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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

New metro line 6 in Cairo – deal signed

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 ... More Information

TERRATEC Raises the Bar in China

TERRATEC Raises the Bar in China

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 ... More Information

Updates on the HS2 contracts to build Britain’s new railway

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, ... More Information

Major contract awarded for metro tunnel project

Major contract awarded for metro tunnel project

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 ... More Information

Construction of Karnaphuli tunnel will start in August

Construction of Karnaphuli tunnel will start in August

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 ... More Information

Transport investment boost to apprenticeships and skills

From: Department for Transport, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Highways England, and The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP Published: 12 July 2017 Major ... More Information

ICE Tunnel Exhibition walkthrough

ICE Tunnel Exhibition walkthrough

There is a brand new tunnelling exhibition in London to learn more please watch the video provided by the Institution of Civil Engineers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5BSBLwRA7c . For more ... More Information

Mexico - Robbins record breaking crossover TBM makes final breakthrough

Mexico - Robbins record breaking crossover TBM makes final breakthrough

Custom Robbins Machine finishes on a High Note under Low Cover On June 8, 2017, a select group of project officials, including Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, celebrated the ... More Information

Penetron knows…

Penetron knows…

Penetron knows  quite simply, the world needs durable concrete. It is not acceptable anymore that concrete structures worldwide crumble before their design life expires. Especially since we ... More Information

EES for West Gate Tunnel at Melbourne

The Environment Effects Statement (EES), EPA Works Approval application and draft Planning Scheme Amendment for the West Gate Tunnel Project are on public exhibition and open to comment. Click ... More Information

Changes in the Normet Leadership Team to strengthen strategy execution

Changes in the Normet Leadership Team to strengthen strategy execution

Normet announced today that Himanshu Kapadia has been nominated as head of GCCT (Ground Control and Construction Technologies) Business Line as of 01.07.2017 and Odd-Björn Kleven will move to a ... More Information

Metro tunnel update

Metro tunnel update

Independent reviewer role for Tunnel and Stations Public Private Partnership - market engagement An Independent Reviewer for the Metro Tunnel – Tunnel and Stations Public Private ... More Information

WARR Hyperloop thanks CREG for their amazing support

WARR Hyperloop thanks CREG for their amazing support

Hyperloop is a new transportation mode which had been proposed by Elon Musk in 2013. The concept is that having capsules levitate inside of a low-pressure tube (hyperloop), pods will be able to ... More Information

You May Not Know It, But You're Living In The Golden Age Of Tunneling

There's a reason why more record-breaking tunnels have been constructed since the year 2000 than in the previous 150 years. By Laurie Winkless In 1843, it was called the Eighth Wonder of the ... More Information

Mapei – celebrates 80 years of excellence

Mapei – celebrates 80 years of excellence

Mapei’s story is synonymous with Italy, the country that witnessed its birth and growth. Day in and day out, construction sites worldwide have counted on Mapei. They have been in the tunneling ... More Information

Sydney Metro update

Sydney Metro update

The Sydney Metro project is a 66km long standalone fully automated railway system with 31 metro stations between Rouse Hill and Bankstow which has been split into two stages.  Stage 1 – ... More Information

Robbins TBM “Rosie” is First Crossover TBM in the U.S.

Robbins TBM “Rosie” is First Crossover TBM in the U.S.

A Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM measuring 9.26 m (30.4 ft) in diameter underwent factory acceptance on May 30, 2017. The gargantuan machine was initially unveiled at Robbins’ Solon, ... More Information

Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference  2017

The Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference  will be held from the 7th  to 8th September 2017 in Stavanger, Norway. The NTSC’s unique approach brings together tunnel operators and owners, ... More Information

The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course

The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course is right around the corner. This year, it will be held in Chicago, IL from August 14-16. You have been invited to attend this comprehensive course which covers the latest developments in tunnel design and construction. This year, there are 37 presentations which address More Information

3RPORT update

The ground breaking ceremony for the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel took place on the 15.06.2017. The project will cost in the region of $188 Million. The tunnel will be 60.96 ... More Information

Komatsu acquires Joy Global to expand mining business

Komatsu acquires Joy Global to expand mining business

Joy Global Inc. will be renamed Komatsu Mining Corp.,headquarters remains in Milwaukee, WI Komatsu America Corp., a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. (TYO: 6301) (“Komatsu”) has completed ... More Information

