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The Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

The 39.259 km Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I with 32 stations will connect 4 corners of the Ahmedabad city with 2 corridors. The 18.522 km North-South Corridor, completely elevated with 15 ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 in Chuzhou

A few days left to submit entries - Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in ... More Information

TERRATEC TBMs continue to succeed in India

As Gulermak-TATA Projects JV celebrates the early completion of TBM tunnelling on Phase 1 A of the Lucknow Metro, Larsen & Toubro India Ltd. gears up for launch on Package 2 of the Ahmedabad ... More Information

Spanish Puertollano bypass approved

The Fomento approved the public information document, the technical document of the project and the Environmental Impact Study for the northern bypass of Puertollano (Ciudad Real Province). The ... More Information

Crossrail - Moving Ahead

Europe’s biggest infrastructure project is now in its final stages - all the platform screen doors are installed with testing underway, installation of the overhead power equipment in the ... More Information

Fugro seminars to help clients reduce ground risk

Construction professionals can tap into cutting edge approaches to site characterisation and ground risk modelling at free seminars being run this summer by global geoscience leader ... More Information

The ITA tunnelling awards 2018

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 in Chuzhou – One week left to submit entries Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking ... More Information

Turn Key Tunnelling - USA Positions available

Turn key tunneling are looking for the following personnel. To apply you must be eligible to work in the USA. Do not apply for these positions if you are not. CONSTRUCTION ... More Information

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Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel Task Force

The report recently released about the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel Task Force chaired by the Ministry of Transport and Communications states that due to the scale and complexity of ... More Information

International Seminar in Greece

Challenges and Innovation 9 -15 NOVEMBER 2018 THESSALONIKI, GREECE ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING THE SEMINAR IS ADDRESSED TO: Construction Engineers ... More Information

Zojila Tunnel Update

On 19.05.2018 the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, attended the Closing Ceremony of the Birth Centenary Celebration of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche in Leh and he unveiled a plaque to mark ... More Information

WTC 2019 - Naples

The deadline submission for the call for abstract has been postponed to June 8, 2018 Having ascertained an important response for the call, and in consideration of the fast-growing number of ... More Information

CIFA Newsletter 18

For all the latest information on CIFA and their 90 years of innovation please read their newsletter just click here! .20/18. More Information

COWI wins Singapore super sewer design contract

In partnership with CPG Corporation, COWI has been awarded the design works for Contract T-09 of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) Phase 2. The contract was awarded by Leighton Asia, who are ... More Information

Dos Santos International – Paris tunnelling project

DOS SANTOS INTERNATIONAL STARTS UP FIRST OF TWO SANDWICH CONVEYORS FOR PARIS TUNNELING PROJECT Marietta, GA - Dos Santos International is now starting up one of two DSI GPS (Gently Pressed ... More Information

Robbins White Papers

If you need more in-depth explanations of Robbins products, browse through our white papers. These downloadable and printable papers, written by Robbins employees, cover everything from disc ... More Information

Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference 2018

NORWEGIAN TUNNEL SAFETY CONFERENCE 2018 18 - 19 June 2018 in Stavanger, Norway Welcome and listen to the Norwegian view of tunnel safety. The NTSC’s unique approach brings together tunnel ... More Information

Future Trends in Infrastructure

On the 15.05.2018 Pietro Salini, Chief Executive of Salini Impregilo spoke during a panel discussion called “Future Trends in Infrastructure”. The panel was organised and held at the ... More Information

Swedfan ventilation in China

SWEDFAN DELIVER VENTILATION TO KASHUANG WATER TUNNEL, CHINA. In the north-west corner of China in the Xinjiang province, tunnelling works have begun. This tunnel stretches along the Mongolian ... More Information

18th International Water Mist Conference – Event Page online now

The conference webpage for the 18th International Water Mist Conference (IWMC) is now online if you wish book to attend! The event will take place in London, UK, on 19th and 20th September 2018. ... More Information

TfL granted powers to progress with Silvertown Tunnel

TfL granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) by the DfT "New river crossings are vital for the future prosperity of east London, and the scheme will have a substantial impact unlocking new jobs ... More Information

Two days left to enter Robbins Webinar

Event Information: Is Your TBM in A Tight Spot? How to Get Through Squeezing Ground, Rock Bursting, and More Registration is required to join this event. If you have not registered, please do so ... More Information

The 30th Annual BTS Dinner 2018

The BTS dinner was held at The Brewery in London, and this year was its 30th anniversary as it began in 1989. The annual dinner is a popular event within the tunnelling industry. This year the ... More Information

New appointment at AECOM

AECOM's Design and Consulting Services group appoints Nasri Munfah as Director of Tunneling and Underground Engineering NEW YORK, (May 10, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated ... More Information

