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Mexico - Robbins record breaking crossover TBM makes final breakthrough

Custom Robbins Machine finishes on a High Note under Low Cover On June 8, 2017, a select group of project officials, including Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, celebrated the ... More Information

Penetron knows…

Penetron knows quite simply, the world needs durable concrete. It is not acceptable anymore that concrete structures worldwide crumble before their design life expires. Especially since we ... More Information

EES for West Gate Tunnel at Melbourne

The Environment Effects Statement (EES), EPA Works Approval application and draft Planning Scheme Amendment for the West Gate Tunnel Project are on public exhibition and open to comment. Click ... More Information

Changes in the Normet Leadership Team to strengthen strategy execution

Normet announced today that Himanshu Kapadia has been nominated as head of GCCT (Ground Control and Construction Technologies) Business Line as of 01.07.2017 and Odd-Björn Kleven will move to a ... More Information

Metro tunnel update

Independent reviewer role for Tunnel and Stations Public Private Partnership - market engagement An Independent Reviewer for the Metro Tunnel – Tunnel and Stations Public Private ... More Information

WARR Hyperloop thanks CREG for their amazing support

Hyperloop is a new transportation mode which had been proposed by Elon Musk in 2013. The concept is that having capsules levitate inside of a low-pressure tube (hyperloop), pods will be able to ... More Information

You May Not Know It, But You're Living In The Golden Age Of Tunneling

There's a reason why more record-breaking tunnels have been constructed since the year 2000 than in the previous 150 years. By Laurie Winkless In 1843, it was called the Eighth Wonder of the ... More Information

Mapei – celebrates 80 years of excellence

Mapei’s story is synonymous with Italy, the country that witnessed its birth and growth. Day in and day out, construction sites worldwide have counted on Mapei. They have been in the tunneling ... More Information

Sydney Metro update

The Sydney Metro project is a 66km long standalone fully automated railway system with 31 metro stations between Rouse Hill and Bankstow which has been split into two stages. Stage 1 – ... More Information

Robbins TBM “Rosie” is First Crossover TBM in the U.S.

A Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM measuring 9.26 m (30.4 ft) in diameter underwent factory acceptance on May 30, 2017. The gargantuan machine was initially unveiled at Robbins’ Solon, ... More Information

Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference 2017

The Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference will be held from the 7th to 8th September 2017 in Stavanger, Norway. The NTSC’s unique approach brings together tunnel operators and owners, ... More Information

The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course

The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course is right around the corner. This year, it will be held in Chicago, IL from August 14-16. You have been invited to attend this comprehensive course which covers the latest developments in tunnel design and construction. This year, there are 37 presentations which address More Information

3RPORT update

The ground breaking ceremony for the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel took place on the 15.06.2017. The project will cost in the region of $188 Million. The tunnel will be 60.96 ... More Information

Komatsu acquires Joy Global to expand mining business

Joy Global Inc. will be renamed Komatsu Mining Corp.,headquarters remains in Milwaukee, WI Komatsu America Corp., a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. (TYO: 6301) (“Komatsu”) has completed ... More Information

Fugro seminars – Project Risk Management

FUGRO SEMINARS EXAMINE ROLE OF SITE CHARACTERISATION IN PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT A lack of timely, comprehensive site data is often cited as a factor in unplanned design changes, ... More Information

Malaysia to host WTC 2020

The announcement was made at the closing ceremony in Bergen, Norway that Maylasia had would be the country to host the World Tunnel Congress in 2020! Well done Malaysia! ... More Information

Bane NOR Arna-Bergen – tunnel update

Bane NOR is constructing a double track line between Arna and the centre of Bergen. The biggest part of the section passes through a tunnel under Mount Ulriken where Bane NOR now is constructing a ... More Information

Normet launches a new generation of equipment at WTC2017

The new offering from Normet improves the mechanization and automation of the most demanding underground work phases and sets the new standard for sprayed concrete, charging and lifting & ... More Information

WTC 2017 opening ceremony – a great success so far!

