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The Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal

Melamchi Water Supply Development Board (MWSDB) has the responsibility to implement Phase 1 of the Melamchi Water Supply Project, including a tunnel to divert raw water from Melamchi river to a ... More Information

New Sandvik DT912D delivers intelligent efficiency

New Sandvik DT912D delivers intelligent efficiency

Sandvik Construction is introducing a completely new tunneling jumbo to its extensive offering, the DT912D. Designed especially for limestone applications, this new high reach - single boom jumbo is ... More Information

Robbins attends WTC 2016

Robbins attends WTC 2016

Visit the Robbins Company at Booth 931, in the North Exhibit Hall, from the 22nd to the 28th of April during the WTC 2016 in San Francisco (CA). Speak with Robbins staff at the show for more ... More Information

First tunnel drive begins for Hong Kong Island

First tunnel drive begins for Hong Kong Island

On the 29.03.2016 MTR officially launched the TBM Athena which will bore the southern section of Shatin to Central Link  (SCL). This includes three of the four railway tunnels that will make up ... More Information

Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 4 tunnels are complete

Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 4 tunnels are complete

On 10.04.2016 the TBM Tatuzao (11,5 m diameter,120 m length, 27000 tonne weight) completed the Metro Line 4 tunnels between Ipanema and Barra da Tijuca,  linking the Rio de Janeiro centre with ... More Information

Green Line, the Calgary's next LRT line

Green Line, the Calgary's next LRT line

The Green Line will be a new C-Train line stretch across the City of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, from North Pointe to the southeast community of Seton, adding 40 km to the existing 59 km LRT (Light ... More Information

TERRATEC delivers large double shield TBM

TERRATEC delivers large double shield TBM

TERRATEC is pleased to announce the delivery of a new Double Shield TBM to SELI Overseas S.p.A. after a successful performance of the factory testing on 12th April, 2016. The Double Shield TBM will ... More Information

TEN-T Days 2016

From the 20.06.2016 to 22.06.2016 the European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc will be in Rotterdam to discuss the development of the Trans-European Transport Network, with a special focus ... More Information

Switzerland's national road tunnels to be updated with DAB +

By the end of 2018 the Federal Roads Office in Switzerland will will have provided all the national road tunnels that are more than 300 m long with DAB + technology. Tunnels below this length do ... More Information

Second breakthrough for Albabstiegstunnel

Second breakthrough for Albabstiegstunnel

On the 27.02.016 and 22.03.2016 excavation was completed in both Albabstieg tunnels. The tunnels both 5940 m in length are in the Lehrer Tal valley on the new high speed Wendlingen-Ulm strecht, ... More Information

Normet - new Alpha 1430 kit

Normet - new Alpha 1430 kit

Normet, the leader in sprayed concrete solutions (equipment, construction chemicals, expertise),has expanded its offering array with the new Alpha 1430 kit it gives customers an ever increasing ... More Information

Visit Robbins at BAUMA

Visit Robbins at BAUMA

Will you be attending BAUMA in Munich April 11-17? Come visit Robbins at booth C2-403. Speak with our experienced worldwide team to learn how we are "Focused Forward", from innovations to ... More Information

Datwyler news

Datwyler news

From  April 2016 to January 2018 Datwyler will deliver 20.236 M 38928 anchored gaskets to JV Acciona Ghella for the Oslo Follo Line in Norway. The tunnel(36.430 m) with an outer diameter 9.550 ... More Information

BAUMA 2016

The 31st Edition of BAUMA the world's leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment opened this morning ... More Information

Wimmer - Leading supplier for tunnelling tools

 Wimmer - Leading supplier for tunnelling tools

Wimmer International was founded in 1984 and is an Austrian family business. They operate in the development and construction of excavator attachments and one of their greatest strengths is in ... More Information

TACS at BAUMA 2016

TACS at BAUMA 2016

Only 3 days are left until  BAUMA 2016 opens its gates in Munich. As in previous years TACS will participate with a booth and would be very pleased to welcome you at its Red Bar for some talks ... More Information

Schuman – Josaphat tunnel now open

Schuman – Josaphat tunnel now open

The new Schuman-Josaphat tunnel opened on the 04.04.2016 allowing for trains to run through for the firet time. The Schuman-Josaphat tunnel is a direct rail link between the Brussels-Schuman station ... More Information

