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The Zhongnanshan (Zhongnan mountain) tunnel, which passes through the Qinling mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi province, opened ...
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Last TBM Breakthrough at KárahnjúkarThe third and last Robbins TBM at the main Kárahnjúkar headrace tunnel broke through its 11.5 km section on 5th December, 2006. The breakthrough marks ...
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The Spanish government repealed four sections of the Jucar-Vinalopo water transfer scheme a year and a half ago after ...
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DSI Acquires Alwag and ACIDSI (DYWIDAG Systems International) consolidates its existing tunnelling activities with the newly acquired companies Alwag Tunnelausbau Ges.m.b.H. (Alwag) of Austria and ...
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Arlaban Tunnel Breakthrough Unites Basque Provinces in SpainBoring of the 3,377 m-long Arlaban tunnel (now named Isuzkitza) was completed on 28th December, 2006 thus uniting 1,300 metres that ...
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Construction in Full Swing at Malmö City TunnelThe Öresund connection between Sweden and Denmark, a combination comprising both bridge and tunnel structures, was officially opened in July ...
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Longest Tunnel Breaks Through on Sweden's Bothnia LineThe 5.6 km Namntall tunnel, one of 16 such constructions on the Bothnia line and Sweden's longest railway tunnel, broke through on 30th ...
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Tunnelling Ends on the M-30 South Bypass in Madrid'Tizona', the world's biggest TBM with its twin 'Dulcinea', finished its job on 30th October, 2006 in the eastbound, south tunnel on the south ...
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Moutier Tunnel Breaks Through during Saint Barbara DayThe Moutier tunnel holed through on Monday 4th December, 2006 after a mass celebrated in honor of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of ...
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2012 Olympic Games Powerline Tunnel Breaks Through in LondonTunnelling work took a significant step forward with a scheduled breakthrough in one of the two tunnels being built to underground ...
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Lovat Readies TBM for Bosphorus Railway Tube Crossing in IstanbulThe Marmaray project in Istanbul will provide a fully upgraded commuter rail line, connecting Halkali on the European side with ...
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Second Tunnel Breakthrough at CastellanzaOn 18th November, 2006 the second tunnel for the project to sink underground the railway operated by Ferrovie Nord Milano through Castellanza, on the ...
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First TBM Breaks Through Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension in Los AngelesA Herrenknecht machine dubbed 'Lola' has completed a 2.75 km tunnel for the USD898 million eastside extension of the ...
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BWARI Tunnel Breaks ThroughOn 25th October, 2006 the Jay Dee-Michels Pipeline Construction-Traylor joint venture broke through on the Big Walnut Augmentation/Rickenbacker Interceptor (BWARI) ...
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Second South Gotthard TBM Arrives in Faido
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Third WBI International Short Course on Rock Mechanics, Stability and Design of Tunnels and SlopesAfter two successful events in the past two years, WBI International organizes on 23rd and 24th ...
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GBP371 Million Hindhead Tunnel Gets Green Light… at LastThe long-running A3 tunnel saga may finally be drawing to a close after the Highways Agency revealed work could start next year and be ...
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Atlas Copco Launches an Improved 10t Underground Loader - the Scooptram® ST1030An improved electrical system, an EPA Tier 3 diesel engine and a new instrument panel represent the major ...
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Conference and Training Course on Safety in TunnelsItaly today holds the world's main records regarding underground structures. Recently, risks have been increasing due to ageing tunnels while road ...
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Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems Acquires Construction & Tunneling ServicesWith the common goal to provide optimal and thorough services to contractors and tunnelling projects in the North ...
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The German and Czech railway infrastructure managers, DB Netz and SZ, have announced a public tender for design work of the zoning decision documentation under the Dresden–Prague railway ...
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Network Rail has delayed the tender race for the £900m Western Rail Link to Heathrow until Summer 2022 because of Covid-19...
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The world’s longest immersed road and rail tunnel design, the Fehmarnbelt link gets a go-ahead. The 18 km infrastructure, the longest of its kind, connecting Denmark’s Lolland Falster ...
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CAMORINO, Switzerland (Reuters) - Switzerland officially opened the Ceneri Base Tunnel on Friday, the final piece in a direct, flat rail link connecting northern Europe to the ...
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LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), August 31 (SeeNews) – Turkey's Cengiz will complete the construction of the second pipe of the Karavanke motorway tunnel ...
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... covering 11 km of twin tunnels from The Bays to Sydney Olympic Park. ... of four tunnel boring machines expected to be in place by the end of 2022.
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The new Central Interceptor TBM has been officially named Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, as one of the Matariki stars to which Māori send their dreams or aspirations for the new year. Students from ...
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Afcons, in a joint venture with Strabag, has constructed the world's longest motorable tunnel 3,000 m above sea level. The Atal Tunnel will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by ...
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Three world-leading consortia have been short-listed to construct twin twenty kilometres of tunnel as part of two works packages on one of Sydney’s biggest rail tunnelling projects.
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Balfour Beatty VINCI, a long-established joint venture between two global infrastructure leaders, welcomed its first rail freight delivery of aggregate at HS2’s Washwood Heath site in ...
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Early in 2021, two 2000 tonne tunnelling machines measuring over 170 metres each will be launched at a site by the M25 to bore 10 miles each underneath the Chilterns in Buckinghamshire.
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The marquee construction elements are the £2bn Stonehenge tunnel to upgrade the A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) and the £7bn Lower Thames ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in May 2018 laid the foundation stone for the Rs 6,800 crore project, billed as the Asia's longest bi-directional tunnel, ...
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