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Waterview tunnel opened to traffic

The 5km long Waterview Connection, which connects Auckland’s Northwestern (SH16) and Southwestern (SH20) Motorways, opened to traffic on 02.07.2017. Data shows there was a 20 minute time ... More Information

Castel Romano tunnel update

Castel Romano tunnel update

On 31.08.2017 the joint venture between Collini Lavori Spa (Trento), Costruzioni Casarotto Srl (Villa Agnedo, TN), Misconel Srl (Cavalese, TN) and Ediltione Spa (Tione, TN) broke through on the 1 km ... More Information

Final piece of the TBM Bertha removed from tunnel

Final piece of the TBM Bertha removed from tunnel

On the 04.04.2017  the TBM Bertha completed its tunnelling and on the 23.08.2017,crews lifted the final pieces of the 8,000-ton  out of the SR 99 tunnel’s disassembly pit near ... More Information

Purple Line Extension TBM art and naming contest announced

The Metro (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) in Los Angeles, is inviting students from kindergarten through to 12th grade to participate in an art and naming contest for the two TBMs that will ... More Information

Second and last extension of abstracts submission deadline for WTC 2018

Second and last extension of abstracts submission deadline for WTC 2018

It's a great pleasure to announce the second and last extension of the deadline for abstract submission to the ITA - AITES World Tunnel Congress 2018 that will take place in Dubai from 20 - 26 April ... More Information

CREG wins 15.8m slurry TBM contract

CREG wins 15.8m slurry TBM contract

On the 29th August 2017, CREG was awarded a new contract for the supply of a 15.8m slurry TBM. This TBM will be used for the Chunfeng tunnel project in Shenzhen and it will be the biggest slurry TBM ... More Information

TunnelTech 2017: Breaking ground in new technologies

TunnelTech 2017: Breaking ground in new technologies

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 ... More Information

Five 2018 - Call for Papers

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 ... More Information

2017 tunnelling awards shortlist announced

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 ... More Information

TERRATEC marks continued growth in the Turkish market

TERRATEC marks continued growth in the Turkish market

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 ... More Information

SpaceX´s Hyperloop Pod Speed Competition Winner - WARR Hyperloop 

SpaceX´s Hyperloop Pod Speed Competition Winner - WARR Hyperloop 

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 ... More Information

Underground Solutions Seminar

Underground Solutions Seminar

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: ... More Information

Algeria - Breakthrough in tunnel RT3030

Algeria - Breakthrough in tunnel RT3030

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 ... More Information

Reducing risk: How to manage the unknown in tbm tunneling

Reducing risk: How to manage the unknown in tbm tunneling

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 ... More Information

BASF Technologies - TBM 

BASF Technologies - TBM 

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, ... More Information

Gleinalm Tunnel opened to traffic

Gleinalm Tunnel opened to traffic

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 ... More Information

TunnelTurkey 2017 - call for papers

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 ... More Information

What’s in a Name? Mixshield, Crossover, Hybrid and More

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 ... More Information

Cregs new Hard Rock Gripper TBM unveiled

Cregs new Hard Rock Gripper TBM unveiled

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 ... More Information

New tunnel solutions from JOHNSON CONTROLS

New tunnel solutions from JOHNSON CONTROLS

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 ... More Information

Robbins Double Shield Takes on Nepal’s First TBM Project for Bheri Babai

Robbins Double Shield Takes on Nepal’s First TBM Project for Bheri Babai

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 ... More Information

Agua Negra tunnel

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 ... More Information

tunnelbuilder welcomes BASF Construction Chemicals

tunnelbuilder welcomes BASF Construction Chemicals

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 ... More Information

Crossrail Project Update, August 2017

Crossrail Project Update, August 2017

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 ... More Information

WTC 2018 - Dubai

WTC 2018 - Dubai

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 ... More Information

ALIGN consortium is awarded a flagship HS2 civil works contract

ALIGN consortium is awarded a flagship HS2 civil works contract

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 ... More Information

Shortlisted projects announced for ITA Tunnelling Awards in Paris

Shortlisted projects announced for ITA Tunnelling Awards in Paris

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 ... More Information

2018 graduate program opens in Melbourne

2018 graduate program opens in Melbourne

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 ... More Information

The Har HaMenuchot project – a tunnel for burials

The Har HaMenuchot project – a tunnel for burials

“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 ... More Information

Final sprint: Only 5 month to go to STUVA Expo 2017 - Register now!