Fugro seminars – Project Risk Management

Fugro seminars – Project Risk Management

FUGRO SEMINARS EXAMINE ROLE OF SITE CHARACTERISATION IN PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT    A lack of timely, comprehensive site data is often cited as a factor in unplanned design changes, ... More Information

Tunnelling News

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

Monica Breaks Ground on Snowy 2.0

Monica the tunnel boring machine, with the renewable energy mega-project now more. TBM Monica is among the world's most advanced tunnel boring machines... More Information

Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 has set to work a fourth tunnel boring machine, a $75 million piece of drilling equipment purpose built to complete excavation of the huge pumped hydro project’s “geologically ... More Information

World's 'largest' underground assembly of tunnelling machines happening beneath Sydney

Workers are craning into place about 167 major pieces that will form the first of two giant boring machines. Once assembled like giant Meccano sets, ... More Information

Tunneling Begins on Major Water Pipeline for South Hillsborough

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Water has begun construction on a major underground pipeline project aimed at meeting rising water demand in southern Hillsborough County, where population growth ... More Information

The massive £3billion tunnel designed to connect two continents under the sea

The construction of a huge underwater multi-tiered tunnel is underway in Turkey, that will create a direct route from Asia to Europe - and is expected to carry 1.3 million passengers a ... More Information

Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt is further delayed

Traffic was supposed to start flowing through the controversial Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt in 2033. But that's unlikely to happen. The €1.5 billion project is facing further delays – ... More Information

What happens to our metro tunnel boring machines when they hit the end of the line?

These mechanical behemoths were Betty and Dorothy, the tunnel boring machines tasked with digging the Sydney Metro West tunnels. Loading. The ... More Information

The incredible £2.8bn underwater tunnel connecting Europe and Asia

A huge new tunnel will connect Europe and Asia - and construction has already started. The Great Istanbul Tunnel is a major project. It will carry ... More Information

China develops "smart brain" for tunnel boring machines to boost underground construction

A team from Hunan University in central China has collaboratively developed an intelligent operating system for tunnel boring machines, giving these massive underground giants a "smart ... More Information

How China rescued highway project under Yangtze River

The incident occurred in February 2023 during construction of the 6.4-kilometer Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel. Midway through excavation, at ... More Information

HS2 final tunnel drive to Euston starts next week

A team from SCS will drive a 4.5-mile twin-bore tunnel linking Old Oak Common to Euston using two tunnel boring machines, Karen and Madeleine. More Information

Work begins on £48M Knutsford sewer upgrade featuring 1.8km stormwater tunnel

Sean Reid, United Utilities county business lead for wastewater in Cheshire said: “This project highlights our ongoing commitment to improving water ... More Information

$14.6M boost moves Gering–Fort Laramie Canal Tunnel project forward

After nearly six years of planning, construction is moving forward on the Gering–Fort Laramie Canal tunnels... More Information

Webuild: second breakthrough at Trebisacce Tunnel along Jonica State Road 106

Project will help transform Jonica State Road 106 into a strategic corridor linking Ionian coasts of Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia... More Information

Ground preparation for Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling

Work is ongoing to overcome sub-optimal ground conditions in preparation for the start of tunnelling on the Lower Thames Crossing in late 2028, according to the project’s tunnels director... More Information

LA Metro approves massive $25B underground rail line to bypass 405 Freeway

The LA Metro Board unanimously approved an underground heavy rail line to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, bypassing the congested 405 Freeway. The nearly 13-mile route, ... More Information

TUNNEL VISION Mega £7.4bn undersea tunnel connecting two CONTINENTS just got one step closer

A MAJOR £7.4 billion underwater tunnel connecting two continents has taken a step closer to construction. Experts have said the 24-mile tunnel is “technically viable”, paving the way for ... More Information

TBM breakthrough in Sydney

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Jane Starkey successfully completed her 1.2km underground journey through challenging Sydney sandstone... More Information

Hochul announces $25 million for Harlem crosstown subway tunnel design

At E. 120th St., a pair of tunnel-boring machines — currently under construction in Germany — will bore new, 8,400-foot tunnels north from the end ... More Information

Tunnelling under the Yarra River

Our two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will soon be travelling underneath the Yarra River... Approximately 300 metres of the 6.5 kilometre North East Link will be under the Yarra ... More Information

The Boring Company says its tunneling machine is 'ready to mine in Nashville'

The Music City Loop project is aimed at transporting people from Nashville International Airport to Lower Broadway in roughly 10 minutes. By Li ... More Information