Portuguese civil engineer Sergio Matias has joined the 10-man Normet UK team supporting underground construction and mining projects.
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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, has decided to construct the 6.5 km-long, two-lane bi-directional Z-Morh tunnel on the Srinagar-Leh
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On 11.10.2012, excavation of the 2.4 km-long Ahrental access tunnel was completed as part of the Brenner Base Tunnel.
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The latest Bekaert Dramix 4D and 5D steel fibres are made from ductile wire as used in automotive tyre reinforcement, offering a long useful life after any cracking.
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JV Minrav/Mosmetrostroj is undertaking the twin 3.5 km-long tunnels under Canada Park on Section B of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem,
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On 22.10.2012 the JV Vias y Construcciones, Torrescamara y Cia de Obras and Vimac started excavation of the west adits of the Corga de Vela tunnel (1,171 m),
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Anas has approved the executive project for the new Tenda tunnel on SS 20 Valle di Roja and Colle di Tenda (CN).
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Thames Water has appointed Swiss banking group UBS to raise the EUR5 billion required to fund the Thames Tideway sewer project,
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On 25.09.2012 excavation commenced on the second tube of the 4 km-long Saverne tunnel on the Baudrecourt-Strasbourg section,
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The 13th European tunnel assessment programme reports that safety in the top 10 tunnels is improving.
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The first two phases of turning the 3,000 t TBM Martina through 180 degrees have been completed at the Sparvo tunnel on the A1 motorway Variante di Valico, Italy.
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International employment specialist iPS is seeking a London-based SCL inspector with five years experience.
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Contractor Shapir, in JV with Pizzarotti, is driving twin 9.7 m-diameter tunnels, each 11.5 km-long, for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed railway.
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Sandvik iSURE software is a tool for for optimizing the tunnel excavation process. It uses the most critical point of the round, the end where the blasting initiates
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Onsite First Time Assembly is making great savings in both time and money at sites around the world.
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Normet has introduced its new charging equipment concept, the Charmec MF 605 D. The machine can carry enough ANFO to charge most tunnel faces,
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The North/South metro line in Amsterdam is 9.7 km-long, with 7.1 km underground, of which 3.1 km is in twin bored tunnels.
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On 13.05.2012 the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the 14.7 km-long Ovit tunnel linking İkizdere, Rize province with Ispir, Erzurum province in Turkey. Contract duration is 4.5 years.
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Launched in 2002, and edited by tunnelling professionals in Madrid, www.tunnelbuilder.es has been spectacularly successful as the prime news source for Spanish-speaking readers.
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In Jollyville, Austin, TX a trio of TBMs is excavating 10.5 km of new water mains. Amongst them is a Robbins 3.25 m-diameter main beam machine
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The final results of METRO, a joint safety in infrastructure project, will be presented at a seminar on 10-11th December, 2012 at Rosersberg, Stockholm,
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The central waterfront section of the SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle is being replaced with a 2.7 km-long bored tunnel
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In 2008 the Swiss Parliament approved the allocation of EUR4.46 billion (CHF5.4 billion) for the SIF programme for improvement of more than 100 projects.
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NFM Technologies has moved its main office to Immeuble Lugdunum, 5 place Jules Ferry, BP 69456, Lyon Cedex 06, France.
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Crossrail is showing the daily progress of its two TBMs on the Londonist interactive map.
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Geofluid, the biannual international show specializing in subsoil fluid prospecting extraction and transport, geological and geophysical drilling, deep foundations,
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On 20.09.2012 breakthrough was achieved on the 2,182 m north tube of the SS77 Cupigliolo tunnel in Foligno municipality on Marche-Umbria quadrilateral in Italy.
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Mine Radio Systems has appointed Hannah Naylor as operations manager for Europe, working from the UK office.
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The 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the Mont Blanc tunnel was celebrated on 15.09.2012.
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Consortium SA.MA.C (ICS Salini-Matarrese-Carena) has announced breakthrough of the 625 m-long south tube of Cavallo tunnel on the A14 motorway, Senigallia-Ancona Nord section.
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Professor Arnold Dix will deliver a technical session in association with the ATS Tunnelling Short Course on 25.09.2012 from 6.00 pm -7.00 pm
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On 28.08.2012 the Ho Chi Minh City authorities began the construction of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro Line 1. Some 2.6 km of the 19.7 km line will be underground, along with three of the 14 stations,
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Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) have published details of the alignment and station locations
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Italian company Costruzioni Elettrotecniche Cear has launched a new website that is modern, quick and easy to consult.
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The Bentley online seminar about ProjectWise, a software for helping utility companies in the Management of technical information,
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The international trade fair for Transport Technology, Innovative Components, Vehicles, Systems will held at Berlin Messe on 18-21st September, 2012.
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