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IHC – Non- Radioactive Density Meter

IHC – Non- Radioactive Density Meter

INTRODUCTION The management of the slurry system in tunnelling projects plays an important part in the safety and efficiency of tunnelling projects. Whether the slurry is used for maintaining ... More Information

One year to go to WTC 2019!

One year to go to WTC 2019!

The World Tunnelling Congress 2019 will be held in Naples, Italy from 3rd to 9th of May 2019. A major event for the engineering and geotechnical sectors linked to tunnelling, promoted by the ... More Information

Cappuccini Tunnel

Cappuccini Tunnel

The Cappuccini gallery, is part of the tunnel works for the construction of the SS 1 Aurelia variant; access roads to the Savona harbour hub;  the interconnection between the Savona and ... More Information

MAPEI’s Middle East operations see a 4.36% increase in turnover in 2017

MAPEI Underground Technology Team (UTT) is fueling the company’s growth across the region thanks to a number of recent, high-profile successful projects, which have helped the company achieve a 4.36 per cent increase in the turnover in the Middle East in 2017 compared to 2016. More Information

World Tunnel Congress 2018

Today 23rd of April 2018 is the official opening of the World Tunnel Congress which is being held in Dubai, UAE, at the World Trade Centre. The theme is ‘The Role of Underground Space in ... More Information

Datwyler latest newsletter

Datwyler latest newsletter

NEW FIBRE ANCHORED GASKETS - As a leader of innovations, Datwyler has now enhanced its  glued and ‘feet’-anchored gaskets. Following requests from their customers, they are now ... More Information

Robbins Blog - 9 Things to Consider When Choosing a TBM: A Checklist

Robbins Blog - 9 Things to Consider When Choosing a TBM: A Checklist

Posted by Doug Harding | Apr 16, 2018 | Insights in Brief Purchasing a Tunnel Boring Machine is no small consideration.  Many factors are equally important to the price, and they can mean ... More Information

Mapei Group acquire Fili & Forme Srl

Mapei Group acquire Fili & Forme Srl

On April 4th 2018, Mapei Group acquired FILI & FORME Srl, a company that has been operating for more than 10 years in the building industry as part of  the Istrice brand. Fili & ... More Information

Route 2020 in Dubai 50% complete

Route 2020 a joint project between Acciona and Gulermak has now completed 50% of the tunnel drilling works of the project.  Acciona and Gulermak are jointly responsible for the civil ... More Information

Transbay Program Phase 2 Downtown Rail Extension (DTX)

Transbay Program Phase 2 Downtown Rail Extension (DTX)

The approximately $6 billion Transbay Transit Center/Caltrain Downtown Extension (TTC/DTX) project in San Francisco consists of following three interconnected elements. A replacement of the the ... More Information

Fixed link from Newfoundland to Labrador

Fixed link from Newfoundland to Labrador

A study on a fixed link from Newfoundland to Labrador, funded by the province and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, was completed by Memorial University's Leslie Harris Centre of Regional ... More Information

Revisiting the Chamber of Horrors

To qualify for the tunnelbuilder Chamber of Horrors, a project must have set out for the Hall of Fame and lost its way. The list we have is by no means complete, because failures in tunnels are ... More Information

Moretrench Inc Acquisition update

Further to its announcement on 5 January 2018, Keller today announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Moretrench Inc., a geotechnical contracting company operating ... More Information

Video update on the build of London's new super sewer

March has been a productive month for Tideway with work on the Thames Tideway Tunnel making huge strides ahead of the start of tunnelling later this year. Tunnel Boring Machines, Millicent and ... More Information

Still time to register for the WTC 2018 Short Course!

Still time to register for the WTC 2018 Short Course!

