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Call for Papers for IWMC 2018

The 18th International Water Mist Conference (IWMC) will take place in London, UK, on the 19th and 20th of September 2018 at the Grange City Hotel. The call for papers has now been released. ... More Information

Launch of the first TBM for the Grand Paris Express

On the 03.02.2018 the first TBM for the Grand Paris Express line will be named and launched at Champigny-sur-Marne (Ile de France) at around 5.30 pm. A decisive step in the progress of the works ... More Information

R2T Global Expo

R2T Global Expo

The IRF Global Road Conference in conjuction with the Road2Tunnel Global Expo, has become the only international tradeshow of its kind dedicated to Road, Tunnel, and Bridge Construction. With over ... More Information

Drilling work at second Baikal tunnel now 95% complete

The construction of the second Baikal tunnel - the most important of the Baikal-Amur Main Line (4344 km from Siberia to the East) and Trans-Siberian modernisation programme - is nearing ... More Information

CBE Group innovates in China

CBE Group innovates in China

CBE Group recently delivered several segment moulds and a carousel to the city of Chengdu, in the Sichuan province, for an innovative technical gallery project.   The project’s ... More Information

TBM's being built for Melbourne

The biggest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the southern hemisphere are on their way to Melbourne, with an order now placed for the two massive machines that will build the West Gate ... More Information

International No-Dig 2018

ISTT’s 36th Annual International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition is to be held on the 8-9 October 2018 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), South ... More Information

AECOM and the Education and Skills Funding Agency Launch Unique Joint Apprenticeship

AECOM and the Education and Skills Funding Agency Launch Unique Joint Apprenticeship

  AECOM and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have launched a unique apprenticeship programme where apprentices gain experience in client, consultant and contractor roles ... More Information

TERRATEC opens new office in Peru to service Raise Boring market

TERRATEC opens new office in Peru to service Raise Boring market

In response to c ontinued growth in the Central and South American Raise Boring Machine s demand , TERRATEC has opened a dedicated new office in Lima , Peru . At the end of last year, ... More Information

Anacostia River Tunnel Project

In March 2018 the Salini-Impregilo Group will deliver, the DC Water and Sewer Authority the Anacostia River Tunnel project. The Anacostia River Tunnel in Washington DC (USA) is part of the Clean ... More Information

Keeping all the transport flowing; the importance of modern tunnel safety inspection methods

Keeping all the transport flowing; the importance of modern tunnel safety inspection methods

Whilst improvement works and lengthy construction times can be tedious for commuters, the importance of keeping a tight check on transport tunnels is paramount. Within construction, usage, ... More Information

Robbins latest blog

Breakthroughs While Breaking Ground: The First TBM Conveyor Posted by The Robbins Company | Jan 16, 2018 | Hidden Underfoot Modern Achievements The 100th conveyor system has been refurbished ... More Information

High-Speed Rail link between Helsinki and Turku

The three major cities of Helsinki, Turku and Tampere form a triangle of economic growth and expansion. The Finnish Transport Agency has studied the prospects of passenger train traffic on the ... More Information

First innovative tunneling conference of 2018

First innovative tunneling conference of 2018

Register today for the first innovative tunneling conference of 2018! Space is limited and there will be no on-site registration, so don’t delay! The 2018 George Fox Conference ... More Information

Completed Road Tunnels under Suez Canal

Completed Road Tunnels under Suez Canal

The twin tube road tunnels of South Port Said and North Ismailia under Suez Canal have been completed. The tunnels, designed to link the Sinai Peninsula more closely to the Egyptian heartland ... More Information

A New National Record for Robbins in China!

A New National Record for Robbins in China!