The World Tunnel Congress 2017 in Bergen, Norway opened yesterday its theme ‘Underground Solutions for Surface Problems’ . The event began with an opening address by H.K.H. Crown ... More Information

Robbins refresh with new website

Robbins is committed to bringing thought-provoking and in-depth information to the industry—a credo that their new website certainly fulfils. Robbins is excited to bring you their ... More Information

TUCA courses available

If you are looking to improve your tunnelling qualifications the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) can help. The courses currently available are tunnel entry and emergency ... More Information

WTC2017 – Visit Palmieri at Booth T19

If you are attending WTC 2017 in Bergen, Norway you should visit Palmieri at booth T19. Palmieri is a leader in the mechanized tunnelling business, as well as a worldwide recognised leader in ... More Information

Toronto Eglinton Crosstown Project

The Crosstown project, owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), is a light rail transit (LRT) line that will run across Eglinton Avenue between Mount Dennis (Weston ... More Information

NAT2018 - call for papers

The 2018 North American Tunneling (NAT) conference organizing committee has issued a call for papers which are due in by June 30th 2017. NAT 2018 will be taking place in Washington, D.C. from ... More Information

Moscow Metro update

Moscow has built almost 21 km of metro tunnels since early 2016. Eight of 29 TBMs are currently tunnelling their way through the Moscow’s underground. Six of them, diameter 6 m, are ... More Information

First section of the Moscow TIC to open soon

Construction of the first section of the Moscow Metro Second Circle line (or Third Interchange Circuit - TIC, 61 km with 30 stations) from the station Business Center to the Petrovsky ... More Information

Formkret - Putzmeister’s innovative formwork filling system

Putzmeister will launch internationally their automated formwork filling system, Formkret at the World Tunnel Congress which will be taking place from June 9th to the 15th in Bergen, Norway. ... More Information

TBM Angeli-Construction milestone for Regional Connector Transit Project

The TBM Angeli, boring twin tunnels for the Regional Connector Transit Project, broke through at Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station at 2nd Place and Hope Street in Downtown Los Angeles on June ... More Information

Breakthrough of the Vadlaheidi tunnel in North Iceland

On 28.04.2017 the joint venture Osafl Sf Marti Contractors (50%) and IAV (50%) from Reykjavik (Iceland), completed the driving operations on the Vadlaheidi road toll tunnel in Iceland. They blasted ... More Information

TERRATEC EPBMs get into gear on Istanbul’s new DudulluBostancı Metro Line

Senbay Madencilik - Kolin - Kalyon Joint venture has made good early progress on the Dudullu - Bostancı Metro Line, in Turkey, with TBM tunnel drives now fully underway . Two TERRATEC ... More Information

Drilling & tunnelbuilding equipment up for auction

Companies that are looking to buy heavy machinery for their current and next jobs may be able to secure a good deal at Ritchie Bros. upcoming auction in Ocaña (Central Spain). The auction - held on June 7 & 8 - features more than 2,000 pieces of equipment, trucks and other items. More Information

TELT Project update

On 22.05.2017 the first stage of the “TELT at Work” roadshow was held in Turin. TELT is a project that covers the cross-border works for the Lyon-Turin railway line. The TELT ... More Information

A dynamic time for VMT in the Asia-Pacific regions

VMT are pleased to announce that the past year has been something of a good one for their tunnel guidance systems as well as for all other product solutions of the VMT portfolio – with the ... More Information

Tehran-North Freeway Project

At the end of April 2017 the construction of the section 1 of the Tehran-Shomal Freeway (or Tehran-North Freeway) project, connecting Tehran to the city of Chalus at the Caspian Sea in the northern ... More Information

Robbins celebrates tough tunnels for clean energy

In April 2017, a ceremony was held to celebrate the commissioning of the Dariali Hydropower Project in the Republic of Georgia. Many attended the ceremony marking the first carbon-neutral ... More Information