PUB calls pre-qualification exercises for DTSS Phase 2 Tunnel and Tuas WRP

PUB calls pre-qualification exercises for DTSS Phase 2 Tunnel and Tuas WRP

PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, will be calling for two open pre-qualification exercises in April to pre-qualify consultancy firms and construction companies with relevant experience and ... More Information

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Have all the latest tunnelling news, tenders and awards delivered for FREE to your mail box. The tunnelbuilder weekly newsletter goes out every Thursday and brings you up to date with everything ... More Information

Urban Underground Space & Tunnelling conference in 2016

Asia’s Leading Urban Underground Space & Tunnelling Summit will return from 6 to 9 September 2016 in Singapore. The Summit 2016 will provide excellent insight into the complexity and ... More Information

Detailed project report for the Varanasi Metro

Detailed project report for the Varanasi Metro

On 29.02.2016 the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) presented the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Varanasi Metro Rail Project to the State Government. The DPR envisages two corridors with ... More Information

Loan signed with EIB for the Lucknow Metro

Loan signed with EIB for the Lucknow Metro

A loan agreement for the Lucknow Metro project between the Government of India and the international funding agency European Investment Bank (EIB) has been signed in Brussels. It was done during the ... More Information

TBM Alice - New Zealand

TBM Alice - New Zealand

The TBM Alice has been dismantled and delivered to the Ports of Auckland for shipment back to its manufacturer to be recycled. The TBM has successfully built two 2.4km underground tunnels which were ... More Information

Palmieri at BAUMA 2016

Palmieri at BAUMA 2016

Palmieri is showing its products at BAUMA this year. BAUMA is in Munich from the 11th until the 17th of April 2016, Palmieri will be situated in Hall C3, Booth 339. Palmieri was founded almost 40 ... More Information

Bertha inspections underway

On the 12.03.2016 the SR99 TBM Bertha reached its last maintenance stop. Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) will take up to one month to inspect the TBM and provide any maintenance that is needed. Some ... More Information

ExpoTunnel will exhibit at BAUMA

ExpoTunnel will exhibit at BAUMA

ExpoTunnel will exhibit at BAUMA in Munich from April 11th  until April the 17th, booth number 5 in the East entrance area, in order to promote the fair worldwide. ExpoTunnel, wants to be able ... More Information

The Angat water improvement project

The Angat water improvement project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a EUR109,24 million (USD123.3 million) loan for a new water tunnel to help modernise Manila’s water supply. This will reduce the risk of shortages ... More Information

Breakthrough on Red Line North at Doha

Last night the 600 tonne TBM, belonging to the consortium of ISG, headed by the Italian company Salini Impregilo, broke through at the Red Line North of al Golf, North East of Doha. The EUR1.8 ... More Information

Swedish drilling and tunneling customer requirements in focus

Swedish drilling and tunneling customer requirements in focus

As part of Sandvik Construction’s increasing focus on the local needs of our customers, we will be participating at two March events to be held in Sweden. Both of these will provide an ... More Information

Breakthrough of the Sant’Urbano tunnel in the Pedemontana Veneta

On 14.03.2016  the Sant’Urbano tunnel in Pedemontana Veneta broke through. The tunnel is 1531m and is the first tunnel between Montecchio Maggiore and Castelgomberto municipalities, which ... More Information

Robbins is focused forward

Robbins is focused forward

The Robbins Company has been the foremost manufacturer of TBMs and underground construction equipment for over 60 years. Click here for a journey through the company history as told by Robbins ... More Information

Second Phase of Second Avenue Subway - New York

Second Phase of Second Avenue Subway - New York

The Second Avenue Subway (SAS) will be New York City’s first major expansion of the subway system in over 50 years. The line will stretch more than 136 km along the length of Manhattan's East ... More Information

Engineering underground space - utilising the assets beneath our feet

Engineering underground space - utilising the assets beneath our feet

HS2 Engineering Director and former Chief Engineer at Crossrail Chris Dulake, will be outlining the engineering and environmental challenges presented in the delivery of HS2 at a special one day ... More Information

