Aires , Argentina .
TERRATEC, is ...
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On the 15.10.2018 the TBM Soyeon, the first of two
machines involved in the Purple Line Extension Phase 1, started tunnelling 18.29 m (60 feet) below Wilshire and La Brea. There are two ...
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In this complimentary 60-minute webinar, Robbins Vice
President Doug Harding and Engineer Greg Michaelson will redefine the term
“mixed face” within the context of both geology and ...
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Press release - As
the TBM 'Bella' prepares for her six-week journey to Melbourne, the team at TBM
HQ in China gave our first Tunnel Boring Machine a dress rehearsal of epic
proportions. ...
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Press release - The annual Microtunneling Short Course is heading to the University of Colorado Boulder February 4-7, 2019, making its way toward another quarter century of success.
The ...
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In Singapore, a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine (EPB Shield, Ø 5,250 mm) excavated two large drains for the Stamford Diversion Canal. The challenge: winding bottlenecks and an inner-city ...
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Tough TBM and Team overcome the odds with Atlanta breakthrough
On October 4, 2018, onlookers watched as a 3.8 m (12.5 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM completed its epic journey. The TBM, ...
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EF Consult Asia Pte Ltd / Design & Technic Pte Ltd, will provide a full range of Compressed Air Works Services for Singapore’s DTSS Phase 2 and Circle Line 6 Tunnels. They have also ...
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Gaia, the first EPM TBM certified ''Origine France Garantie'' is ready to start digging the emergency tunnel of the Meudon railway tunnel (3350 m) on Line 977000, Invalides-Versailles Rive Gauche in ...
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Open invitation to tender, deadline 23.11.2018, for geologist services, senior project geologist for the (DP) phase, chief client geologist for the construction phase up to and including ...
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The Lower Thames Crossing, a major new road linking Kent, Thurrock and Essex, would nearly double road capacity across the River Thames.
The multi-billion-pound project will connect communities, ...
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730 papers have been received by the Scientific Committee of
the World Tunnel Congress 2019, the second phase of the process has now been
completed. The next step will lead to a selection of ...
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A new creation in the form of a logo emerging from concrete has been created to represent CIFAs 90th anniversary. This is to show its established stability and longevity within the industry since it ...
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The team building London’s super sewer swapped their headgear for a pink number to raise money for Breast Cancer Care today (Friday, Oct 12).
More than 150 Members of the Tideway construction ...
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ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018
3 INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS TO RECONCILE THE UNDERGROUND AND THE SURFACE
Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" ...
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TERRATEC is proud to announce the incorporation of its
business partner, JIM Technology from Japan, as shareholder of the Company.
Both companies have been working together for the last 8 years ...
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The @DonegalTunnelTigers are preparing to erect a memorial in honour of all Donegal miners that have died as a result of accidents while working in tunnels or those that have passed due to tunnel ...
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Press release from Michels - Final drive completed 3 months
ahead of schedule. Congratulations to our crews, partners and customer for the
successful completion of the final drive on the 4.5-mile ...
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MineARC is the global leader in controlled environments and safety technologies for the underground mining, tunnelling, chemical processing, disaster relief and biotechnology industries. MineARC ...
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Delivering a multi-billion-dollar,
multi-record-breaking infrastructure project under immense public scrutiny is
no easy feat – but it’s part of the challenge for James Holbrook, ...
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On 8 October 2018 the joint venture between Cipa Spa (LEAD),
Injectosond Srl and Paolo Barchi Srl finished the tunnel underneath the San
Martino hospital in Genoa. The tunnel was created to ...
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On the 2nd of October 2018 the 5860 m Albula
Tunnel broke through, it is part of the Rhaetian Railway. The tunnel
has been built between the Albula valley and the upper Engadine in the Canton
of ...
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This October
the drill & blast excavation of the 2km La Piramide tunnel in the Recolet
municipality started . The tunnel is one of the sections of the Americo
Vespucio Oriente I (AVO I) which ...
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On the 24.09.2018 the TBM Wainganga completed its first
tunnel for the 33.5-km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz (Metro-3 line). The 1.26-km tunnel
between Pali ground in Marol, Andheri (East) and the ...
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Palmieri Group launched its new website http://www.palmierigroup.com/ at the
22nd edition of Geofluid. Visit it the site today to see the changes that make
the site easier to use and is full of ...
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The 35.6 km long Mumbai/Bombay Coastal Road will connect the
southern part of Mumbai from Marine Lines with Kandivali in the north. It will
have 8 lanes, two of which are reserved for the Bus ...
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On September 18, 2018, a Robbins mega-sized slurry machine, measuring 13.7 m (44.8 ft) in diameter, made its first cut into hard rock. The epic launch at an urban jobsite was made possible by Onsite ...
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On Tuesday, October 2nd , the Metropolitan Public Company Metro de
Quito informed the public that the TBM Luz de America reached the El Arbolito
extraction shaft, completing the Quito Metro ...
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NIB and the Norwegian toll-road operator Ferde AS have
signed a EUR 104.5 million (NOK 1 billion) loan with a maturity of 17.5 years to
finance the construction of a new 23km section of four-lane ...
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The 18th International Symposium on Aerodynamics, Ventilation and Fire in Tunnels Call for Papers is now open! ISAVFT 2019 will be taking place in Athens, Greece from the 25th -27th of September ...
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The verdict involving Ossa and Statens Vegvesen (Norway) has
been announced. The Spanish firm Ossa, a specialist in the construction of
underground works, has won an appeal against SVV (Statens ...
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On September 20, 2018, the last CREG TBM (ø 7.54m)
successfully broke through into the Carlibach Station in Tel Aviv, Israel. The project used 6 sets of CREG EPBs and the
contractor ...
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