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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

New Breakthrough on the Gold Line Doha Metro Project

On the 24.02.2016 TBM 6 arrived in Sports City Station on the Gold Line Doha Metro Project. The TBM has excavated 1614 m in 73 days, with 10 Fridays on  maintenance, with an average of 22meters ... More Information

Plan to link China to Taiwan with 126 km tunnel

Plan to link China to Taiwan  with 126 km tunnel

Beijing’s 13th five-year development plan, which was unveiled during  the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing states that China is planning to construct a 126 km long ... More Information

Kamchik tunnel completed

Kamchik tunnel completed

On 27.02.2016 Uzbekistan Railways in conjunction with China Railway Tunnel Group completed tunneling works on the main trunk of the 19.1 km tunnel under the Kamchik pass in Uzbekistan. The ... More Information

China Tunnel & Bridge Summit

The 10th China Tunnel & Bridge Summit will be held will be held at Yindo Grand Jasper Hotel in Zhuhai on 17-18 March, 2016. A technical excursion to the artificial island of ... More Information

4th Annual Tunnels Fire Safety Forum

The 4th Annual Tunnels Fire Safety Forum will take place from 11 to 13 May 2016 in Amsterdam. It will bring together fire brigades, construction companies, operators, and the public sector in order ... More Information

The Cross Island Line (CRL) at Singapore

The Cross Island Line (CRL) at Singapore

On 05.02.2016 the Land Transport Authority (LTA the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Phase 1) report for the stretch of the Cross Island Line (CRL) at Singapore around the Central Catchment ... More Information

18km long road tunnel proposed for Jammu & Kashmir

18km long road tunnel proposed for Jammu & Kashmir

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has submitted a proposal to the ministry of road transport and highways for construction for a EUR1.19 billion (Rs9,000-crore) 18 km long road tunnel. The tunnel ... More Information

BTS offers world-class venue for WTC2019

BTS offers world-class venue for WTC2019

Key to the success of a world-class conference is a world-class venue and the BTS is planning to deliver both in its bid to host the World Tunnel Congress (WTC) in 2019 in London.  London is ... More Information

Robbins EPB surmounts Chennai Metro Challenges

Robbins EPB surmounts Chennai Metro Challenges

Recent breakthrough marks triumph over Mixed Ground Conditions - On January 27, 2016, a Robbins mixed ground EPB broke through at Chennai Metro, finishing up a challenging second drive that saw the ... More Information

ICE Engineering Underground Space 2016 - Regeneration through Innovation

ICE Engineering Underground Space 2016 - Regeneration through Innovation

ICE's one day conference is on the 15 March 2016 in London. The conference will help engineers and planners make the most of the opportunities presented by going underground. Case studies will ... More Information

Two TBMs breakthrough on Doha Metro’s Green Line

 Two TBMs breakthrough on Doha Metro’s Green Line

On the 14.02.2016 Qatar Rail, which is overseeing the construction of the country’s integrated railway network, celebrated as the two TBMs Al Rayyan and Al Gharrafa successfully completed ... More Information

Datwyler DATBALANCE receives patent in the US

 Datwyler DATBALANCE receives patent in the US

After Datwyler Sealing Technologies having already received the patent for the DATBALANCE principle in Europe and Hong Kong last year, it is now received the protection of a patent for this new ... More Information

CIFA at BAUMA 2016

CIFA at BAUMA 2016

CIFA will be at BAUMA 2016 with the slogan “YOUR JOBSITE PARTNER” this is because CIFA continues to keep innovation, quality and the customer at the centre of its focus. CIFA believes it ... More Information

Robbins Crossover TBM for OCIT

Robbins Crossover TBM for OCIT

Robbins will supply the first Crossover XRE in the USA for the Akron OCIT Project in Ohio. The 9.6 m diameter TBM  has been named Rosie. The name recognises Rose May Jacob and the hundreds of ... More Information

New certification awarded to CEAR Srl

New certification awarded to  CEAR Srl

As from December 2015 CEAR has now been awarded containerized Transformer Substation (model CTE-IAC) certification for an internal arc of 20kA / 1sec. Which is in line with IEC 62271-202 and IEC ... More Information

Tunnelbuilder welcomes Strata Worldwide

Tunnelbuilder welcomes Strata Worldwide

Strata Worldwide was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia, USA. Fully staffed operations are located in New South Wales,Australia; Pretoria, South Africa and Pennsylvania, USA. ... More Information

ITACET latest newsletter

ITACET latest newsletter

For the latest ITACET foundation newsletter please click on the following link http://www.itacet.org/Newsletter/ 06/16. More Information