WTC 2018: Short course on the Main Opportunities and Technical Issues in Tunnelling The United Nations estimates that by 2050, around 70% of all people will live in cities. Managing urban areas has ... More Information

Revisiting the Comedy of Errors

Strange things sometimes happen at tunnelling sites. Maybe they are not so funny at the time, and nobody wants to talk about them. Then, as the years go by, the tale will unfold, embellished by ... More Information

Revisiting the Theatre of Dreams

At tunnelbuilder we have decided to visit some of our past readers submissions about tunnelling successes and mishaps.  We are also going to look at what tunnellers thought may or may not ... More Information

TBMs ordered for Melbourne Metro

Four giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will start arriving early next year to build the $11 billion Metro Tunnel that will transform Melbourne’s transport network.   Minister for ... More Information

Melbourne Metro

Melbourne Metro

Be brought right up to date about the Melbourne Metro tunnelling project by reading their latest newsletter here. 14/18 More Information

Follo Line Project update

Follo Line Project update

Almost 2/3 of the Follo line tunnel has now been completed by, the joint venture between Ghella and Acciona. They have bored 24,000 m through extremely hard rock which has been interspersed with ... More Information

Bangladesh – Karnaphuli tunnel

In August 2015 the Government of Bangladesh awarded to the China Communication Construction Company Ltd the contract to build the Karnaphuli road tunnel  (3.5 km long, 10 m wide) in Chittagong, ... More Information

IRF Global R2T

A reminder about the abstract submission deadline The IRF Global R2T Expo & Conference.   The abstract submission deadline has been postponed to April 6, 2018, click here for more. ... More Information

VIP ready to talk TSG innovation at the WTC

VIP ready to talk TSG innovation at the WTC

VIP-Polymers Ltd is taking its latest innovation in tunnel segment gaskets - a major step forward in cast-in gasket design - to the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress in Dubai. The patented ... More Information

Robbins Complimentary Webinar

Robbins Complimentary Webinar

Is Your TBM in a Tight Spot? How to Get Through Squeezing Ground, Rock Bursting and More With Brad Grothen, Sindre Log Date: May 16, 2018 If you’ve ever faced mountainous tunneling ... More Information

TERRATEC marks record-breaking TBM advance in Istanbul

TERRATEC marks record-breaking TBM advance in Istanbul

In early March, Senbay Madencilik - Kolin - Kalyon JV achieved a record - breaking TBM production shift during excavation of the Dudullu - Bostancı Metro Line, in Istanbul .    At 7am, ... More Information

Robbins TBM uncovers Spectacular Cavern at Galerie des Janots

Robbins TBM uncovers Spectacular Cavern at Galerie des Janots

Workhorse Machine makes progress in Difficult Ground  A rebuilt Robbins 3.5 m (11.5 ft) diameter Main Beam TBM has yet another milestone to add to its storied career: an unexpected ... More Information

Milestone for the Semmering base tunnel (SBT) lot 2.1

Milestone for the Semmering base tunnel (SBT) lot 2.1

On 15 and 16.02.2018 Swietelsky Tunnelbau GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary company of the Swietelsky group, reached an important milestone in the construction of the Froeschnitzgraben tunnel (SBT ... More Information

CBE Group reaches 200 automated plants worldwide

CBE Group reaches 200 automated plants worldwide

NORTH EAST BOUNDARY TUNNEL in the USA or the DUBAI DEEP STORM WATER project in the United Arab Emirates are two of the new projects signed by CBE Group at the beginning of the year. As active as ... More Information

Sydney Metro City & Southwest update

The first of five mega TBMS designed, built and to be delivered by Herrenknecht, will be in the ground before the end of this year to drive the twin 15.5km metro rail tunnels between Chatswood and ... More Information

Pickles: The Wirth Roadheader T3.20

Pickles is Australia’s leading asset remarketing organisation with thousands of assets available across vehicles, industrial, salvage and general goods. We’re currently taking EOIs for a Wirth roadheader T3.20. More Information

Twin Peaks Tunnel update

The Twin Peaks Tunnel  (3.54 km-2.2 miles) first opened for service on 03.02.1918, and still is a vital connection between downtown San Francisco (California, USA) and its southern and western ... More Information

India - Road Rehabilitation Projects approved for Jammu and Kashmir

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved the rehabilitation and upgrading of  the Chenani - Sudhmahadev section of National Highway 244  to two lanes with paved shoulders ... More Information

Cabinet approves Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand

The Indian government on Tuesday approved a Rs 1,384 crore tunnel project in Uttarakhand as part of ‘Char Dham’ project to connect the pilgrimage sites - Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri ... More Information

