As 2013 draws to a close, what a pleasure it is to read about improving financial and employment statistics across the major economies! It has taken five years and a lot of pain to get to this ...
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On 16.12.2013 Swiss federal councillor Doris Leuthard officially opened the pilot rail operation in the west tube of the Gotthard base tunnel. For the first time, a train travelled over the ...
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Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), WSDOT’s design-build tunnel contractor, have taken their first step toward resumption of progress of Bertha, the SR 99 tunnelling machine.
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More than 1,220 bidders from 72 countries registered to participate in the auction in Caorso, Italy on 10.12.2013: a record for the Italian branch.
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Terratec has announced delivery of the final two TBMs of eight ordered for Delhi Metro Phase 3.
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Near the banks of the Black River in Ohio, a 7.0 m-diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM and continuous conveyor system are starting up.
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Excavation work by Swietelsky construction company has started on the access tunnel in Wolf, near Steinach, Austria with the first blast on December 4th, St. Barbara's Day.
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Breakthrough of the east tube of the 2,167m Morazzone tunnel Pedemontana Lombarda was achieved on 04.12.2013 to complete the tunneling works.
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On 04.12.2013 final breakthrough was achieved on the Pale tunnel (2,319 m - 2,045 m) in Scopoli, Foligno municipality on SS77 Val di Chienti in Italy.
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On 02.12.2013 details were released about the 5 km-long bypass Section B for the railway network in Palermo.
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The international tunnelling award for safety initiative of the year was accepted in London by Thomas Horton of MineARC Systems for its emergency refuge chambers engineered for tunnels under construction.
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Aker Solutions has sold its German Aker Wirth tunnel-boring and shaft-boring technology to China Railway Tunneling Equipment Co. Ltd (CRTE).
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More than a hundred businesses have already supplied 1,020 heavy equipment items and trucks for Ritchie Bros’ final Caorso auction of 2013, to be held on Tuesday December 10, 2013.
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Downtown Line Stage 3 Contract 927 in Singapore involves the construction of two mainline tunnels by TBM, a breakdown siding tunnel by shotcrete lining, and the Bedok Reservoir station.
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will open the new Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) from 09.00h on Sunday, 29.12.2013. The 5 km-long MCE, Singapore’s tenth expressway,
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Sound Transit will open the University Link light rail extension by March, 2016, some six months earlier than previously scheduled.
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Prado Sud, a consortium led by Vinci Concessions with Eiffage, inaugurated the 1.5 km-long Prado Sud tunnel in Marseille on 15.11.2013.
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The JV Grandi Lavori Fincosit/Toto Costruzioni Generali has started construction of the new Colle di Tenda tunnel on SS 20 Valle di Roja and Colle di Tenda in Piemonte.
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The Arabian tunneling conference and exhibition takes place in Dubai, UAE December 10-11
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Onsite First Time Assembly was developed by Robbins for the Niagara Tunnel project, which used a 14.4 m-diameter hard rock TBM. OFTA reduces delivery schedules and overall costs significantly.
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Tunnels present designers and engineers with particular challenges when it comes to installing pipework. Read a paper prepared by Dave Hudson,
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InterTunnel Russia will take place 14-16 May at VVC All Russia Exhibition Centre, Moscow - a new venue for 2014.
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On 12.11.2013 TBM excavation started for the Maddalena survey tunnel in Chiomonte on the Lyon-Turin line.
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On 08.11.2013 the breakthrough ceremony took place for Hong Kong’s Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A sewage tunnel (North Point-Wan Chai section), marking a new milestone for the project
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The powerless EnviroLAV is a robust, self-contained, corrosion resistant steel toilet system that is easy to operate and maintain.
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As the largest Spanish manufacturer of mining and tunnelling ventilation fans, Zitron has been a mainstream advertiser at tunnelbuilder.com
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A rapid Robbins 6.25 m-diameter main beam TBM is speeding up the provision of clean water to 20.5 million residents of Mumbai, India.
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On 09.11.2013 construction started on the Los Leones station of Santiago metro Line 6.
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The underground link between the Favazzina arrival location of the submarine cables and the Scilla power station is key to the new 380 kV AC double-circuit Sorgente-Rizziconi transmission line to link Sicily and Calabria.
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For a comprehensive list of TBM records by diameter and type visit
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Top Finnish infrastructure company Lemminkainen has chosen Tamrock DT1131i jumbos to excavate the 2.3 km-long Rantavayla tunnel on its Lakeside Route project in Tampere
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Abstract submission deadline for next year’s Eastern European Tunnelling Conference is 30.11.2013.
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On 07.11.2013 Crossrail reached another important milestone as 1,000 t TBM Elizabeth broke into Stepney Green Cavern, one of Europe’s largest mined caverns, in the East End of London.
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From 12-15th November, Femern A/S will gather together around 125 representatives from the nine consortia that have pre-qualified to bid for work on the immersed tunnel.
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A week ago, Seattle’s SR 99 tunnelling machine Bertha stopped near South King Street for scheduled maintenance.
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A warm invitation from ES Rubber, renowned manufacturer of gaskets for segmental lining elements, to visit booth G122
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