2018 North American Tunnelling Conference!

Register by May 25 to receive the best conference rate and save! Don’t miss out on industry-leading FIELD TRIPS and SHORT COURSES at the 2018 North American Tunnelling Conference! ... More Information

USA - Three teams shortlisted for HRBT Extension Project

Three private-sector teams will be invited to submit technical proposals and prices to design and construct improvements to the I-64 (Interstate 64) corridor between I-664 in Hampton and ... More Information

Turin/Lyon - EPSF go ahead with the preliminary safety dossier

On April 27th, the EPSF (Public Railway Safety Establishment) approved the preliminary safety file concerning the infrastructure of the cross-border section, in application of Decree 2006-1279 on ... More Information

BART to San Jose General Engineering Consultant Information Forum

BART to San Jose General Engineering Consultant Information Forum Date: Tuesday, May 15 Location: San Jose Convention Center 408 Almaden Blvd. San Jose, California The Santa ... More Information

Assembly of Millicent and Ursula nearing completion

The assembly of Tideway’s two largest Tunnel Boring Machines has reached a key milestone with their most important components now attached, as the start of tunnelling on London’s new ... More Information

Thames Tideway named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2018

Tideway, the company building London’s super sewer, has been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2018 with its Chief Executive Officer Andy Mitchell a finalist in the Gender ... More Information

Underground Construction Prague 2019

Call of Abstracts The 14th International Conference entitled “Underground Construction Prague 2019’’ will be held at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic, on ... More Information

Upcoming railway projects in Norway

On 19.04.2018 the Bane NOR's Railway Tender Conference 2018 was held in Oslo. The conference focused on facilitating meetings between main contractors and suppliers within the field of railway and ... More Information

Remote control your Epiroc Scooptram with new automation package

For greater safety and efficiency in underground mining, Epiroc releases a number of automation features for the Scooptram underground loader. The Scooptram Automation Regular package allows the ... More Information

Tunprotec Seminar

Join our Tunnel Seminar in Spain - May 22nd to May 24th 2018 SCOPE - Recently VID Fire-Kill secured a large tunnel project in Asia, as our TUNPROTEC® System offered the technically best and ... More Information

TERRATEC EPBMs pushing the envelope in Bangkok

TERRATEC ’s tight r adius TBMs are enabling a highly challenging project alignment for Bangkok ’s Metropolitan Electricity Authority in one of the city’s busiest downtown areas. ... More Information

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Scarborough Subway Extension tunnelling progresses following maintenance stop

The remaining portion of the tunnel will be delivered by Scarborough Transit Connect, the development partner for the project's stations, rail and ... More Information

World's Deepest Underwater Tunnel to Have Cars Drive 16 Miles Under the Sea

Norway is building what is to become the longest and deepest road tunnel under the sea. The Rogfast project, measuring 26.7 kilometers (about 16.5 ... More Information

Tunnelling underway for National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Snowdonia

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) Buddug has commenced excavation of National Grid’s 3.4km power tunnel in Wales’ Eryri National Park, otherwise known as Snowdonia. The tunnel is part of ... More Information

CPK signs contract for construction of HSR tunnel in Łódź

The contract for the construction of a 4.6 km long, 14-metre wide High-Speed Rail (HSR) tunnel will be carried out by construction company PORR. The project is valued at approximately PLN ... More Information

Underneath the busy Baltimore streets, the Howard Street Tunnel gets its makeover

A squad of construction workers descend daily under the streets of Baltimore. They labour deep down, in the semi-secret and highly restricted ... More Information

London Power Tunnels Milestone

We're thrilled to announce that our second 2.5km high-voltage circuit between Hurst and Crayford is now live. This £1 billion project is rewiring London, strengthening energy supply, and ... More Information

U.S. Tunneling Professionals Convene in Dallas at RETC 2025

The event drew approximately 1,400 people. Another highlight of the conference was the presentation of the now annual Underground Construction ... More Information

Construction of NY and NJ GatewayTunnel hits halfway mark

People are looking down at the ground from the Highline on Manhattan's West Side. Some parts of the new train tunnel structure ... More Information

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor

Silicon Valley BART extension seeks new tunneling contractor for construction. Maguire told reporters during a briefing Monday morning. He noted that VTA is trying to fill a $1.2 billion ... More Information

Tunneling In The Digital Age: Rethinking Subsurface Infrastructure

But successful construction is just the start of the journey. Underground infrastructure is a long-term investment—just look at the London Underground ... More Information

Sydney Moves Forward with Final Tunnelling for Harbour Project

Sydney prepares for the arrival of the largest TBMs in the Southern Hemisphere as the Western Harbour Tunnel project enters its final tunnelling ... More Information

Metrolinx seeks help to name 2 of its massive Ontario Line tunnel digging machines

Metrolinx is now accepting names for two of its giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which will be used for twin 16-metre-deep and six-kilometre-long ... More Information

