Early registration ends May 7 for the Rapid Excavation
and Tunneling Conference (RETC), June 4 – 7, 2017 in San Diego.
RETC 2017 is heating up in San Diego, California with
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A Robbins TBM, recently christened “Augustine”, is being
commissioned to undertake its eighth bore after being launched by contractor
Eiffage Civil Engineering on March 3. The TBM, ...
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Normet Group and JCHX Mining Management Co Ltd have signed an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and sell underground mining equipment in the Chinese market.
The joint venture will ...
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The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) is a strategic project between the Governments of Malaysia and Singapore that aims to facilitate seamless travel between the two capital cities. The ...
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On 06.02.2017 the Turkish group Makyol completed the
excavation of a 5.2km sewer tunnel. The tunnel was driven by a TBM EPB
(diameter 6.5 m, lenght 87 m) and is part of the Super West Collector ...
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The Joint venture between Cimic a subsidiary of CPB Contractors and John Holland has been named as the preferred contractor for the West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne, Australia. The joint ...
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PPS is looking forward to make 2017 a year of innovation in the PPS product lines. A new generation of pipejacking and micro-tunneling systems will be introduced and classical PPS guidance systems ...
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New threats like terrorist acts in tunnels and cyber-attacks to control systems could severely influence public life. Within a workshop on “New Security Challenges for Design and ...
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To view Amberg technologies latest newsletter please click here.15/17.
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The preferred route for the new Lower Thames Crossing between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent has been announced. The new two-mile road tunnel will create a link between the A2 and the M25 ...
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On 06.04.2017 the TBM Harriet arrived at the Leimert Park Station completing the second tunnel of the underground section of the Crenshaw/LAX Line in Los Angeles.
The TBM began its work on ...
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The ITA video of Tunnelling Works over the world (updated)
has been released on youtube please view it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzY0QuF4gkM&feature=youtu.be
.14/17.
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STUVA-Expo 2017 – multiple communication options for
exhibitors available
Improving the efficiency of communication for our exhibitors
is currently the focus of the organizing team of ...
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The call for Abstracts for 16th Australasian Tunnelling Conference has been extended to Monday the 10th of April. Submit in one of the following categories:
1. Urban Planning, ...
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The major phase of geotechnical investigations to inform
tunnel and station designs for the Metro Tunnel Project is now complete.
Over the past two years more than 270 boreholes have been
drilled ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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