The first Terratec TBM EPB, named Gomti, diameter 6.52m, has been assembled 18-m below ground in the launching shaft of the Sachivalaya Station. The TBM will first dig 780 m towards the underground ...
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The 17th International Water Mist Conference will take place
in Rome, Italy, on 25th and 26th October 2017. The venue will be the Barceló
Aran Mantegna Hotel.
Today the call for papers ...
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After an extensive amount of research and testing CREG has developed the world's first U-sharp EPB machine for application in soft ground conditions. The Menghua U-sharp EPB TBM created by CREG has ...
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The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and the Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow for knowledge sharing and advanced ...
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On 16/01/2016 the Municipalities of Milan, Cinisello Balsamo, Sesto San Giovanni and Monza, the Metropolitan City and the Lombardy Region gave the Milan Metro the contract to re- award the works to ...
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CIFA will be appearing at Samoter 2017 in two separate areas, one indoor booth of more than 500sqm (Hall 4, stand E2-G3) and one an external area (Area A, stand 9-10). Make sure you visit their team ...
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The 30th edition of Samoter will be in Verona from 22nd to 25th of February 2017 and will welcome the best Italian and international brands in the following sectors: earth moving, ...
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Seattle Tunnel Partners resumed mining late Monday following 10 days of hyperbaric maintenance on Bertha, the SR 99 tunnelling machine.
Crews replaced approximately 300 of the nearly 500 ...
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Rock Machine surmounts challenges on High-Cover Los Condores HEPP - Chile’s Los Condores HEPP is a high cover, hard rock challenge, with 500 m (1,640 ft) of rock above the tunnel and a ...
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The UK government has given the green light to EUR2.27 billion plans for the upgrading of the A303 between the M3 and M5 motorways, and 11.26 km stretch of new dual carriageway with a 2.9 km tunnel ...
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Preparation to build the first of the cross passages, linking the two parallel tunnels of the Forrestfield-Airport Link, located along Dundas Road in Forrestfield, will start from 23.01.2017. The ...
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CIFA will be exhibiting at the World of Concrete 2017 in Las Vegas from the 17th to the 20th of January 2017 you can find them at booth C5372. They will be displaying a new range of ...
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On the 20th December 2016 FCC Construction completed the boring of the Bolaños tunnels (Verín-Ourense). The works entailed the delivery of two parallel single-track tunnels, ...
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Message from Tarcisio CELESTINO, ITA President -
Dear ITA Colleagues:
In spite of an overall low level of global economic activity, the tunnelling industry seems to have been growing ...
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At the beginning of November a rectangular pipe jacking machine with a cutting section of 7.72m x 5.65m has finished tunnelling as part of Singapore’s T221 project.
The machine was ...
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CIFA have released a comprehensive
newsletter covering all aspects of their operations. The subjects they cover include - Exploring sustainability, learning to invest
abroad, ...
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The Environment Effects Statement (EES) assessment for the Metro Tunnel was released today, paving the way for major construction to start in early 2017.
Minister for Planning Richard Wynne ...
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CREG is the leading TBM supplier for challenging tunnelling work in underground projects worldwide. CREG provides TBMs, tunnelling technology and technical solutions for a wide variety of ...
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Senbay Madencilik - Kolin - Kalyon JV gear up for tunnelling works on the Dudullu - Bostancı ...
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GIVING OUR CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY NEED: GLOBAL PRODUCT LAUNCHES IN 2016
2016 saw us introduce many developments aimed at helping our customers whatever their business, wherever they are in the world. ...
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In completing his first calendar year with the company, Robin Lindahl, Normet Group’s President and CEO, is reorganizing to maximize the company’s strategic focus and achieve the growth ...
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The city of Akron (Ohio) has never seen a construction project quite like the Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel (OCIT). 1902m of ground lies between the Little Cuyahoga River on the Ohio & Erie ...
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Press release - Milan, December 6, 2016 – The Lane Construction Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of the Salini Impregilo Group, has won contracts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ...
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STUVA Expo 2017 and STUVA Conference, the
international trade fair and the forum for tunnels and infrastructure will take
place on 6th – 7th of December 2017 at the Messe Stuttgart, ...
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Eight TERRATEC Earth Pressure Balance TBMs have
successfully completed 20 drives, totalling approximately 18km of running
tunnels, on four major contracts.
Two TERRATEC Earth Pressure Balance ...
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A joint venture between Morgan Sindall and BeMo Tunnelling has been awarded a place on London Underground’s ‘Future Stations’ Civils and Tunnelling Works framework. The eight-year ...
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To watch the awards and see all the winners please click on
the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHESh816ATE
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Due to a clash of dates with another Italian fire safety event, IWMA today announced that it will move its 17th International Water Mist Conference from September to October 2017. The new dates now ...
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The Underground Construction Association of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (UCA of SME) Scholarship has been established to encourage undergraduate and graduate academic ...
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With the official support from Institution of Railway Signal Engineers – Thailand Sector, Rail Expansion Asia 2017 will deliver unmatched opportunities; leveraging expertise from all ...
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The Lee tunnel in Beckton (London), a MVB joint venture (Morgan Sindall/Vinci Grand Projets and Bachy Soletanche), is the first Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) tunnel ever to be nominated and ...
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Phase 4A of the Cairo Metro public works contract was won by a Franco-Egyptian joint venture composed of Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Bouygues Travaux Publics, an Arab Contractor and Orascom ...
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Graeme Monteith, Tunnelling Engineering Manager at Barhale Construction, has been appointed chairman of the Pipe Jacking Association and Jim Kirby, an Associate at consulting engineer Donaldson ...
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Mike Rispin, Senior Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing at Normet Group, announces the following changes in Normet’s North American organization, effective December 1, 2016:
Gregory ...
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Tunnelbuilder websites can offer you far more than any other magazine or website for far less. Tunnelbuilder has a global reach and is being read by over 300,000 people in 128 different countries. ...
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Work is underway on Perth's Forrestfield-Airport Link (FAL) following a sod turning ceremony on 03.11.2016 at the site of the future Forrestfield Station. The FAL will provide a much-needed ...
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