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ISAVFT 2019 - Call for Papers is now open!

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 ... More Information

OSSA - verdict announced

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 ... More Information

West Section of Tel Aviv Red Line Completed.

West Section of Tel Aviv Red Line Completed.

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 ... More Information

WTC 2019

The deadline to submit papers for WTC 2019 has been postponed until September 23rd  2018. Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc) and PDF (.pdf not zipped) and according to the ... More Information

RO-KA-TECH 2019

The bi-annually German underground infrastructure trade fair will take at the Kassel Exhibition Center from May 8th  to 10th, 2019. Around 300 exhibitors are expected from around 20 ... More Information

Palermo railway link tunnel complete

Palermo railway link tunnel  complete

RFI and the Italian-Spanish consortium SIS celebrated the breakthrough of the Notarbartolo-Belgio tunnel for the Palermo railway. The Marisol TBM (diameter 9,40 m) completed the tunnel excavation ... More Information

Karavanke railway tunnel

The Karavanke tunnel between Slovenia and Austria has been undergoing maintenance and renovation work. The complete renovation of the tunnel is scheduled to be finished between 2020 and 2021. The ... More Information

Mumbai - Two new metro projects approved

On the 11th of September 2018 the Maharashtra government approved the implementation of two metro projects for Mumbai: the Dahisar-Mira Bhayander section for the metro Line 9, and the 3.17 km ... More Information

WTC 2019 - Deadline paper submission postponed

The deadline to submit papers for WTC 2019 has been postponed to September 16th 2018. Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc) and PDF (.pdf not zipped) and according to the official ... More Information

Innotrans 2018

The international trade fair for Transport Technology, Innovative Components, Vehicles, Systems will be held at the Berlin Messe from the 18-21st September, 2018. The European Commissioner for ... More Information

Robbins Crossover TBM “Rosie” flexes her Muscle

Robbins Crossover TBM “Rosie” flexes her Muscle

Massive XRE Machine breaks through at Akron OCIT On August 29, 2018, a 9.26 m (30.4 ft) diameter Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM crossed the finish line at the Akron Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel ... More Information

AGJV Press release

AGJV Press release

Celebrations as the TBMS of The Follo Line breakthrough at the same time. The tunnel excavation in the Nordic region's longest rail tunnel has just reached its target towards Oslo city ... More Information

HERRENKNECHT Rock-solid tunnelling: double breakthrough on the Follo Line

HERRENKNECHT Rock-solid tunnelling: double breakthrough on the Follo Line

Royal double breakthrough in Oslo.  After about 9 kilometers each through tough gneiss, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 the twin tunnel boring machines from Herrenknecht "Queen Eufemia" and ... More Information

CTS Cordes seals for tunnel construction

CTS Cordes seals for tunnel construction

For almost 60 years CTS Cordes tubes & seals GmbH & Co.KG (Division of CORDES Group) from Germany has been a reliable industry partner in providing sealing solutions for pipeline and ... More Information

West Gate Tunnel borer naming competition launched

Victorians will play an important part in the Andrews Labour Government’s Metro Tunnel and West Gate Tunnel projects, naming the six gigantic tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will begin ... More Information

Designs unveiled for North East Link

The Andrews Labour Government today unveiled detailed designs for the North East Link – giving Victorians their first look at the state’s biggest ever road project. With the ... More Information

Open Tunnel Day: Ahrental - Aldrans - Ampass, September 16th, 2018

This year, you have the unique chance to visit the entire underground area between the Ahrental access tunnel, Aldrans and Ampass and to see the different steps required to build a tunnel lining ... More Information

SAIE - BIM & DIGITAL Awards 2018

In July this year the BIM & DIGITAL Awards 2018 were launched. The awards are part of the SAIE program taking place in Bologna, Italy from the 17th to the 20th of October 2018. The aim of the ... More Information

Update for Metro Line 1 in Turin

Work continues on the construction of the Turin Metro, the TBM Masha, completed the excavation of the Lingotto-Bengasi tunnel line 1, and has been dismantled and extracted from the back station of ... More Information