In Jilin, one of the three provinces of Northeast China, a 7.9 m (26 ft) Robbins Hard Rock Main Beam TBM has achieved another national record for 7 to 8 meter (23 to 26 ft) machines! The machine ... More Information

Alaskan way update

The Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program is making great progress.  The contractor, Seattle Tunnel Partners, is finishing up construction of the double-deck road along with ... More Information

Joint efforts for fire safety

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Efectis Group has signed a mutual Memorandum of Understanding in order to jointly support sustainable fire safety and fire research in society contributing ... More Information

Success for SWEDFAN at Baihetan HEP

Success for SWEDFAN at Baihetan HEP

At the border between the two provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan in China, the worlds largest underground hydroelectric power project is under construction. The Baihetan HEP will generate 16.000 MW ... More Information

TERRATEC Double Shields head to landmark water tunnel

TERRATEC Double Shields head to landmark water tunnel

Two 4.74m diameter hard rock double shield TBMs will complete more than 15km of complex tunnelling for the Mae Tang-Mae Ngad water diversion project, in Thailand. Australian-based TBM ... More Information

Zojila Tunnel update

The Zojila tunnel with a parallel escape tunnel has been approved by the  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The approval has been ... More Information

Works begin on the Rogfast Project

On the 4th January 2018 the first works started on the Rogfast project . This  will be the first tunnel built to replace the ferry service. The road tunnel will be  long. The EUR1.73 ... More Information

Follo Line Update Video

In Oslo, true pioneers are working all out on one of the next hard rock milestones in Scandinavia – the Follo Line. They are cracking the Norwegian hard rock with massive high-tech TBMs from ... More Information

Metro Tunnel contracts signed

The contracts to build the biggest public transport project in Victoria’s history and equip it with next-generation, high-capacity signalling have been signed. Contracts to deliver the $6 ... More Information

Purple Line Extension TBMs arrive

Over the next several weeks parts of the Purple Line extension TBMs, built by Herrenknecht (Germany), will begin arriving by Palabora and Integrity cargos from Rotterdam and Antwerp, at the ports ... More Information

TBM Angeli reaches another milestone

The TBM Angeli being used for the Regional Connector resurfaced on the 08 Dec 2017 at the future Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station. The TBM began digging the second tunnel on the project in ... More Information

Made in CIFA

Made in CIFA

CIFA have released their latest newsletter to read it please click https://www.cifa.com/static/nl/madeincifa/16/offline/download.pdf More Information

Register Now for the George A. Fox Conference

Join us on January 23, 2018 at the Graduate Center on the campus of City University in New York, NY. With its rich history of program excellence and ability to bring together some of the largest ... More Information

FCC Receives New Civil Engineer Tunnelling award for the Bolaños tunnel

FCC has been recognised for the Geotechnical Specialist Innovation of the Year at the New Civil Engineer Tunnelling Awards 2017 for its work on the Bolaños tunnel on the Madrid-Galicia ... More Information

NCE Tunnnelling Awards and the winners are…

NCE Tunnnelling Awards and the winners are…

New Civil Engineer’s hugely popular Tunnelling Awards returned for their eighth year today. Showcasing the very best in tunnelling expertise the Tunnelling Awards are now firmly established ... More Information

MST Global acquires MISOM technologies

MST Global acquires MISOM technologies

MST Global has recently acquired MISOM Technologies, based in Tucson, Arizona, for an undisclosed fee. The move is a significant step in the progression of MST's global digital transformation ... More Information

What’s Going On? A Quarterly Worldwide Jobsite Roundup

What’s Going On? A Quarterly Worldwide Jobsite Roundup

Posted by Desiree Willis | Nov 22, 2017 | From the Field At any given time, Robbins TBMs are operating at dozens of jobsites around the world.  Our dedicated Field Service personnel ... More Information

New station names announced

In August 2017 the Victorian Government launched a campaign inviting naming suggestions for the five new underground stations being built as part of the Metro Tunnel Project. By the time the public ... More Information

CREG gripper TBM sets new record

CREG gripper TBM sets new record

On 26th November, a new record was set by a CREG TBM by boring 1318.7 m/month, The Gripper TBM with 8.03 m boring diameter has reached this new record while working on the Yinsong water supply ... More Information

Optimise Output, Minimise Cost, Reduce Risk

Optimise Output, Minimise Cost, Reduce Risk

MST Global (Mine Site Technologies; “MST”) provides fit for purpose hardware combined with smart software solutions to support productivity and safety processes in ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Single-Bore Tunnel Method Chosen for BART Silicon Valley Phase II