The TBM Luz de America update

On 27.02.2018 the TBM Luz de America, one of the 3 machines used by Acciona in the Quito Metro Line 1 Consortium, reached its third station, La Magdalena. It travelled 1,700 m and installed 1,134 ... More Information

Completed second metro line in Rennes

On the 28.02.2018 the JV led by Dodin Campenon Bernard which included GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France, along with Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie ... More Information

Metro Line E - Lyon

Sytral, from November 2016 to January 2018, studied the feasibility of a new metro line connecting the center of Lyon to Alai station in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune (at the border between Francheville and ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Light at the end of the tunnel showing for Mount Washington transit project

The project is expected to be completed in October. New tracks finally emerge from the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel as a part of Pittsburgh ... More Information

Davao City Bypass South Tunnel hits breakthrough towards improved connectivity

The Construction Project with the ceremonial breakthrough of the southbound tunnel, marking the complete excavation from opposite ends of the ... More Information

Which companies are bidding for the US$2.3bn highway and tunnel contracts in Brazil?

The project in Brazil, as it will be the country's first underwater tunnel,” the person added. The project involves construction of a 1.5km tunnel ... More Information

US Northeast Rail Corridor Gets a Major Makeover with Tunnel and Bridge Replacements

This project is designed to replace tunnels severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, ensuring smoother and more reliable service for Amtrak, NJ Transit, ... More Information

DPWH, JICA celebrate breakthrough of Southbound Tunnel in Davao Bypass

The event marked the successful connection of the tunnel's north and south ends. The ... More Information

Jacobs joins Ramboll on Marselis road tunnel project in Denmark

Danish Road Directorate senior project manager Michael Schmidt Vosgerau said: “It is a complex task to build a tunnel on one of the busiest access ... More Information

Planning continues for Midway Tunnel, Safe Streets for All projects

The Midway Tunnel project is a $13.4 million plan ... construction of a new overpass bridge and pedestrian and bicycle walkway above the tunnel. More Information

Four million tons of clay moved in HS2 excavation

Construction on HS2's second-longest tunnel started in October 2022. The rotating cutters cut away clay and other material at a rate of about 50ft ... More Information

Jacobs Has Design-CM Role on $640M Denmark Tunnel, With Ramboll as Key Consultant

Set to begin construction in 2028, Marselis Tunnel project is core component of the country's 10-year Infrastructure Plan 2035. By Emell D. Adolphus. More Information

Elon Musk's $760,000,000 plan to build underground tunnels beneath Houston, Texas

Elon Musk's next big construction plan from The Boring Company could build $760000 worth of tunnels beneath Houston to help with flooding... More Information

Kerala Moves Closer To Vizhinjam–Balaramapuram Tunnel Rail Project

The Kerala government is preparing to invite bids next month for the tunnel rail project linking Vizhinjam International Seaport with ... More Information

Norway's Ship Tunnel Project Under Threat as Costs Rise

New cost estimates suggest the ambitious project will far exceed its approved budget, raising questions about whether it will ever be built. More Information

Davao City Bypass southbound tunnel nears breakthrough

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that the southbound tunnel of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project (DCBCP) is ... More Information

CA should pursue better alternatives to the costly Delta Tunnel Project Stocktonia

Governor Gavin Newsom is attempting to fast-track the construction of a massive, budget-busting water tunnel through the Delta to ship freshwater to ... More Information

Physical Origins of Shear Strength Fluctuations in Fault Gouges

Fault gouge is rock texture within fault zones that may include rock fragments (RF) and foliated structures. Previous studies have primarily focused on remould soils, the natural structure ... More Information

Webuild expands its role in high-speed rail projects

Four modern tunnel boring machines will be deployed to ensure precision and safety in complex geological conditions. Once completed, the old single- ... More Information

Hudson Tunnel Project advances as tunnel boring machines near completion

The Hudson Tunnel Project hit a key milestone as massive tunnel boring machines near completion, with delivery set for November. More Information

Nagdhunga tunnel in final stages of construction

If we look at the history of road construction and development in Nepal, there are various records of road construction starting from the Rana period. According to articles published in ... More Information