Follo line project - Live streaming of the breakthrough available

Press release from Bane Nor Follow the tunnel race in Oslo: The event will be streamed from inside the mountain hall and you are most welcome to take part in the event on this website, ... More Information

Underground Construction Prague 2019 – call for abstracts

Underground Construction Prague 2019 – call for abstracts

Abstract Submission Deadline - September 30, 2018 Method of Submission - please click here On-line Abstract Submission Form Guidelines for submission of abstracts All abstracts must ... More Information

Quito Metro update

On the 27.08.2018 the TBM ‘Luz de America’ reached the La Alameda Station, Line 1 of the Quito Metro. The TBM, started excavating from the Solanda Station in April 2017, and has driven ... More Information

Colombia - Toyo Tunnel project

Colombia - Toyo Tunnel project

The Toyo tunnel project includes 18 tunnels divided into two sections. On the 26.01.2018 FCC Construccion began building section one, this section will improve connectivity between Medellin and ... More Information

Colombia - Tesalia Tunnel

Colombia - Tesalia Tunnel

To date more than 1000m of the main Tesalia tunnel (length 3.4km), which is part of the Pacifico 3 highway in Colombia has been excavated. The tunnel project will connect Antioquia, the Coffee ... More Information

Looking for the “Water Mist “Researcher 2019

Looking for the “Water Mist “Researcher 2019

Since 2016, the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) has honoured young researchers who dedicate their masters and/or Ph.D. theses to water mist technology. The call for submissions for ... More Information

IRF Global R2T Conference & Expo

Only a Few Exhibit Booths are still available at the IRF Global R2T Conference & Expo. The IRF Global R2T Conference & Expo will be held from Nov 7-9, 2018 in Las Vegas, USA. It is your ... More Information

Rosie completes her journey!

Rosie completes her journey!

On the 29th of August 2018 Rosie, the Robbins Crossover TBM, broke through on the Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel. This tunnel is the largest part of the Akron Waterways Renewel project. The TBM, ... More Information

Koralm Tunnel achieves tunnel breakthrough

Koralm Tunnel achieves tunnel breakthrough

At the heart of the Koralm railway project between Graz and Klagenfurt in Austria is the 33km-long Koralm Tunnel. The new 130 km high-performance line consists of 12 new stations, over 100 bridges ... More Information

TERRATEC TBMs get up to speed on Mumbai Metro

TERRATEC TBMs get up to speed on Mumbai Metro

The first four of seven TERRATEC TBMs to be used on Mumbai Metro ’s highly anticipated 33.5km Line 3 underground corridor , in India , are making good progress .   In early August, ... More Information

Thimble Shoal Tunnel

The TBM Chessie, that was custom-made by Herrenknecht for Dragados USA Inc and Schiavone Construction Co. LLC, is now ready to begin construction of the New Tunnel under the Thimble Shoal Canal in ... More Information

Castelbello/Colsano works underway in Autumn

In September 2018, work will begin on the new 3,360 m Castelbello and Colsano bypass, which will lighten transit traffic within the two towns and improve the traffic movement on the road to the ... More Information

Filder Tunnel

Filder Tunnel

At the end of July, the ATCOST 21 Consortium (Porr Bau GmbH Tunnelbau, G. Hinteregger & Soehne Baugesellschaft mbH, Oestu - Stettin Hoch - und Tiefbau GmbH, Swietelsky Baugesellschaft mbH) and ... More Information

MMRC - Metro 3 Corridor

On August 10, 2018 Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) started the tunnelling for package 01, which comprises of Cuffe Parade, Vidhan Bhavan, Churchgate and Hutatma Chowk stations. The TBM Surya 1, ... More Information

Forrestfield-Airport Link update

The TBMs Grace and Sandy, after a detailed maintenance program, have started tunnelling from the Airport Central Station and will install 3291 rings between them before breaking through into the ... More Information