This decision allows VTA to advance project design towards 60%, stay on a critical path to tunnel construction and meet the projected revenue service ... More Information

Boring Co. begins 'controlled blasting' for Nashville tunnel at TN capitol

The Boring Co. has started excavation work at a state-owned parking lot on Rose Parks Boulevard for the Music City Loop project Wednesday, Aug. 13, ... More Information

TBM arrives in Montreal for delayed metro extension project

A custom-built tunnel boring machine (TBM) has arrived in Canada for use on a 6km extension of the Montreal Metro... More Information

Spain Confirms Feasibility of €8.5 Billion Morocco-Europe Tunnel

The study was conducted by German company Herrenknecht, the world leader in tunnel boring machines, at the request of the Spanish government's ... More Information

TxDOT spends $748M to burrow bus-size tunnels under Central Austin

The first tunnel boring machine will be deployed near ... Industry experts say tunnel boring machines typically advance about 50 feet per day. More Information

6 TBMs on Duty on the 27-Kilometer Line in Körfezray

Two of the six Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will serve in the first 27-kilometer phase are actively excavating tunnels, while the ... More Information

Construction on HS2's Euston tunnel will start 'fairly soon', says rail minister

Construction on the HS2 tunnel from Old Oak Common station to Euston station will start “fairly soon”, the rail minister has said... More Information

Blue Line Extension TBM Arrives at Port of Montreal

Railway Track and Structures Construction site of the future Vertières station (Pie-IX) in June 2025. Caption and photo courtesy of STM. MONTREAL - The tunnel boring machine (TBM) ... More Information

Tunnel break through milestone for Mt Messenger Bypass project

A 110 tonne excavating machine, called Hinetūparimaunga, has broken through at the northern end of the project's 235 metre-long tunnel ... More Information

$3.9 billion tunnel and bridge link for VA

Costing around $3.9 billion, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) upgrade Expansion project for Virginia will improve traffic flow for a key ... More Information

Extended North Tunnel Flood Mitigation Project Receives $18.2 Million in State Funding

The funding advanced by the board includes a $17.2 million loan and $1 million grant for the construction of the mile-long tunnel, which will divert ... More Information

Gateway Project faces new uncertainty amid government shutdown

Federal funding for the $16B Hudson Tunnel Project, aka Gateway, has been paused during the government shutdown, sparking political backlash. More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine Emily Passes Key Factory Test for DC Water Potomac River Tunnel Project

Tunnel boring machine (TBM), Emily. This test confirms that Emily is ready to begin excavating the southern leg of the Potomac River Tunnel — a ... More Information

Sydney Metro West achieves world-first in tunnelling technology

Sydney Metro West has achieved a world-first in tunnel construction with a Lining Erector Machine (LEM) successfully being used to line the mined ... More Information

Gateway construction continues despite Trump's claim of termination

Tutor Perini, the general contractor on the Manhattan Tunnel Project, confirmed construction activity is currently continuing as planned... More Information

Tunnelling complete for Annacis water supply project

Metro Vancouver has completed the tunnelling phase of the $450 million Annacis Water Supply Tunnel, which will complete in 2028... More Information

Santa Clara VTA confirms single tunnel plan for BART extension

With VTA now owning the tunnel boring machine, the agency assumes full responsibility for its performance, agency officials said. To manage the risk, ... More Information

Chennai: Tunnel Boring Machine Vaigai achieves breakthrough at Mandaveli Metro Station

CHENNAI: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Saturday achieved a major milestone in Phase II tunnelling works, as Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ... More Information

Trump 'terminates' $16 billion Hudson River tunnel project linking N.J. and N.Y.C.