Boring of tunnel across Yellow River completed in China's Shandong

Constructed by using a "Shanhe" shield machine with a 17.5-meter excavation diameter, this double-deck, two-way, six-lane tunnel stands as the world's ... More Information

The £1.6bn plan for world's deepest underwater road tunnel leaving 'no room for error'

Opening of Rogfast tunnel under construction. The Rogfast tunnel will be the longest and deepest undersea road tunnel on Earth. (Image: SKANSA). A ... More Information

Tunnelling complete on NSW's Coffs Harbour bypass project

Tunnelling has been completed on the A$2.2bn (£1.1bn) Coffs Harbour bypass project in New South Wales, Australia, with the excavation of the third ... More Information

Veidekke acquires tunnel construction contract for Gothenburg's West Link Project

Veidekke has received a contract from the Swedish Transport Administration to build the Stora Hamnkanalen tunnel, a component of the West Link ... More Information

German Rail completes construction of Rastatt Tunnel

GERMAN Rail (DB) has completed civil works on the new 4270m twin-bore Rastatt Tunnel, a major component of the project to widen to four tracks the ... More Information

Final contracts signed for Eastern Freeway transformation

A huge amount of work is underway to build North East Link and upgrade the freeways – two tunnel boring machines are digging deep under Rosanna ... More Information

Progress on Sydney pipeline duplication

Bouygues Construction Australia and Rob Carr have launched a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Sydney Water's Thornleigh pipeline duplication ... More Information

The latest plan to connect BART to downtown San Jose: One tunnel rather than two

When BART and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority first discussed plans to send trains rolling under downtown San Jose, transit officials contemplated a design with two tunnels ... More Information

Nashville Tesla tunnel: Here's when construction could start on the Music City Loop

Elon Musk's The Boring Company is currently in the design phase of constructing a tunnel connecting downtown Nashville to the Nashville ... More Information

World's longest underwater 'mega tunnel' to cost $46 billion but will halve 21-hour drive

Oddvar Kaarmo, the Rogfast project manager, cited additional motivation for the tunnel's construction: "The port at Mortavika is quite exposed and ... More Information

China's first vertical large model for tunnel, underground space sector released

The project which is in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The model helps make tunnel construction safer, higher-quality, more efficient and ... More Information

BMC Begins Major Water Supply Upgrade Mumbai

The project commenced in 2023 and has adopted tunnel boring machine (TBM) technology to minimise surface disruptions in crowded neighbourhoods. Of ... More Information

Slurry tunnel boring machines to be deployed for Bengaluru Twin Tunnel Road Project

B-SMILE opts for slurry TBMs over hard rock TBMs for Twin Tunnel Road project in Bengaluru due to mixed terrain... More Information

Tunnel along railway linking Shenzhen and Shanwei special cooperation zone under construction

Technicians check a tunnel boring machine (TBM) at the construction site of a tunnel in Pingshan, Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug ... More Information

Construction staging area approved for Nashville's airport tunnel project

The Music City Loop will be a 10 mile tunnel connecting downtown Nashville to the Nashville International Airport (BNA)... More Information

Zojila tunnel deadline pushed to 2028: Here's why Asia's longest tunnel project is delayed

Zojila Tunnel Latest Update: On completion, the project will not only play an important role in the country's infrastructure development but also ... More Information

W.A. Rasic Construction Awarded Major Subcontract on Dragados' $630M Effluent Outfall

The tunnel project is a critical component of Southern California's long-term infrastructure resilience strategy. The project directly supports the ... More Information

VDOT gives HRBT expansion update

Construction on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project hit key milestones as tunneling progresses and traffic shifts to new lanes. More Information

HS2 lifts third TBM following 3.4-mile journey

HS2 Ltd has lifted Tunnel Boring Machine Emily's 9.11-metre diameter cutterhead, front and middle shield, weighing 880 tonnes, from below the ... More Information

Musk's Boring Company unveils Music City Loop tunnel project for Nashville

The big picture: The project has an ambitious timeline of completing the 10-mile route in less than two years. The tunnel would move vehicles at warp ... More Information

Progress Update on East Dallas Tunnel Project to Address Flooding Problems

With so much rainfall throughout the metroplex, NBC 5 wanted an update on a project expected to mitigate flooding in East Dallas... More Information