First mega borer arrives for big dig under city centre

The first of five mega TBMs has arrived to extend Sydney’s new metro railway deep under the city centre. The TBM arrived at the Marrickville launch site in eight shipping containers and 23 ... More Information

Brenner Base Tunnel update

FLAVIA” joins “VIRGINIA” The last large component of the TBM “Flavia” has arrived at the Mules construction site. A short video shows the long journey that began ... More Information

Tunnelling News

LA Metro approves route of K Line northern extension project to Hollywood

The analysis found that modern tunneling techniques are safe with pre-construction studies, use of advanced tunnel-boring machines, mitigations and ... More Information

Here's when first massive boring machine will start carving tunnel between New York, New Jersey

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A massive tunnel boring machine is preparing to carve a tunnel between New York and New Jersey after President Donald Trump ... More Information

Beyond the horizontal: how a next-generation TBM conquered Pingjiang's inclined shaft

A variable diameter inclined shaft tunnel boring machine has completed a landmark breakthrough on China's Pingjiang pumped storage hydropower ... More Information

CMRL begins tunnelling for Thiruvanmiyur-Indira Nagar section in phase-II metro rail project

Tunnelling through hard rocks in the 650-metre stretch may take nearly six months, officials say ... More Information

AKTOR’s Tunnels on Brașov–Sighișoara Line, among the most complex in Europe

A railway infrastructure project unfolding in the heart of Transylvania has been ranked, according to an independent comparative analysis, among the most complex and ambitious railway ... More Information

Tunnel-boring machines “Victoria” and “Natali”

The tunnel-boring complexes worked in tandem on the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya Line. The tunnel-boring machine complexes (TBMs) “Natali” and “Victoria,” ... More Information

Elon Musk's Boring Company plans mile-long tunnel in Dallas connecting to DART station

The Boring Company is developing a proposed mile-long tunnel in Dallas' University Hills that would link a town center to a nearby DART station, ... More Information

Hudson Tunnel Project marks major 2026 construction progress on both sides of the river

Work on the Hudson Tunnel Project in North Bergen is continuing to advance through several major construction steps reached so far this year... More Information

HS2 Ordered to Slash Costs and Construction Time in Major Government Reset

The Transport Secretary has instructed HS2 Ltd to identify options that could cut billions from the project’s cost and bring trains into service sooner, as the government pushes for a ... More Information

SRL East TBMs arrive in Burwood

Two more tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have arrived in Melbourne ready for tunnelling of Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East to start this year. The TBMs ... More Information

$100 Million Allocated for Ft. Laramie Canal Tunnel Project

Laramie Canal Tunnel Project. The Department of the Interior announced the funding Tuesday as part of the $889 million for water infrastructure ... More Information

What are the benefits of using tunnel boring machines in infrastructure projects?

Ask NCE has been updated to Answers 3.0, allowing you to ask civil engineering-focused questions and receive clear, practical responses such as ... More Information

Minsk Metro, together with "Alesya," will start digging with "Mariya."

It was noted on a transport forum that parts of a second tunnel boring machine (TBM) for laying tunnels began to be brought to one of the construction sites of the third metro line... More Information

TBM for Lyon-Turin project unveiled

The first of two tunnel boring machines for the Italian section of the 57.5km Mont Cenis Base Tunnel has been unveiled... More Information

NFR achieves breakthrough in Tunnel No 8 of Sivok–Rangpo railway project

Tunnel No. 8 is one of the major tunnels of the project with a total length of 4.148 km and an additional adit measuring 1.010 km. The excavation and ... More Information

Suburban Rail Loop hits tunnelling milestone as eight TBMs arrive on site

The Suburban Rail Loop has reached a major construction milestone, with eight tunnel boring machines now on site ahead of tunnelling later this year... More Information

$16bn Hudson Tunnel project could pause again 'in two to three months'

Components of the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will be used for the Palisades Tunnel Project arrived at ... More Information

Hinkley Point C | TBM readied for 620m long fish return tunnel

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will excavate the fish return tunnel has been christened Sarah Guppy by local schoolchildren, in tribute to ... More Information

