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CEAR research development

CEAR research development

CEAR has completed a plan of investment in research and development that has been given an ATEX standard 2014/34/UE notification for the company's quality system and for the conformity of production ... More Information

ExpoTunnel open for registration

ExpoTunnel open for registration

ExpoTunnel staff engaged in intensive promotional activity of their show at BAUMA in Munich and at the WTC in San Francisco. ExpoTunnel has promoted this event  to the international public ... More Information

WTC 2017 – deadline for submission of abstracts

The World Tunnel Congress for 2017 will take place in the conference centre in the Edvard Grieg Hall in the City of Bergen, Norway. The conference will start on the 09.06.2017 and end on the ... More Information

Gotthard Base Tunnel opening ceremony preparations

The final preparations for the opening ceremony of the Gotthard Base Tunnel which is the heart of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) are being made. At midnight between 31.05.2016 and ... More Information

Putzmeister pumps, turning waste into fuels

Putzmeister pumps, turning waste into fuels

Visit Putzmeister during IFAT 2016 at Booth A6.251/350, from May 30th  to June 3rd  2016. IFAT 2016 is the world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials ... More Information

Adfil Construction Fibres celebrate successful WTC

Adfil Construction Fibres celebrate successful WTC

ADFIL, Low & Bonar's construction fibre business, participated for the first time at the World Tunnelling Congress 2016 (WTC).  It was the first time that the Durus S500, an innovative ... More Information

Chienes Ring Road lengthened

The Bolzano provincial council approved project variations for the Chienes ring road. The road length will increase from the initially planned 2 km to 2.7 km, extending westward, in the direction ... More Information

The Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnel (DSST)

The Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnel (DSST)

Dubai Municipality is planning to build a 75 km deep-sewer tunnel and network in the Deira and Bur Dubai area of the emirate. It will be similar to the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme ... More Information

The Forrestfield-Airport Link upgrades

The Forrestfield-Airport Link upgrades

The  $1.176 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link contract awarded last April to the joint venture between Italian company Salini Impregilo and local company NRW Pty Ltd (SINRW) involves the ... More Information

Robbins webinar June 15th

Robbins webinar June 15th

Robbins will be hosting their third webinar for the 2016 series on June 15th 2016.   The title is -  Mega TBM Mobilization: The Logistics of Multi-Machine Project Date: ... More Information

SBM proves a success at BAUMA 2016

SBM proves a success at BAUMA 2016

Record orders confirm customer confidence - Seven days of intense activity for SBM Mineral Processing! High numbers of trade visitors from around the world, valuable new contacts and a surprising ... More Information

First roadheaders to start operating at NorthConnex

First roadheaders to start operating at NorthConnex

This month on the NorthConnex project in Sydney, Australia, they will reach a major milestone when the first of the roadheaders start operating at the Southern Compound. This roadheader will ... More Information

Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project

Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project

Last month it was announced that the new Hudson River rail tunnels will get a EUR 61.43 million (USD 70 million) injection from Amtrak (50%) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (50%) ... More Information

RETC 2017 - Call For Papers!

RETC will be held from June 4-7, 2017 at the Hyatt Grand Manchester in San Diego, CA. The 2017 RETC Organizing Committee has issued a call for papers. Prospective authors should submit abstracts of ... More Information

Arrival of the first Follo Line-TBM

Parts of the first Follo Line TBM (diameter 9.96 m, length 150 m, weight 2400 t) have arrived in Norway. This first shipment included segments for the large cutterhead. This is the first of four ... More Information

SELI breaks through on the Gold Line on the Doha Metro in record time

SELI breaks through on the Gold Line on the Doha Metro in record time

SELI Overseas is the first to complete the TBM excavation on the Gold Line in Doha. On Sunday 01/05/16 at approximately 10.00am TBM 6 will broke through into the Al Aziziyah Station in Doha. ... More Information

Mexico’s Crossover TBM makes its mark for Robbins

Mexico’s Crossover TBM makes its mark for Robbins

On March 29, 2016, North America’s first Crossover TBM broke new ground in Mexico City.  The 8.7 m (28.5 ft) diameter Robbins XRE—a cross between a rock TBM and an EPB—emerged ... More Information