Robbins hosts first webinar for the 2016 series

Robbins hosts first webinar for the 2016 series

The Robbins Company will be hosting their first TBM webinar for the 2016 series on April 5th .  The title of the webinar is “The Robbins Crossover TBM: One Machine, Many Geologies”. ... More Information

Bözberg tunnel

On 09.03.2016 the FFS officially began work on the new Bözberg tunnel. It is a 2.7 km-long, double-track and 4 m compatible and runs between Effingen and Schinznach-Dorf  in the ... More Information

PassiveTec® awarded Heathrow contract

PassiveTec® awarded Heathrow contract

The PassiveTec® range of  high performance fire protection panels, jointly owned by PFP Fire Systems and Sheffield Insulations Group, has won the supply  contract for the refurbishing ... More Information

Tunnelling News

In pics: construction site of Chongming-Taicang tunnel

A smart assembling vehicle works at "Linghang" large diameter shield tunneling machine at the construction site of the Chongming-Taicang tunnel, part of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu ... More Information

IN PICTURES: Spectacular images of the removal of HS2's huge tunnelling machine

TBM Sushila was used to construct part of the Northolt Tunnel – an 8.4-mile tunnel ... construction/london-tunnels/progress-3/northolt-tunnel/tbm- ... More Information

Historic tunnels uncovered beneath Salisbury station during £5.3M upgrade project

Engineers from Network Rail and South Western Railway have uncovered a network of tunnels and rooms beneath Salisbury station during ongoing £5.3M upgrades to the station’s forecourt... More Information

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels

Massive $450m road project connecting Russia and Georgia with six bridges & five tunnels. The new road will pass through Georgia along a trade route ... More Information

Buca Metro Tunnel Excavations Reached 50 Percent Level

Important progress is being made in the construction of the line, where four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), each 100 meters long, 7 meters wide and ... More Information

'Very promising' narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage

A novel tunnel boring machine (TBM) will open up Bokoni's narrow tabular dipping PGM orebody to allow narrow-reef boring to take place, so that ... More Information

A vast undersea tunnel is being built

The 7.4 billion-euro ($7.7 billion) project is a huge undertaking, in every sense. Each section of the tunnel is colossal. These concrete structures ... More Information

National Grid gets planning permission for Grain to Tilbury upgrade with new Thames tunnel

National Grid has secured full planning approval for the Grain to Tilbury project, which includes a new power tunnel under the River Thames... More Information

Right track tunnel of Huangjialing Tunnel in NW China's Gansu drilled through

A staff member works on the construction site of the right track tunnel of the Huangjialing Tunnel in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest ... More Information

Shetland Islands tunnels plan takes 'huge step forward' with sonar investigations

This phase will further inform the project's development and feasibility. The tunnel project, seen by locals as pivotal for improving ... More Information

Construction of the Tarande tunnel begins next week

On March 17th, in Vilnius district Construction of a tunnel and other related infrastructure will begin at Taranda and Bukiškis. This project aims ... More Information

Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieves major tunnel breakthrough;

The construction of Delhi Metro's Golden Line achieved a major milestone on Thursday as the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) broke through at the ... More Information

RiverRenew Tunnel Project Nearing Completion

The RiverRenew Tunnel System Project, the largest infrastructure investment in Alexandria's history, is nearing completion. More Information

Sydney Metro West tunnels enter final stretch after big breakthrough

Two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) constructing the huge Sydney Metro West tunnels have made a smashing entrance 24 metres below the surface. More Information

Chennai Metro Rail launches first tunnel boring machine for underground tunnelling in Kolathur

Corridor 5 begins at Madhavaram Milk Colony and connects through Koyambedu, Porur, Alandur and other residential/commercial areas of the city to ... More Information

Element Six, Master Drilling Announce Tunnel Development Partnership

Element Six and Master Drilling will deliver a diamond-enabled solution designed to increase tunneling development speed, reducing costs and minimize the environmental impact of tunnel ... More Information

Gateway Project Tunnel Connecting NY and NJ Moves Forward

Five Gateway contracts have been awarded so far, including one on Predergast's first day for construction on the Manhattan side of the tunnel... More Information

HSR Xi'an – Yan'an: Completion of All Tunnels in the Project

The HSR Xi'an – Yan'an has completed the excavation of all tunnels, including the Tongchuan Tunnel. This is a key milestone in the construction ... More Information

