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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Three Sandvik MT720 roadheaders will be used to excavate the 2.5 km-long tunnel on Ottawa’s 12.5 km-long Confederation Line.
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STUVA Conference 2013, with the slogan ‘’Tunnels – Infrastructure for the Future’’ will be held at the Congress Centrum of Stuttgart from 27-29th November, 2013
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On 08.10.2013 the final breakthrough for the 5.7 km-long New Irvington tunnel was recorded.
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On 30.10.2013 first breakthrough was accomplished on the 4.847 km-long Steinbuehl tunnel on the 15 km-long Wendlingen-Ulm section 2.2 at Stuttgart.
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On 08.10.2013 boring of the 41 km-long Abu Dhabi deep sewer tunnel was completed at internal diameters up to 5.5 m.
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The third and final part of a major scheme to fix the Leeds Inner Relief Road can go ahead after the Department for Transport approved EUR19 million.
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The first tunnel to connect two continents has finally opened in Turkey. The Marmaray tunnel beneath the Bosphorus is the world’s deepest immersed tube at 55 m below sea level at its lowest point.
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Abstract submission deadline for next year’s Australasian Tunnelling Conference is 25.11.2013.
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DMRC has started TBM tunnelling Delhi metro from INA to South Extension on the Mukundpur-Shiv Vehar corridor as a part of its Phase 3
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MineARC systems specializes in designing and custom building refuge chambers for the safe retreat of personnel engaged in tunnelling and underground construction.
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Barrie Willis, tunnelling manager with international recruitment agency iPS, is visiting the Middle East this week to discuss opportunities for various infrastructure and tunnelling projects in Qatar and elsewhere
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Femern A/S has officially handed in its overall application for approval of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link in Germany.
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On 07.10.2013 TBM Yorkie broke through the headwall at the extraction shaft located on Highway 7,
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ILMEG develops, manufactures, markets and sells dust control systems for the construction, tunnelling and mining industries.
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Robbins hopes to see you at stand 26 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre during the BTS conference in London from October 23-24th,
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Since 1968, ES Rubber has designed, developed and manufactured superior rubber solutions for global industries.
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TBM manufacturer Terratec has now delivered six of the eight TBMs ordered for Delhi Metro Phase 3.
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In 2013 Seven Service Srl celebrates 40 years of activity in the business of industrial paints, road markings and road barriers assembly, production of signs,
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Austria-based monitoring, surveying and IT company Geodata has taken a foundation sponsorship at tunnelbuilder.es,
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