Bhopal Metro's Orange Line Tunnelling Begins

The Bhopal Metro project has recently reached an important milestone as tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have been positioned to begin digging work on ... More Information

A Chinese team rescued a $50M tunnel machine stuck 177 feet underground

Chinese engineers have pulled off a stunning rescue, saving a tunnel boring machine (TBM) stuck 177 feet underground beneath the Yangtze River. More Information

Fort Smith named finalist in Elon Musk's Boring Company tunnel challenge

The company selected Fort Smith's proposal from 487 applicants. The company says the winning project will receive construction of a one-mile tunnel ... More Information

Bengaluru: Four infrastructure firms bid for Hebbal short tunnel

Bengaluru infrastructure: Four firms, including Dilip Buildcon and Max Infra, bid for BDA's Rs 1086 crore Hebbal short tunnel project... More Information

TBM readied for Montreal's Blue Line extension

A custom-made 9.7m-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been assembled and lowered ready to excavate the tube from the future Vertières stop to ... More Information

$11.5B Brenner Base Tunnel Nears End of TBM Excavation

With TBMs Olga and Wilma closing in, the 55-km rail project shifts from excavation to systems integration ahead of its planned 2028 opening beneath ... More Information

$6.75 Billion Unlocked for Turkey's Bosphorus Rail Project

Multiple Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will need to be mobilized to carve out the subterranean corridors leading up to ... More Information

Tunneling for Nashville's underground Tesla project has begun

The Boring Company said that the first three weeks of the project will consist of the Prufrock-MB1, a machine that will help carve out the tunnel, ... More Information

Hudson Tunnel Project construction resumes

I look forward to celebrating the launch of our tunnel boring machines through the Palisades once GDC has assurance it will receive the steady flow ... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing

British suppliers could meet 90% of low carbon steel requirements. The proposed machine would be 16.4m in diameter, large enough to create a three‑lane tunnel bore, and is intended to dig ... More Information

Inside the Tunnel Boring Machine, Southampton Link Main project

A six-tonne tunnel boring machine is digging deep below the ground in Hampshire to help keep the county's taps and rivers flowing... More Information

TBM maestro inspects sites ahead of massive tunnel drive

The first machine components have arrived for the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be deployed on the Suburban Connect sites in Melbourne. More Information

Metrolinx provides major updates on subway and LRT projects across the GTA

Tunnel boring is advancing on multiple projects, with Scarborough's TBM ... Metrolinx says “Diggy Scardust,” the project's tunnel boring machine, is now ... More Information

Work in Progress: High-tech TBMs ready to carve underground corridor

The Bhopal Metro Rail Project is transitioning into its most challenging and sophisticated phase as two state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) ... More Information

Sarens helps extract TBM at BC water supply project

The Annacis Water Supply Tunnel Project aims to increase the reliability and capacity of the water supply system in New Westminster, British Columbia. When complete, the tunnel will ... More Information

Judge rules in favor of New York and New Jersey for now in $16B tunnel fight with Trump

A federal judge ruled Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from suspending federal disbursements for the Gateway Tunnel Project... More Information

Webuild: award for Sustainability Report for commitment to decarbonise through innovation

This includes the large tunnel-boring machines deployed on some of Europe's most complex projects: from the Salerno-Reggio Calabria ... More Information

Clearwater update reports initial entry area is 'stable and intact'

The tunnel boring machine being used in the project remains trapped underground just ahead of where the breach occurred. The ambitious, $630 ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine Market Size estimated at USD 7.08 Billion

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) market is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing urbanization, infrastructure development, ... More Information

Completing the First Section of Line 3: Tunnel Boring Machine Roars as it Emerges at Balboa

The Panama tunnel boring machine emerged and completed its first major task: the first section of the Line 3 Metro tunnel. More Information

Twin tunnel-boring titans prepare to dig new road under Sydney Harbour

Twin tunnel-boring titans are preparing to launch under Sydney Harbour to dig out a new road crossing from Birchgrove to Waverton... More Information