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 ... More Information

New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Awards

New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Awards

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 ... More Information

What’s New, What’s Next: TBM Equipment for the Mining Industry

What’s New, What’s Next: TBM Equipment for the Mining Industry

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 ... More Information

Route 2020 Tunnel TBM launched in Dubai

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 ... More Information

tunneljobs recruitment drive

tunneljobs recruitment drive

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  More Information

California WaterFix

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 ... More Information

TBM launching soon for Forrestfield-Airport Link project

TBM launching soon for Forrestfield-Airport Link project

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 ... More Information

Tunnelling News

$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

Progress update on the Tunnel Boring Machine for National Grid

Following its launch in May this year, Buddug, the Eryri VIP tunnel boring machine (TBM) is making good progress digging the tunnel which will ... More Information

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project Clears Major Hurdle

After months of delay, the tunnel-boring machine stuck in China is being shipped to India, clearing the path for underground construction of the ... More Information

Bright lights: This Las Vegas tunnel is getting a major upgrade

Construction is underway on Desert Inn Road between Paradise Road and Joe W Brown Drive as part of a $9.2 million improvement project on Friday, ... More Information

Panama Canal Tunnel Boring Machine Crosses Under the Canal, Marking a Milestone

Panama Canal Tunnel Boring Machine Crosses Under the Canal, Marking a Milestone on Metro Line 3. Auto-dubbed. 398 views · 6 hours ago ...more ... More Information

Major breakthrough achieved in Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train tunnel construction

Mumbai: A breakthrough was achieved for a 4.88 km-long tunnel between Shilphata and Ghansoli for the... More Information

New Austrian tunnelling method achieves milestone breakthrough in BKC-Shillphata undersea tunnel project

In a significant milestone for the ambitious undersea tunnel project between BKC and Shillphata, g Method (NATM) has ... More Information

World's Longest Railway Connection Makes Construction Breakthrough

The Brenner Base Tunnel, built deep beneath the Alps, is set to reshape freight and passenger transport across Europe... More Information

New game-changing tunnel boring, reef cutting 'meeting and beating' all expectations

UG2 reef at Bokoni is the target of the twin mobile tunnel boring and narrow reef cutter. Tunnelling will be done with the mobile tunnel borer for ... More Information

Mota-Engil CEO confirms winning bid for Santos-Guaruja tunnel

The company's subsidiary, Mota-Engil, has won the tender for the construction and operation of Brazil's first underwater tunnel, connecting the ... More Information

Metro Vancouver Utility Nearing Finish of $288M Annacis Water Tunnel

“Resilience is at the heart of this project,” said Nedim Alca, COWI's North America market director. “What makes this milestone so significant is not ... More Information

Fehmarnbelt: Danish tunnel portal nears completion

The work on the entrance to the Fehmarnbelt tunnel at Rødbyhavn on Lolland is almost complete. photo courtesy of The Fehmarnbelt Project. More Information

Final decision on airport tunnel 'now or never'

Alderman Jim Stevenson and City administrators are making a dramatic last push for the airport tunnel before construction on the new north/south ... More Information

Athens Metro Line 4 works to finish by 2029

The construction of Athens Metro Line 4 is progressing steadily, with the entire project ... Tunnel mistakenly excavated in Athens metro project. More Information

First trains on track to run through Metro Tunnel within three months

Melbourne's $15.5 billion Metro Tunnel could be switched on in as little as three months as construction wraps up at two CBD stations and trains ... More Information

Petersburg crews to begin tunnel project in response to ongoing flooding, damage - WRIC

As ongoing water issues have caused significant damage to infrastructure around Petersburg, the Old Towne neighborhood ... More Information

Intelligent optimization framework for tunnel construction

Tunnel construction forms the foundation of railway development and is essential for ensuring route continuity and operational efficiency. However, ... More Information

São Paulo positions TBM for next phase of Line 2-Green

A major milestone was reached on Monday (1 September) with the lowering of the cutter head of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) Cora Coralina... More Information

The 700-ton machine that'll dig NYC's Second Avenue subway extension

NYC has a new tunnel boring machine in its toolbox for the expansion of the line under 2nd ave. If you've never seen some BIG earth moving machines, ... More Information

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