Los Angeles Purple Line updates

On the 25.04.2017 the Los Angeles Metro held a pre-proposal conference for the Section 3 tunnel contract. They are using an innovative approach by delivering the stations and tunnels separately for ... More Information

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New CRCHI video for world leading underground equipment - Technology innovates the world... More Information

Deer Creek update

Exciting update from the Deer Creek project team! The Wasatch Worm is almost in the ground and will be ready to start tunneling this week. Over the next few months, it will be devouring a ... More Information

Stonehenge tunnel: Underground cabling installed, while other enabling works paused

The scheme, which involves the construction of a new 12.8km two-lane dual carriageway with a 3.2km tunnel under the Unesco World Heritage Site, was ... More Information

Nepal's first transport tunnel being built with Japanese assistance

Nepal and Japan signed the contract for construction of the tunnel on September 23, 2019, while the commencement started on November 14, 2019. More ... More Information

Cowi selected as technical advisor on world's first ever ship tunnel proposed in Norway

Construction is currently estimated to begin next year. The objective of the Stad Ship Tunnel project is to improve the navigability and safety of ... More Information

How Arnold Dix became a Himalayan hero after rescuing 41 workers from Indian tunnel collapse

Arnold Dix slid his hand into a gap in the rock at the entrance to a tunnel where 41 men were trapped alive, put his back against the cold stone and listened, and felt, and listened some ... More Information

Central Interceptor Tunnel Boring Machine

Watercare Services Limited’s Central Interceptor Tunnel Boring Machine, Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, has achieved a significant milestone, reaching 10,000m (10 kilometres) since leaving Māngere in ... More Information

New tunnelling machine joins three others digging high-speed line under London

Construction of the new HS2 line has hit another major milestone with the launch of the fourth – and final – machine being used to build the giant Northolt Tunnel beneath the capital... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing planning decision moves a step closer

On 21 March, the Planning Inspectorate confirmed that the Examining Authority has sent their recommendation report on the Lower Thames Crossing Development Consent Order (DCO) application ... More Information

AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel job

Amtrak is gearing up to dig deep in Baltimore. The railroad company selected ADVANCE, a joint venture between Dallas-based infrastructure firms AECOM and Jacobs, to serve as the delivery ... More Information

Lower Thames tunnel boosts new orders data

UK construction contract awards reached their highest level in February 2024 for seven months, according to one of the industry's data monitoring ... More Information

The incredible new £53m tunnel in Spain linking two pretty cities

The work is part of efforts to modernise the railway line between Ourense and Lugo in the autonomous Galicia region. Spanish construction giant ... More Information

ECRL hits new milestone with the completion of three tunnel excavations in Bentong district

The ECRL project features the construction of 41 tunnels with a total length of approximately 69 km along its rail alignment. Section A (Kota Bharu- ... More Information

Boring Co. receives go-ahead to drill more Vegas Loop tunnels

LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill offered the company access to safety officers after the company was fined $100000 for construction violations ... More Information

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $4 Billion in Support

The project includes construction of a new two-track heavy rail tunnel along the Northeast Corridor from the Bergen Palisades in New Jersey to ... More Information

World's Longest Twin-Lane Tunnel Inaugurated In Arunachal Pradesh

Constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for INR 825 crore, the tunnel is strategically vital due to its proximity to the Line of Actual ... More Information

The £13.3bn tunnel 8.5 miles long that could transform one of the world's biggest cities

The Second Avenue Subway's per-mile construction cost is higher than that of other projects in similar cities like London's Crossrail and Paris's ... More Information

First look inside Silvertown tunnel as TfL confirms summer 2025 opening

... tunnel construction in the face of environmental concerns. Construction is costing about £1bn – with a further £1.2bn due in annual repayments ... More Information

Consortium of Aecom and Arcadis appointed to tunnel and station design contract for Ontario metro

