The Midtown Tunnel is comprised of 11 different concrete elements which are now complete. The final layer which is called armor stone will protect the tunnel from ship anchors in the Federal ...
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A referendum will be held on 28.02.2016 for Swiss citizens will make a decision about the federal government proposal to build a second tube for the Gotthard road tunnel under the Alps before ...
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The Ministry of the Interior for the technical regulations for fire prevention in the design, construction and operation of metropolitan railways have published their latest guidelines. Visit ...
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On 19.10.2015 a veteran Robbins Main Beam (diameter 4.20 m, weight 260 t) completed the excavation of the 5,084 m-long Sachseln safety tunnel on the A8 motorway, in Switzerland. Works, ...
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This Autumn the company SMU Engeocom from Moscow completed two tunnels for the third interchange (second circle line) of the Moscow metro, using two Robbins EPB TBMs. On 24.10.2015 the TBM Victoria ...
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TBM Alice, one of the largest TBM's ever used in the Southern Hemisphere, completed its work on the Waterview Connection, a link in a motorway network through the city of Auckland, between the ...
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On 22.10.2015 Cipa SpA completed the excavation of the railway tunnel Monte Poggio Maria. The project is part of construction for the enlarging of the Cefalu'- Ogliastrillo section on ...
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FCC has been awarded the contract for the project which includes the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Toyo tunnel in the Urabá Port (around 80 kilometres from ...
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On 20.10.2015 the Turin City Council approved the tender design to authorize the start of tendering process for contracts to construct the city's second driverless metro line, connecting Rebaudengo ...
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Tunnelbuilder would like to welcome Seli Overseas SpA as the latest sponsor of the tunnelbuilder websites.
In February last year Seli Constructions SpA partnered with Grandi Lavori Fincosit Spa ...
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With the breakthrough of TBM S-867 on 10.10.2015 and
S-865 on 13.10.2015 at the Legtaifiya Station in Doha, Salini Impregilo,
leader of the ISG joint venture, has completed 11 out of the 16 ...
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On 22.10.2015 Cipa Spa, along with the contractor COCIV, finished the excavation of the 278 m Chiaravagna tunnel. The tunnel is part of the new high speed, high capacity railway line ...
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On 02.10.2015 Sydney metros North West TBM number 2 Florence broke through into the site of the future Castle Hill station after a 6.5 km dig. Work began at Bella Vista in late October last year. ...
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The final wall of the 2.1 km Pinchat tunnel came down on the 10/08/201. The tunnel is 30 meters below the Route de Troinex, creating the connection between Carouge-Bachet and Val d'Arve, on the ...
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RFI and Italferr have completed the final design for the Fortezza-Ponte Gardena access, which is part of the Brenner Base Tunnel project and filed it at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. ...
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The federal office of transport has given the go ahead for testing to begin in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The first successful test runs began on 01/10/2015 with the first trains using ...
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The construction of the Iran-Armenia railway will begin after the creation of an important cargo base. The railway will be used mainly for in-transit freights from Iran to other countries. The ...
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On the 15/10/2015 C.M.C Ravenna with TBM Barbara broke through on the first part of the 4 km Caltanissetta tunnel, which is part of the 28 km-long section upgrade at the A19 ...
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The contract was awarded equally between JV Costain and VINCI Construction Grands Projets and covers the construction of two shafts, 15 m diameter each, with a depth of 20 m, a 300 m long ...
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On 06.10.2015 FAST, the FCC-led consortium made up of Samsung, Alstom, Strukton, Freyssinet Saudi Arabia, Typsa, Atkins and Setec, finished drilling the first tunnel section of line 5 (green ...
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The London Underground, the oldest in the world and the largest in Europe, comprises 11 different lines and 270 stations. Of these the Victoria Line is a deep-level underground route that was ...
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On 31.08.2015 a 14 m diameter dual-mode EPB TBM was launched in Hong Kong at the north portal of the tunnel that will link the north-eastern New Territories and the Liantang border crossing in ...
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On 21st August 2015, the Tunnel Boring Machine S36 broke through at Palam Station, 27 days after its twin S37 did the same, completing the last drives on Contract CC-34 of Delhi Metro Phase-III. ...
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The latest Dätwyler Newsletter is now available with updates on all their current and future projects. Please click here. 40/15
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Tunneling crews continue to make progress on both tunnels between the Roosevelt Station site and the U District Station site for the Northgate Link Extension in Seattle.
TBM Brenda is just south of ...
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Setronic Verona Srl is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, specialized in design, manufacture and after sales service for optical beam smoke and fire detectors, opacity analyzer, ...
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On the 26/09/2015 the ceremony was held for the launch of a TBM in at the Brenner Base Tunnel in Innsbruck, Austria. The cavern at the Ahrental end was used for assembly and launch. There were ...
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The TBM for the grand Paris Express is now ready to start. The TBM was christened Magaly on the 09.09.2015 it is the first of two TBMs that will dig the tunnel for the extension of line 14. The ...
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On 17.09.2015 the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Board of Trustees approved the final award of the contract 238-15. This contract will close $3.6 million less than the original ...
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The 6,382 m Blanka road tunnel complex in Prague, consisting of three tunnel sections, was opened on 19.09.2015. The project is on the north-western part of the inner ring road in Prague. Click ...
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On July 22, 2015, a 3.5 m (11.5 ft) Robbins Main Beam TBM began a new chapter in its storied 32-year career. Originally built for the Terror Lake project in Alaska, the veteran machine has ...
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The latest newsletter from Sandvik Construction is now online. Visit http://construction.sandvik.com/news-media/e-newsletter/september-2015/ . 39/15
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On 16.09.2015 the ground breaking ceremony for the Nenskra hydroelectric project was held in the mountainous northwestern Georgian region of Svaneti. The 280MW project will ensure the ...
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On 18.09.2015 TBM3 Isabelle, one of four machines excavating the 15km twin tube tunnels from Bella Vista to Epping, broke through. It’s the first Sydney Metro Northwest TBM to reach the end of ...
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On 11/09/2015 a 40 t piling rig drilled the first pile at the northern interchange at Wahroonga junction. This is for the construction of the first well for the NorthConnex tunnel in Sydney. ...
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The Tunnel boring machine Alice is only 332 m away from her second breakthrough for the Waterview Connection in Auckland, New Zealand. The second tunnel which is 2.4 kilometers long is also ...
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