Underground Grouting & Ground Improvement Short Course

The Underground Grouting & Ground Improvement Short Course will be held on May 16-20 at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, USA. The course will cover grouting and ground ... More Information

TERRATEC TR3000 breaks through in China

TERRATEC TR3000 breaks through in China

Last month TERRATEC’s TR3000 Raise Boring Machine successfully completed two 3.1m diameter shafts for ventilation purposes for copper mines in the Sichuan Province in China. The rock ... More Information

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

Tunnelling News

Single-Bore Tunnel Method Chosen for BART Silicon Valley Phase II

This decision allows VTA to advance project design towards 60%, stay on a critical path to tunnel construction and meet the projected revenue service ... More Information

Boring Co. begins 'controlled blasting' for Nashville tunnel at TN capitol

The Boring Co. has started excavation work at a state-owned parking lot on Rose Parks Boulevard for the Music City Loop project Wednesday, Aug. 13, ... More Information

TBM arrives in Montreal for delayed metro extension project

A custom-built tunnel boring machine (TBM) has arrived in Canada for use on a 6km extension of the Montreal Metro... More Information

Spain Confirms Feasibility of €8.5 Billion Morocco-Europe Tunnel

The study was conducted by German company Herrenknecht, the world leader in tunnel boring machines, at the request of the Spanish government's ... More Information

TxDOT spends $748M to burrow bus-size tunnels under Central Austin

The first tunnel boring machine will be deployed near ... Industry experts say tunnel boring machines typically advance about 50 feet per day. More Information

6 TBMs on Duty on the 27-Kilometer Line in Körfezray

Two of the six Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will serve in the first 27-kilometer phase are actively excavating tunnels, while the ... More Information

Construction on HS2's Euston tunnel will start 'fairly soon', says rail minister

Construction on the HS2 tunnel from Old Oak Common station to Euston station will start “fairly soon”, the rail minister has said... More Information

Blue Line Extension TBM Arrives at Port of Montreal

Railway Track and Structures Construction site of the future Vertières station (Pie-IX) in June 2025. Caption and photo courtesy of STM. MONTREAL - The tunnel boring machine (TBM) ... More Information

Tunnel break through milestone for Mt Messenger Bypass project

A 110 tonne excavating machine, called Hinetūparimaunga, has broken through at the northern end of the project's 235 metre-long tunnel ... More Information

$3.9 billion tunnel and bridge link for VA

Costing around $3.9 billion, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) upgrade Expansion project for Virginia will improve traffic flow for a key ... More Information

Extended North Tunnel Flood Mitigation Project Receives $18.2 Million in State Funding

The funding advanced by the board includes a $17.2 million loan and $1 million grant for the construction of the mile-long tunnel, which will divert ... More Information

Gateway Project faces new uncertainty amid government shutdown

Federal funding for the $16B Hudson Tunnel Project, aka Gateway, has been paused during the government shutdown, sparking political backlash. More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine Emily Passes Key Factory Test for DC Water Potomac River Tunnel Project

Tunnel boring machine (TBM), Emily. This test confirms that Emily is ready to begin excavating the southern leg of the Potomac River Tunnel — a ... More Information

Sydney Metro West achieves world-first in tunnelling technology

Sydney Metro West has achieved a world-first in tunnel construction with a Lining Erector Machine (LEM) successfully being used to line the mined ... More Information

Gateway construction continues despite Trump's claim of termination

Tutor Perini, the general contractor on the Manhattan Tunnel Project, confirmed construction activity is currently continuing as planned... More Information

Tunnelling complete for Annacis water supply project

Metro Vancouver has completed the tunnelling phase of the $450 million Annacis Water Supply Tunnel, which will complete in 2028... More Information

Santa Clara VTA confirms single tunnel plan for BART extension

With VTA now owning the tunnel boring machine, the agency assumes full responsibility for its performance, agency officials said. To manage the risk, ... More Information

Chennai: Tunnel Boring Machine Vaigai achieves breakthrough at Mandaveli Metro Station

CHENNAI: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Saturday achieved a major milestone in Phase II tunnelling works, as Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ... More Information

Trump 'terminates' $16 billion Hudson River tunnel project linking N.J. and N.Y.C.

