Acciona Construction has completed the first of the 45 galleries connecting the two railway tunnels of the Follo Line project in Norway. These service galleries will be essential for carrying out ...
More Information
The Robbins Company holds nearly 90% of world records for TBMs, and behind two thirds of those TBMs are continuous conveyor systems for rapid muck removal. Whether hard rock or soft ground, ...
More Information
The Rapid Excavation and Tunnel Conference (RETC) will be held in San Diego, California June 4-7, featuring 100 technical sessions, short courses and more.
Covering topics from contracting to ...
More Information
On March 18th 2017 SELI Overseas completed the 11,4 km long headrace tunnel at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Hydro Power Plant, in southern Laos, using a 5.84 m diameter Double Shield TBM built by TERRATEC ...
More Information
On 07.03.2017 Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) fabricated the first tunnel ring for the 33.5 km Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor project at the Wadala casting yard. About 40,000 segment ...
More Information
Are you a college student interested in attending the
Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC)? If you answered yes,
scholarships are now available through April 12.
If you are looking to ...
More Information
On the 22.03.2017, Implenia broke through on a section of the U-Bahn in central Berlin having reached the Brandenburger Tor station from the new U5 tunnel built. The new tunnel connects the ...
More Information
On April 12, 2017 (Time: 7am PDT / 10am EDT / 2pm GMT ) there will be a complimentary 60-minute webinar, held by Robbins Engineering Manager Brad Grothen and Robbins Chief EPB Engineer Shinichi ...
More Information
We are pleased to send this Call for Abstracts for the 5th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure, 12 - 13 October 2017, in Borås, Sweden.
Controlling the ...
More Information
In the future, a large number of road vehicles will not be powered by fossil fuels and due to environmental considerations, much current transportation policy development is aimed at increasing ...
More Information
Specialized TBM will work below the Hudson River on the Delaware Aqueduct.
Robbins has completed the manufacture and testing of a unique tunnel boring machine that will be used to repair the ...
More Information
IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd has completed the construction of the longest tunnel in the South East Asian Region the Chenani to Nashri section of NH - 1A. The project had been awarded ...
More Information
Metro has signed a contract with Regional Connector Constructors JV (Regional Connector Constructors) led by Skanska USA Civil West California District Inc. (Skanska), in partnership with Traylor ...
More Information
The Norwegian Tunnelling Society (NFF) wants to welcome you to the World Tunnelling Congress and the ITA – AITES General Assembly which will be in Bergen, Norway from June 9th to June 15th ...
More Information
On 24.02.2017 the TBM named La Guaragua, the first of three machines involved in the Metro de Quito project, started tunnelling works. The machine, arrived in Guayaquil on the 13.11.2016 and will ...
More Information
IAT Solution is pleased to introduce to the market our latest creation: IAT Data Acquisition & Visualization System.
Designed and developed by some of the most experienced engineers in the ...
More Information
TERRATEC Microtunnelling Systems and speciality Field Services aid swift progress on major utility tunnel projects in Bangkok, Thailand.
In February 2017, TERRATEC Micro Tunnel Boring Machines ...
More Information
The final breakthrough of the last TBM for the Copenhagen Cityringen Metro happened on the 13th of February 2017. TBM2 Tria reached the Copenhagen Central station, KH- Københavns ...
More Information
On the 20th February 2017, a ceremony for the launching of the first CREG TBM to start work was held in Tel Aviv in Israel. There were more than 300 guests including Israel’s minister of ...
More Information
Mapei, the worldwide leading manufacturer of adhesives, chemical products, and sealant for the building industry, has been announced as a Platinum Sponsor of the 4th Arabian Tunnelling Conference ...
More Information
The Federal Office of Transport (FOT), after comparing the costs and benefits have decided to go ahead with the refurbishment and upgrading of the single track Weissenstein tunnel length 3.7km on ...
More Information
On 20 January 2017, at a ceremony in the NLE (Northern Line Extension) Battersea Power Station site, the Ferrovial, Agroman/ Laing O’Rourke (FLO) joint venture, unveiled the names of the two ...
More Information
On 03.02.2017 the contractor Eiffage launched a Robbins TBM, for construction of the 2750 m Janots water tunnel in La Ciotat, France. The 220t machine has been named Augustine, after the mother of ...
More Information
On 01.02.2017, contractor MIP-Story used the Robbins EPB371 (diameter 6 m), on its fourth bore of the Moscow Metro. The EPB is expected to encounter difficult geology and running sands. The ...
More Information
On February 6th, 2017, CREG's R73 hard rock TBM was successfully launched in Vietnam on the Da Nhim job site. For further information on this project please read their press release and also visit ...
More Information
On 07.02.2017, after little more than a year since the main breakthrough in the Ceneri Base Tunnel, the shotcrete work has been completed along the inner lining of the eastern tube of the tunnel. ...
More Information
Stones Consult Group was created in 2010 with its main base in Denmark that oversees markets in the European Union involving all type of construction and manpower. The Company has extensive ...
More Information
TERRATEC marks its continued growth throughout Asia with the official opening of a new large-diameter TBM production facility in Guangzhou, China.
At the end of January, Australian-based TBM ...
More Information
CIFA will be exhibiting at the World of Conexpo 2017 in Las Vegas from the 7th to the 11th of March 2017 you can find them at Golden Lot 2793. They will be displaying a new ...
More Information
The construction of a tunnel under the much-awaited Melamchi Drinking Water Project has begun its final phase. On 28.12.2016 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Nepal ...
More Information
The French senate has approved the bill of ratification for the start of the final phase of the Turin/Lyon tunnel project.
The TBM Gea, which is building the Maddalena geognostic tunnel, has now ...
More Information
On 16.02.2017 the International Congress about the Role of Security Management Measures in tunnels which is organised by the World Road Association PIARC/AIPCR Italy and Fastigi foundation will be ...
More Information
The 4th Arabian Tunnelling Conference (ATC 2017), held in conjunction with the 20th Gulf Engineering Forum (GEF 2017), will take place from 21-22 February 2017 at the Ritz Carlton in Dubai ...
More Information
Robbins SBUs have been around since 1996 – originally they were designed for hard rock but through constant development, at least 60% of today’s SBUs sold are designed for mixed ground. ...
More Information
In an effort to recognize the individuals and companies that have worked toward successfully completing complicated projects and advancing the microtunneling industry, the Microtunneling Achievement ...
More Information
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 ...
More Information