Bypass tunnel for Delaware Aqueduct in New York City

Bypass tunnel for Delaware Aqueduct in New York City

Robbins will provide a 6.6 m diameter Single Shield TBM for the Rondout West Branch Bypass Tunnel. Cracking and leakage has been occurring in the Delaware Aqueduct, where it passes through ... More Information

The Grimsel tunnel

The Grimsel tunnel

On the 4th February the cantons of Bern and Valais along with with Grimselbahn AG and Swissgrid showcased the Grimsel railway line project. The new narrow gauge line will link Meiringen (BE) with ... More Information

Putzmeister will reveal the new BSF 47-5 at BAUMA

Putzmeister will reveal the new BSF 47-5 at BAUMA

Putzmeister will present its latest truck-mounted concrete pump, the BSF 47-5 at BAUMA in April. It features a 5-arm placing boom mounted on a 4-axle chassis. With a gross weight of less than 32 ... More Information

Montedomini tunnel

Montedomini tunnel

Palmieri has been included on the shortlist of the International Tunnelling Awards for the category “Technical Innovation of the Year”. This is as a result of the complexity and the ... More Information

Penang undersea tunnel delayed

Penang undersea tunnel delayed

Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG), has delayed the construction of the 7.2km undersea tunnel linking Penang to the mainland. This is due to the high volumes of traffic that need to be diverted ... More Information

Robbins Breakthrough at Chennai Metro

Robbins Breakthrough at Chennai Metro

On the 27.01.2016 the Robbins TBM EPB operated by the JV Afcons-Transtonnelstroy broke through. This happened on the downline tunnel at Chennai’s Central station after tunnelling through 1025 ... More Information

The 7th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security

The 7th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security

The 7th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS) will be held in Montreal, Canada, 16 - 18th March, 2016. It covers topics such as safety level & acceptable risk as well as ... More Information

BTS presents proposal to host WTC2019

BTS presents proposal to host WTC2019

London, with its world-class facilities and abundant tourist attractions, is the destination of a bid by the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) to host the World Tunnel Congress and ITA General ... More Information

SBM LINEMIX® 3000 is setting new standards

SBM LINEMIX® 3000 is setting new standards

The high-performance concrete mixing plant SBM LINEMIX® 3000 CM 410-7 H produces concrete for precast segments or tubbings. The SBM concrete mixing plant has two main features when ... More Information

Breakthrough at the Beskyd tunnel

The breakthrough of the new 1.8km double-track Beskyd railway tunnel happened on the  21.01.2016. This tunnel is located in the Carpathian Mountains, in south-west Ukraine. The new tunnel with ... More Information

Thomson East Coast Line in Singapore

Thomson East Coast Line in Singapore

The building of the 13 km East Coast stretch of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL)  will connect commuters living in the eastern parts of Singapore and who are not currently directly served by ... More Information

Open consultation for a Lower Thames Crossing

Highways England is consulting from the 26 January 2016 until 24 March 2016 on options for the Lower Thames Crossing, which is a new road crossing for the River Thames connecting Kent and Essex. A ... More Information

Underground Construction Prague 2016 - Registration and Paper Submission

Underground Construction Prague 2016 - Registration and Paper Submission

The 2016 Underground Construction conference will be held in Prague from 23.05.2016 to 25.05.2016. It will showcase information about existing tunnel excavations in the Slovak Republic and important ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Westmead metro station cavern formwork the biggest in the southern hemisphere

Crews are now retrieving the 1,200-tonne Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that arrived beneath Westmead in September and October, lifting each machine ... More Information

Webuild: excavation begins on three tunnels for Salerno-Reggio Calabria HS/HC Railway

All four TBMs planned for Lot 1A Battipaglia–Romagnano section are operational with launch of latest three Joining TBM Partenope, already active, are Leucosia and Ligea, whose names were ... More Information

SELI Overseas: 75 Years of Tunneling with TBMs

From Channel Tunnel to the Brenner Tunnel: When Tunneling Is Synonymous with Innovation ... SELI TBM at work on the construction site... More Information

Road realignment is major step for HS2, says firm

HS2 Ltd A view of the realigned B4525 on an overcast day. · HS2 Ltd An aerial view of the construction of Greatworth tunnel showing major earthworks ... More Information

Amtrak has made real progress in East River Tunnel rehabilitation

The tunnel has been stripped down to the concrete liner. Westbrook was told the project isn't just about modernizing and replacing what was, but also ... More Information