Brazil's US$1bn underwater tunnel project making waves among potential bidders

The first underwater road tunnel project in Brazil is attracting interest from multiple potential bidders, an official familiar with the matter ... More Information

Element Six and Master Drilling Announce Strategic Partnership for Advanced Tunnel

Achieving high quality, nonexplosive tunnel construction with various aspects of value generated compared to traditional rock excavation methods is a ... More Information

Tutor Perini Wins a $1.2 Billion NYC Contract

A joint venture of Sylmar-based civil construction firm Tutor Perini Corp. and its subsidiary Frontier-Kemper Constructors has won a $1.18 billion contract to construct a pair of rail ... More Information

Milestone reached for $1.6b Auckland wastewater tunne

Watercare's Central Interceptor project has passed an historic milestone with the southern half of the 16.2 kilometre tunnel – Blockhouse Bay ... More Information

Elon Musk's 'Wormhole' Tunnel Promises To Carry 20,000 People Per Hour In Dubai

It’s been more than eight years since Elon Musk decided he was fed up with traffic and declared he’d start digging tunnels to revolutionize public transport across the United States. So ... More Information

First tender for Dubai’s $22bn tunnels due within days

Dubai Municipality is expected to tender the first two packages of the $22bn Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels (DSST) project imminently... More Information

London's Thames Tideway Tunnel now fully connected

After 10 years of construction work, the last of the 21 connections of the Thames Tideway Tunnel was made to the city's Victorian sewage system. More Information

Silvertown Tunnel

Silvertown Tunnel is the Transport for London project looking to forge a brand-new connection between Silvertown and the Greenwich Peninsula... More Information

Dubai Loop: Elon Musk to Build Huge Underground Road Network

Musk's The Boring Company, which is responsible for building a similar project in Las Vegas, aims to create 17 kilometers of tunnel capable of ... More Information

Wisconsin approves $4.5m tunnel lighting project

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has approved a $4.5m lighting systems upgrade project in various tunnels in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. More Information

$1.18bn Manhattan Tunnel contract awarded as part of $16bn Hudson Tunnel Project

The Hudson Tunnel Project is the key section of the Gateway Programme, which is a comprehensive rail infrastructure investment aimed at boosting ... More Information

North East Link continues to forge ahead towards completion

Tunnelling will soon commence on Victoria's longest twin road tunnels – the North East Link tunnels – as two massive tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are ... More Information

Africa's huge £8.5m tunnel cuts up to 26 minutes off journeys to major capital city

The tunnel is to be constructed within the next three years. This project will not only create 500 jobs in the construction ... More Information

CMRL's tunnel boring machine from Panagal Park reaches Kodambakkam station after a year

Chennai Metro Rail's Phase II Project faces delays as tunnel boring machines 'Pelican' and 'Peacock' progress towards Kodambakkam... More Information

$800-million twin-tube tunnel, longest in the Philippines, nears 'breakthrough'

A senior agency official stated on Thursday that the tunneling phase of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project will achieve a long-awaited ... More Information

The World’s Largest Immersed Tunnel Is Being Built—And It’s Done Without a Tunnel Boring Machine

When we think about groundbreaking advancements, our minds often jump to cutting-edge technology like smartphones or supercomputers. But some of the most awe-inspiring innovations are ... More Information

Brenner Base TBM enters 'highly fractured' fault zone

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) working on the northernmost active construction lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel project has entered a “highly ... More Information

India building a historic Undersea Tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project

He stated, "All high-quality safety norms have been adopted in the construction of this India's first carefully designed undersea tunnel project." The ... More Information

Norway's Incredible Ship Tunnel Plan Is Back On Track

Despite pandemic-related and planning delays to the project, the Norwegian Coastal Administration is pressing ahead with plans to build the world's ... More Information

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel in J&K

The tunnel works with the under-construction Zojila tunnel to enhance travel efficiency and road connectivity. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra ... More Information

Metro's tunnel construction on track

Meanwhile, the 'Azad' TBM is already working on the 'up-line' tunnel for the same stretch. After arriving at Transport Nagar, both TBMs were 'dragged' ... More Information