NFM Technologies has received an order to supply four 6.99 m-diameter hard rock TBMs to the North West Rail Link in Sydney, Australia.
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Datwyler has taken a foundation sponsorship at tunnelbuilder.es, the Spanish-language edition of tunnelbuilder.com aimed at Spanish-speaking tunnelling engineers working in countries across the globe.
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The number of visitors to tunnelbuilder websites exceeded 620,758 in the past 12 months, with tunnelbuilder.com alone averaging more than 1,000 visitors/day.
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CIFA has celebrated its 85th anniversary and the fifth anniversary of its acquisition by Zoomlion Group. On 12.09.2013 CIFA officially opened its renovated Senago headquarters and production building
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On 13.09.2013 the Swiss Federal Council sent to Parliament a proposal amending the Federal Law on road transit in the Alpine region to allow the construction of a second tube for the Gotthard tunnel without increasing capacity.
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PPS has taken a foundation sponsorship at tunnelbuilder.es, the Spanish-language edition of tunnelbuilder.com aimed at Spanish-speaking tunnelling engineers around the world.
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Assembly of the TBM is underway on the site of La Maddalena in Val di Susa, Italy. Excavation of the first 200 m of the 7.5 km-long survey tunnel of La Maddalena
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The latest milestone in Costain’s EUR230 million contract on National Grid’s London Power Tunnels project, which is being constructed with Skanska,
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The Board of Ministers authorized additional work for the Almunecar (Taramay) - Salobrena (Lobres) section on the motorway A7, in the province of Granada, estimated value EUR30.12 million.
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The tunnelbuilder archive is a unique reference of 15 years’ operations in the global tunnelling industry, covering short and long projects from inception to completion,
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The largest parts of the EPB TBM built by NFM in France have arrived by ship in Porto Empedocle, in the province of Agrigento.
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Putzmeister is exhibiting at the Mining Technology Exhibition hosted by PeruMin at Arequipa 16-20th September, 2013.
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CBE Group is present in 18 Chinese cities and with a manufacturing plant in Yangling.
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Germany-based concrete and mortar technology specialist Putzmeister has appointed Dr Gerald Karch as CEO to succeed Norbert Scheuch.
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On 08.08.2013, 11.34 m-diameter Herrenknecht TBM Boorbara began excavation of the south tube of Skuiskil tunnel under the Ghent-Terneuzen canal. Excavation of the north tube, which started on 27.01.2013, ended mid-May.
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For driving the Eurasia tunnel beneath the Bosphorus, Turkish-South Korean construction consortium Yapı Merkezi Insaat ve Sanayi AS/SK Engineering & Construction ordered a specially developed 13.6 m-diameter Herrenknecht TBM Mixshield.
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Marti Group will employ four intelligent computer-controlled Sandvik DT1 series jumbo drilling rigs at 14.3 km-long Solbakk tunnel, the world’s longest subsea road tunnel
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For those who like railways, metros and tunnels, the ninth Railworld Summit takes place in Bangkok, Thailand 23-25th October, 2013.
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The British Tunnelling Society conference and exhibition is billed as the UK tunnelling event of the year, with over 50 booths sold.
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Call for papers for the fifteenth edition of this triennial event to be held at Hilton Hotel, Sydney 17-19th September, 2014.
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Metro Fortaleza will be the first application of Robbins EPBs in Brazil. Four 6.92 m-diameter machines have been ordered ahead of contractor selection.
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The first edition of the trade show dedicated to all product sectors related to underground, for the creation of underground works as well as the investigation and exploration of ground conditions, will take place on 17th-19th October, 2013 at Bologna Fairground.
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On 30.07.2013 TBM Bertha, involved in the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement
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Contractor Bayburt has ordered seven Sandvik rigs for its Turkish State Railway project
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International recruitment consultant iPS is currently looking for personnel for an upcoming project in Europe starting mid-September.
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Florian Mussner, provincial commissioner of public works at Bolzano, presented the 13 variants for the construction of a bypass in San Giorgio/Brunico.
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On 26.07.2013 the Robbins EPB, named Mom Chung, started digging, kicking off construction of San Francisco’s new subway tunnel.
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On 29.07.2013, after only eight months tunnelling, the 15.62-diameter TBM Martina, built by Herrenknecht for Toto Costruzioni Generali, broke through the 2,600 m south tube of Sparvo tunnel
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Terratec has completed factory acceptance tests for a 1.5 m-diameter microtunnelling system to be used in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
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Tunnelling has been concentrated in Italy, Norway and Spain over most of the 15 years during which tunnelbuilder has been monitoring activity.
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Major Russian and Brazilian delegations will be introduced at ExpoTunnel in Bologna, 17-19th October, 2013 as part of the internationalisation plan for the show.
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Just two weeks after Tony Kanaan set the fastest winning average speed of over 300 km/h in the Indy 500, a 37 year-old, 6.2 m-diameter Robbins
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On 18.07.2013 the fourth and last TBM, the S238 named Roberta driving the underground section between Monumentale and Tre Torri stations, reached Pozzo Orafi,
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At a large industrial auction held by Ritchie Bros. in Caorso (Piacenza) on 11.07.2013, a selection of 1,130 heavy equipment items and trucks were sold to a large crowd of bidders.
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Breakthrough in the second Val Sarentino road tunnel is scheduled for midday on 19.07.2013.
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The first parts of the 15 m-diameter, 100 m-long NFM TBM ordered for the twin 3.9 km tubes of the Caltanissetta road tunnel have arrived at site.
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