Madrid invests EUR 123 million in new metro stations on Line 11

TBM Mayrit enters into action in 2026 · November 2025 – February 2026: assembly of the tunnel boring machine in Comillas Park (Carabanchel district) ... Facebook Twitter Flag as ... More Information

Jerusalem Light Rail Construction Advances Ahead of Major Tunnel Work

Local reporting on city project materials notes that “the plan calls for a 2-km underground tunnel to be built beneath the city center, including ... More Information

Why and how the Civil Works Alliance changed Sizewell C tunnel designs from Hinkley Point C

Ground conditions around Sizewell C have required intense collaboration between the project’s contractors alliance to come up with new outfall and intake tunnel design solutions... More Information

AI planning of the first railway tunnel through challenging terrain

AI plans first rail tunnel through tough terrain. Artificial Intelligence China Uses AI for the Construction of Railway Tunnels. 2025-12-08 ... More Information

Will Tunneling Projects Be The Next Big Thing For Mumbai's Public Transport?

During the interview, she also called tunnel boring machines the safest and one of the most efficient ways of doing tunelling. "Only the place of the ... More Information

Chipolbrok vessels deliver tunnel boring machines to Sydney and mineral bulk to Peru

Chipolbrok delivers TBMs for Sydney Metro on Chipolbrok Star and loads 29000t minerals in Peru on Taixing, showcasing fleet versatility... More Information

How Seequent's software solutions help to manage tunnelling data

The second phase of Singapore's Cross Island Line (CRL) metro project is under way, assisted by a suite of software from Seequent. Singapore's CRL is ... More Information

Muography to Transform Tunnel Safety Monitoring

Underwater bridge tunnels have become vital arteries for cities, enabling smooth vehicular passage beneath rivers, bays, and inland waterways. More than 200 of these structures operate ... More Information

10 longest tunnels in the world that reshaped global transportation

Modern tunnel construction involves sophisticated techniques, including tunnel boring machines and advanced geological surveying. The project ... More Information

Čučković: Construction of the tunnel boring machine for the Belgrade Metro in final phase

It is a good thing that we, for example, acquired these tunnel boring machines at a lower price than other countries... More Information

Serbia plans to borrow 2.5 billion EUR in 2026 for the construction of the Belgrade metro

It is also stated that two TBMs (tunnel boring machines), the so-called moles, have already been ordered and are expected to be delivered to ... More Information

VSM starts operation at Tilbury

The pioneering Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine (VSM) from Herrenknecht, named “Verena”, after Verena Holmes, a pioneering British mechanical ... More Information

Metrolinx reveals names of Ontario Line tunnel boring machines

Following a contest, Metrolinx has officially named its two massive tunnel boring machines Libby and Corkie... More Information

Montreal blue line metro tunnel boring machine has arrived, time to dig

It's basically building the backbone of the blue line extension,” said project chief Maha Clour, pointing out that crews have reached the bottom of ... More Information

Norway Unveils The World's Longest Road Tunnel In A Majestic Engineering Marvel

The construction cost broke down to about 38,000 NOK (roughly £3,500) per meter, an impressive figure considering the complexity and scale of the ... More Information

Sydney Metro West construction captured on video ahead of 2032 opening

Two giant tunnel boring machines have made their way through the deepest section of Darling Harbour as part of works on the new Metro West. More Information

Bengaluru's ₹18,000-crore tunnel road project inches closer as four major firms submit bids

Four firms bid for Bengaluru's ₹18000 crore tunnel project linking Hebbal to Silk Board, expected to ease city traffic by 2029 under a 34-year ... More Information

Webuild advances Rocchetta Tunnel excavation

Upcoming construction milestones. Webuild is preparing for the next major phase on the Apice–Hirpinia section: the launch of the reinforced concrete ... More Information

MMRDA plans 70-km underground tunnel road network across Mumbai

The project, being prepared in phases, will enhance multi-level connectivity and ease commuting. By KAILASH BABAR · Google preferences in ET Follow us ... More Information

Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway achieves 43.3% progress

The total length of the seven tunnels under the project is 10.979 km. ... Construction progress for the Chandram Bhir tunnel. (2,250 metres) has ... More Information

MMRDA plans 70-km underground tunnel road network across Mumbai

The project, being prepared in phases, will enhance multi-level connectivity and ease commuting. By KAILASH BABAR · Google preferences in ET Follow us ... More Information

Hong Kong: Robotics And AI Enhance Tunnel Construction

It is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation to advance the Trunk Road T2 and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel project. These ... More Information

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