Deutsche Bahn awards contract for Munich S-Bahn project

The contract involves structural works for the expansion, including the construction of tunnels and an underground station. The Tunnel Ostbahnhof JV, ... More Information

Excavation completed on Italian side of Brenner Base Tunnel

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Flavia” successfully bored through the Alps beneath the Mules 2–3 section, reaching the Austrian border. More Information

Giant tunnel borer set for Shantou Bay project

A giant tunnel boring machine has been installed for tunnelling under Shantou Bay in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo provided to ... More Information

€0.4bn road and tunnel project in Georgia

Work is proceeding on the Kvesheti-Kobi road and tunnel scheme in Georgia. The scheme is part of a larger project, being carried out with Chinese ... More Information

Lahore to transform with Rs49 billion tunnel boring project

Pakistan, April 27 -- The federal government has approved Lahore's Rs49 billion Tunnel Boring Project, marking a major development for the city... More Information

Construction at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

The 2,100-foot-long tunnel connects the terminal to parking facilities and the tramway leading to the RTA public rail line. During the project, two of ... More Information

AFFHOLDER AND J.F. SHEA TEAM UP ON $700 MILLION CONTRACT

The tunneling subsidiary, Affholder LLC, will lead a joint venture with J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., to build the I-35 Capital Express Central ... More Information

Factory Testing Complete on DC Water's first tunnel boring machine for the Potomac River

Mary passed all the necessary requirements and is one of two TBM's on the project. The tunnel is part of DC Water's Clean Rivers Project, to ... More Information

Work on Chennai Metro tunnel racing to a finish

The machine Flamingo, which started boring in 2023 for the tunnel linking Light House with Thirumayilai, is expected to reach the other end in ... More Information

CPK awards contract to build high-speed rail tunnel in Lodz, Poland

The tunnel, to be constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), will have a ... More Information

Inside HS2: Meet London's miners working on the Northolt tunnels

We are on a tunnel boring machine (TBM) inside High Speed Two's huge Northolt tunnels. These tunnel boring machines are part of a tunnelling ... More Information

Ontario Begins Construction Of Last Tunnel Segment Of The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

The remaining eastern portion of tunnel construction (500-meter twin tunnels) will use the sequential excavation method, with daily progress of ... More Information

Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords

We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put ... More Information

CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

The estimated cost of construction of the FCC electron–positron stage, including the tunnel and all the infrastructure, is 15 billion Swiss francs... More Information

TBM break through on Auckland's £915M wastewater megaproject completes 16.2km tunnel

Auckland's major wastewater infrastructure project, the Central Interceptor, has reached a significant milestone with the final breakthrough of ... More Information

In pics: construction site of Chongming-Taicang tunnel

A smart assembling vehicle works at "Linghang" large diameter shield tunneling machine at the construction site of the Chongming-Taicang tunnel, part of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu ... More Information

IN PICTURES: Spectacular images of the removal of HS2's huge tunnelling machine

TBM Sushila was used to construct part of the Northolt Tunnel – an 8.4-mile tunnel ... construction/london-tunnels/progress-3/northolt-tunnel/tbm- ... More Information

Historic tunnels uncovered beneath Salisbury station during £5.3M upgrade project

Engineers from Network Rail and South Western Railway have uncovered a network of tunnels and rooms beneath Salisbury station during ongoing £5.3M upgrades to the station’s forecourt... More Information

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels. The new road will pass through Georgia along a trade route ... More Information

Buca Metro Tunnel Excavations Reached 50 Percent Level

Important progress is being made in the construction of the line, where four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), each 100 meters long, 7 meters wide and ... More Information

'Very promising' narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage

A novel tunnel boring machine (TBM) will open up Bokoni's narrow tabular dipping PGM orebody to allow narrow-reef boring to take place, so that ... More Information

A vast undersea tunnel is being built

The 7.4 billion-euro ($7.7 billion) project is a huge undertaking, in every sense. Each section of the tunnel is colossal. These concrete structures ... More Information

National Grid gets planning permission for Grain to Tilbury upgrade with new Thames tunnel

National Grid has secured full planning approval for the Grain to Tilbury project, which includes a new power tunnel under the River Thames... More Information

Right track tunnel of Huangjialing Tunnel in NW China's Gansu drilled through

A staff member works on the construction site of the right track tunnel of the Huangjialing Tunnel in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest ... More Information

Shetland Islands tunnels plan takes 'huge step forward' with sonar investigations

This phase will further inform the project's development and feasibility. The tunnel project, seen by locals as pivotal for improving ... More Information

Construction of the Tarande tunnel begins next week

On March 17th, in Vilnius district Construction of a tunnel and other related infrastructure will begin at Taranda and Bukiškis. This project aims ... More Information

Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieves major tunnel breakthrough;

The construction of Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieved a major milestone on Thursday as the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) broke through at the ... More Information

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