The scope of work for the PTUS contract includes construction of 3km of twin tunnels underneath Pape Avenue between the Gerrard tunnel portal and ... More Information

Snowy Hydro is inching towards powering the nation

... tunnelling progress of one of its critical boring machines ... Some 80 metres underground in temperatures well in excess of 30C, tunnel boring machine ... More Information

Judge rejects challenge to £1.7bn Stonehenge Tunnel

The High Court has thrown out a case brought by campaigners against the £1.7bn Stonehenge Tunnel project. Mr Justice Holgate said most of the ... More Information

9 of the longest underwater tunnels in the world

These stations are the first railway stations constructed under the sea and serve as emergency escape points in case of a disaster. Today, the Seikan ... More Information

EPC contractors sought for Dubai's £17bn sewer tunnels project

The strategic sewerage tunnels project by Dubai Municipality known as the Deep Tunnels Portfolio will involve the construction of wastewater assets ... More Information

The $7BN Mega-Tunnels You've Never Heard Of

But thanks to some incredible underground construction methods, Antwerp is now on course to complete a massive piece of infrastructure it's been ... More Information

3 listed & 2 Unlisted get LOA to build Mumbai Coastal Road Ext

The underground tunnel will run below Malad and Kandivali through the Mangrove creeks and a tunnel boring machine (TBM) will be used for this phase. More Information

New tunnel planned to under the Thames at Tilbury and Gravesend

ianVisits ... tunnel (c) National Grid. Construction will be done by a conventional tunnel boring machine (TBM), which will launch from a 41-metre deep shaft dug ... More Information

Third tunnel breakthrough on Guildford sewage works

A micro-TBM recently broke through on a new tunnel being built for Thames Water's project to relocate sewage treatment works in Guildford. More Information

Japan maglev train project being derailed by Shizuoka stalemate

Opposition in Shizuoka Prefecture emerged from fears the planned tunnel construction for the line could adversely affect the overall volume of water ... More Information

World's most expensive tunnel that ended up costing a whopping £2.3m a day to build

Over 5000 construction workers were employed to complete the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in the United States. More Information

Underground or Elevated Metro Rail – Which One is Better for India?

The cost of tunnel boring machines (TBM) is another significant component. The tunneling cost can be reduced by making longer tunnel contract ... More Information

From Undersea Tunnel To Station Redevelopment

The NHSRCL will construct an adjoining tunnel location as part of the package. To construct this tunnel, the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) with a ... More Information

Second tunnel boring machine for Broadway Subway reaches South Granville Station

The tunnel boring machines will end their journey just before Arbutus Station, which spans two city blocks, with the west block used as the footprint ... More Information

BESIX-MTH awards Nordhavn work to Bravida

... construction of the Nordhavn Tunnel. By & Havn is tasked with developing Ørestad and the port of Copenhagen and runs the daily operations of the ... More Information

After India's first undersea tunnel, Mumbai to get its longest intra-city underground road

... construction with viaducts and modern safety measures. The Coastal Road tunnel is India's first undersea tunnel, constructed using a 12-metre ... More Information

3,200 tonne TBM delivered to France-Italy rail tunnel project

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufactured by German tunnelling and mining firm Herrenknecht has been delivered to the Lyon-Turin Mont Cenis base ... More Information

FPT Industrial engines power the construction of the longest immersed tunnel in the world

The construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel is an important addition to Europe's sustainable transport network of the future. It will offer the ... More Information

Work resumes at Silkyara tunnel after 2 months

On the instructions of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, construction work of protective nature has begun from both Barkot and ... More Information

Webuild Joint Venture awarded Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations Progressive DB contract

Webuild will lead a joint venture to develop the project for the "Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations (PTUS)" section of the Ontario Line, the new rapid transit line that will run through ... More Information

Third Tunnel Boring Machine Lowered at Panagal Park

In a significant milestone for the Chennai Metro Phase 2 project, the third Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has been successfully lowered at the ... More Information

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