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