TunnelTech 2017: Breaking ground in new technologies
26–27 September 2017
One Birdcage Walk, London
With an increase in tunnelling project investment and more tunnels having ...
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Manuscript abstracts for the 5th International conference on Fires in vehicles to be held in Boras (Sweden) from 3 to 4 October 2018 have to be submitted to the Secretariat by email to five@ri.se by ...
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Tunnelling awards 2017 are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2017 Tunnelling Awards.
They would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter this year, and congratulate ...
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Terratec, the Australian-based TBM manufacturer, has secured an order to supply 4 new 6.56m diameter TBMs EPB for Istanbul’s Umraniye-Atasehir-Goztepe Metro Line from the Turkish tunnelling JV ...
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WARR Hyperloop team, which was put together by the Technical university of Munich from Germany, has won the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition on Sunday, with their prototype pod reaching a speed of ...
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A one-day only Bekaert Maccaferri Underground Solutions Seminar will take place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage Walk, London on the 13.09.2017.
Items on the agenda are:
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The Italian company Cipa SpA (Sorrento, NA) have been building two tunnels RT3010 (1120m) and RT3030 (660m) for the new railway line (185km) Relizane - Tiaret - Tissemsilt (RTT) in Algeria.
On ...
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How can you better prepare for unknown challenges in your tunneling operation while keeping the excavation process as efficient as possible?
In this complimentary 60-minute webinar from ...
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Highly efficient products optimize TBM performance
The MasterRoc product range offers a single source of solutions for shielded TBM (tunnel boring machine) excavation in soft ground and hard rock, ...
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On 21.07.2017, after a 3 years and 10 months of construction, the second tube of the Gleinalm tunnel in Styria, Austria has been opened to traffic. The joint venture of Wayss & Freytag ...
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The International Tunneling Symposium in Turkey has issued a call for papers which are due in by the 11th September 2017. Tunnel Turkey 2017 will be taking place at the Wyndham Grand İstanbul ...
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Posted by Doug Harding |
Aug 01, 2017 | Redefining the Industry
For underground
construction professionals and manufacturers, there is some confusion about the
current TBM designations and ...
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On August 1st, a 9.03 m hard rock TBM named ‘‘Caiyun’’ was unveiled in spring city Kunming. This big machine was designed and manufactured by CREG, and has been integrated ...
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Johnson Controls, a global leader
in building technologies, is pleased to announce the newest addition to its TYCO
line of special application sprinklers with the launch of the MODEL ...
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Irrigation and Hydroelectric Project to Ease Food Crisis in Mid-Western Region of Nepal
Nepal will welcome its first TBM ever this summer, a 5.06 m (16.6 ft) diameter Double Shield machine ...
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On 25.07.2017, the EBITAN ad hoc committee (Entidad Binacional Túnel de Agua Negra) held an important meeting with the Administration Committee in Santiago de Chile. The objective was the ...
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BASF’s Construction Chemicals division offers advanced chemical solutions under the global umbrella brand Master Builders Solutions for the construction, maintenance, repair and renovation of ...
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The Crossrail project team continues to work around the clock to deliver the Elizabeth line, the new railway for London and the South East.
Over the summer the final central station platform was ...
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The world tunnel congress will be held in Dubai from the 20th to the 26th April 2018. For more information please visit their website www.wtc2018.ae and see their video.
The call for ...
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High Speed Two (HS2) Limited today announced that ALIGN, the bidding joint venture (JV) of Bouygues Construction, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick, with its design partners, Jacobs and ...
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November 13-16 2017 will see leading international specialists in the global tunnelling sector attend the AFTES Congress in Paris which will include a special one-day event: November 15 will be ...
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Applications are now open for the 2018 Graduate Program.
The Graduate Program provides recent graduates the opportunity to work with world-class industry experts on four of the biggest megaprojects ...
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“Har HaMenuchot is the largest cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. The hilltop burial ground lies at the western edge of the city adjacent to the neighborhood of Givat Shaul, with commanding views ...
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Reserve your trade fair stand for STUVA Expo 2017 now, your business platform for the tunneling industry. Take advantage of this opportunity to make new contacts, strengthen business relationships ...
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Do you know about New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Awards, which takes place on 7 December?
Now in its eighth year, the Tunnelling Awards attract entries from the industry’s ...
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Posted by
Dennis Ofiara | From the Field
TBMs have
become well accepted in civil construction tunneling and excavate a high
percentage of civil construction projects each year. But each year in ...
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On 24.10.2017 the 103 m long TBM named Al Wugeisha Expo 2020
was launched at the Discovery Gardens for tunnel drilling works for the Route 2020
Project. The TBM will cross the underground station ...
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tunneljobs.com is on a recruitment drive for tunnelling projects in the UK and Australia if you would like more information please contact s.evans@tunneljobs.com or call +44 (0) 2920 385707
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California WaterFix
On 21.7.2017 the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) certified the
environmental analysis of the California WaterFix project, also known as the Delta ...
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With the first TBM launching soon, the project at Forrestfield-Airport Link has kicked into full swing. Tunnel segment production has commenced at the project’s batching plant facility, and ...
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Bombardier signed a memorandum of understanding with the Egyptian government to develop a plan for the new Cairo Metro Line 6, a project that could cost up to $4 billion. The deal, which was signed ...
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One of TERRATEC’s TR3000 Raise Boring Machines (RBM) has successfully achieved a series impressive inclined raises with a high level of accuracy at the Huanggou Pumped Storage Power ...
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On 17.7.2017 a series of HS2 announcements took place.The contracts to design and construct bridges, tunnels, embankments and viaducts for the London to Birmingham high speed rail line, HS2 Phase 1, ...
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The builders and latest concept plans for the Metro Tunnel have been selected, paving the way for major construction and the creation of thousands of new jobs across Victoria.
The Cross Yarra ...
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The EUR912.53 million (Tk 85 billion) tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong will be constructed with the financial and technical assistance of China. The Bridges Division of the Road ...
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From:
Department for Transport, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Highways England, and The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP
Published:
12 July 2017
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