President Trump said funding for the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project is "terminated" at a press conference. New Jersey officials said they will ... More Information

$676 million underwater tunnel for India

The project is expected to cost around $676 million, with a Detailed Project Report (DPR) having now been completed. India's road transport network is ... More Information

€1.4 billion Belgian tunnel project approved

The first phase of the €1.4 billion project for Belgium’s new Limburg Noord-Zuid link has been approved. Construction should commence in 2027 on the project, which will form a section of ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine S-639B achieves breakthrough under Kanpur Metro Phase I Project

The package KNPCC-06 involves design and construction of a tunnel through TBM, cut and cover tunnel, underground ramp from Kanpur Central end of ... More Information

Lawmakers propose construction of undersea tunnel to link Luzon and Visayas

Several lawmakers from the Visayas region are proposing the construction of an underground tunnel that will serve as a permanent land connection ... More Information

Oman-UAE rail project hits major milestone with start of tunnel excavation

Tunnel excavation has begun in Oman's Al Hajar Mountains, marking a major milestone for the cross-border Oman-UAE Railway... More Information

Engineering the depths: innovative tunnelling for hydropower projects

Major schemes in Austria, China, and Germany are applying advanced underground construction techniques for hydropower projects. More Information

New tunnel, new standard: Silvertown project showcases innovation in surface protection

Originally approved in 2018, construction of the tunnel began in March 2021. In September 2023, following the completion of tunnelling works, ... More Information

Metro Manila Subway Project: DOTr launches third tunnel boring machine

Dubai: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has launched a third tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), ... More Information

Skanska JV wraps up $450M Baltimore tunnel nearly 2 years early

A joint venture has reached substantial completion on the $450 million Howard Street Tunnel Project in Baltimore nearly two years ahead of the original completion date, according to a ... More Information

Work continues on NYC megaprojects, despite $18B federal funding pause

Contractors on two of New York City’s largest infrastructure projects will keep digging, but they might glance over their shoulders toward Washington... More Information

HS2 Chipping Warden tunnel project moves step forward

HS2 Ltd An aerial view of the HS2 tunnel construction at Chipping Warden. A road HS2 Ltd. The 1.55 mile (2.5km) Chipping Warden tunnel will be ... More Information

First of three Tunnel boring machines on way to SA as beams go up for tram overpass

The first of three tunnel boring machines that will be used to complete the northern and southern tunnels project is on its way to SA as part of a ... More Information

Chennai Metro Rail's TBMs to begin tunneling between Thiruvanmiyur and Indira Nagar

Chennai Metro Rail begins tunnelling work in challenging stretch for phase II project, facing obstacles due to hard rock... More Information

Custom lifting gantry aids TBM removal - Construction Briefing

The four TBMs excavated the 8.4 mile (14 km) Northolt Tunnel section. Two went in each way, digging a pair of tunnels from both ends towards each ... More Information

Tunnel construction begins on Barskoon — Bedel road in Issyk-Kul region

According to the project, two tunnels, 5,340 and 3,840 meters long, respectively, will be built at Sook and Ashuu-Suu passes. They will be among the ... More Information

China debuts world's mightiest centrifuge, unleashing ultra-intense gravity

China leads the way in shield tunnelling machine development · Shield machine of south line of Yellow River tunnel starts boring in Jinan · A close ... More Information

Boring Company Launches Global Operations Control Center in Bastrop, Texas

The Boring Company has officially opened its new Global Operations Control Centre in Bastrop, Texas, the tunnelling start-up announced on X... More Information

Port of Longview Lands $35.9MM Federal Loan for Rail Expansion

Active Construction on New Hudson Tunnel Project Supporting Domestic Jobs and Economic Output ... Bridges/Tunnels, Class 1, Freight, Ports, Track ... More Information

TBM Parvati Achieves Breakthrough At Kakadeo Station Of Kanpur Metro Line 2

Brief Scope: Design and Construction of TBM Tunnel, Cut and Cover Tunnel, ramp after Double Pullia, ramps in Agriculture Depot for main line and ... More Information

Howard Street tunnel reopens ahead of schedule, boosting Baltimore's freight capacity

The Howard Street Tunnel has been reopened after being out of service since February 2025.The nearly 130-year-old tunnel extends north from Camden Yards to the Mount Royal Station and is ... More Information