President Trump said funding for the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project is "terminated" at a press conference. New Jersey officials said they will ... More Information

$676 million underwater tunnel for India

The project is expected to cost around $676 million, with a Detailed Project Report (DPR) having now been completed. India's road transport network is ... More Information

€1.4 billion Belgian tunnel project approved

The first phase of the €1.4 billion project for Belgium’s new Limburg Noord-Zuid link has been approved. Construction should commence in 2027 on the project, which will form a section of ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine S-639B achieves breakthrough under Kanpur Metro Phase I Project

The package KNPCC-06 involves design and construction of a tunnel through TBM, cut and cover tunnel, underground ramp from Kanpur Central end of ... More Information

Lawmakers propose construction of undersea tunnel to link Luzon and Visayas

Several lawmakers from the Visayas region are proposing the construction of an underground tunnel that will serve as a permanent land connection ... More Information

Oman-UAE rail project hits major milestone with start of tunnel excavation

Tunnel excavation has begun in Oman's Al Hajar Mountains, marking a major milestone for the cross-border Oman-UAE Railway... More Information

Engineering the depths: innovative tunnelling for hydropower projects

Major schemes in Austria, China, and Germany are applying advanced underground construction techniques for hydropower projects. More Information

New tunnel, new standard: Silvertown project showcases innovation in surface protection

Originally approved in 2018, construction of the tunnel began in March 2021. In September 2023, following the completion of tunnelling works, ... More Information

Metro Manila Subway Project: DOTr launches third tunnel boring machine

Dubai: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has launched a third tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), ... More Information

Skanska JV wraps up $450M Baltimore tunnel nearly 2 years early

A joint venture has reached substantial completion on the $450 million Howard Street Tunnel Project in Baltimore nearly two years ahead of the original completion date, according to a ... More Information

Work continues on NYC megaprojects, despite $18B federal funding pause

Contractors on two of New York City’s largest infrastructure projects will keep digging, but they might glance over their shoulders toward Washington... More Information

HS2 Chipping Warden tunnel project moves step forward

HS2 Ltd An aerial view of the HS2 tunnel construction at Chipping Warden. A road HS2 Ltd. The 1.55 mile (2.5km) Chipping Warden tunnel will be ... More Information

First of three Tunnel boring machines on way to SA as beams go up for tram overpass

The first of three tunnel boring machines that will be used to complete the northern and southern tunnels project is on its way to SA as part of a ... More Information

Chennai Metro Rail's TBMs to begin tunneling between Thiruvanmiyur and Indira Nagar

Chennai Metro Rail begins tunnelling work in challenging stretch for phase II project, facing obstacles due to hard rock... More Information

Custom lifting gantry aids TBM removal - Construction Briefing

The four TBMs excavated the 8.4 mile (14 km) Northolt Tunnel section. Two went in each way, digging a pair of tunnels from both ends towards each ... More Information

Tunnel construction begins on Barskoon — Bedel road in Issyk-Kul region

According to the project, two tunnels, 5,340 and 3,840 meters long, respectively, will be built at Sook and Ashuu-Suu passes. They will be among the ... More Information

China debuts world's mightiest centrifuge, unleashing ultra-intense gravity

China leads the way in shield tunnelling machine development · Shield machine of south line of Yellow River tunnel starts boring in Jinan · A close ... More Information

Boring Company Launches Global Operations Control Center in Bastrop, Texas

The Boring Company has officially opened its new Global Operations Control Centre in Bastrop, Texas, the tunnelling start-up announced on X... More Information

Port of Longview Lands $35.9MM Federal Loan for Rail Expansion

Active Construction on New Hudson Tunnel Project Supporting Domestic Jobs and Economic Output ... Bridges/Tunnels, Class 1, Freight, Ports, Track ... More Information

TBM Parvati Achieves Breakthrough At Kakadeo Station Of Kanpur Metro Line 2

Brief Scope: Design and Construction of TBM Tunnel, Cut and Cover Tunnel, ramp after Double Pullia, ramps in Agriculture Depot for main line and ... More Information

Howard Street tunnel reopens ahead of schedule, boosting Baltimore's freight capacity

The Howard Street Tunnel has been reopened after being out of service since February 2025.The nearly 130-year-old tunnel extends north from Camden Yards to the Mount Royal Station and is ... More Information