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Putzmeister customized shotcrete solutions

Putzmeister customized shotcrete solutionsWith concrete spraying reaches of up to 17 m and capacities up to 30 cu m/h, little wonder that Putzmeister machines are a common sight in the world's ... More Information

Aker Wirth TBMs for Koralm

Aker Wirth TBMs for KoralmAker Wirth will supply contractor Strabag AG with a pair of 9.93 m-diameter telescopic shield TBMs for the 20 km-long KAT 2 section of the 32.5 km-long Koralm tunnel on the ... More Information

Mine Radio Systems at Big Event

Mine Radio Systems at Big EventMRS will be presenting its Centrian Ethernet over leaky feeder solution at this year's Big Event in Timmins, Ontario on 18-19th May. The system provides integrated ... More Information

Tunnels and ITS symposium

Tunnels and ITS symposiumTunnels are currently the main application for ITS, intelligent transport systems. A new symposium scheduled for June 15-16th in Bergen, Norway will discuss the development ... More Information

Inaugural Expomatec fair for Madrid

Inaugural Expomatec fair for MadridExpomatec, the Spanish infrastructure, civil works, extraction and mining machinery fair, takes place 24-28th May at Feria de Madrid. This, the first in a series ... More Information

BASF additives aid concrete set at Limberg II

BASF additives aid concrete set at Limberg IIThe Limberg II hydro generating station in the Hohe Tauern high mountain range of Austria features two huge rock caverns with associated tunnel system. ... More Information

Follow the money in Brussels

Follow the money in BrusselsThe TEN-T info day on 29.06.2011 in Brussels will present the priorities for the EU transport calls for rail, river and motorway construction. Participants will be ... More Information

Early TBM completion at Lyon metro Line B

Early TBM completion at Lyon metro Line BOn 23.04.2011 Herrenknecht TBM Agata at Lyon metro Line B reached its exit shaft, some two months ahead of schedule. 300 m of the alignment is beneath the ... More Information

Unique Robbins hybrid EPB away at Sleemanbad

Unique Robbins hybrid EPB away at SleemanbadOn-site first time assembly of a 10 m-diameter hybrid EPB has been completed at the 12 km-long Sleemanbad carrier canal in Madhya Pradesh, India. The ... More Information

GIA upgrades underground cable bolter

GIA upgrades underground cable bolterThe latest mechanized grouting and cable insertion system (MEGSIS) from Swedish manufacturer GIA offers a guillotine effect cable cutter, improved piston pump ... More Information

Breakthrough for Almendral tunnel

Breakthrough for Almendral tunnel On 07.04.2011 excavation was completed on the 1.1 km-long single-tube, twin track Almendral tunnel, the major feature of the 1.67 km-long Barranco de ... More Information

Girona II tunnel excavation started

Girona II tunnel excavation startedOn 06.04.2011 the TBM Gerunda started excavation of Girona II tunnel on the Madrid-Barcelona-French border high-speed line. It will drive 1,565 m from the new ... More Information

Live bids sets record

Live bids sets recordMore than three dozen live bids are currently listed at tunnelbuilder, the largest number since this unique service was inaugurated three years ago. Live bids allows readers to ... More Information

Robbins EPB scores New Record in Zhengzhou

Robbins EPB scores New Record in ZhengzhouIn the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, soft ground tunnelling has made a speedy entrance. One of two 6.3 m-diameter Robbins EPBs at Zhengzhou metro Line 1 has ... More Information

Belgrade interceptor personnel contract renewed

Belgrade interceptor personnel contract renewediPS Personnel, who supplied a core of experienced tunnellers to assist in management and training at the Belgrade interceptor project in Serbia, have ... More Information

Espoo metro extension funded

Espoo metro extension funded On 01.04.2011 Lansimetro of Finland signed a 30 year loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) to fund the EUR800 ... More Information

North-end excavation of Udaliatz underway

North-end excavation of Udaliatz underwayOn 18.03.2011 excavation started from the north end of the twin track Udalaitz tunnel on the Mondragon-Elorrio section on the new Vitoria-Bilbao-San ... More Information

Himalayan headrace excavation commenced

Himalayan headrace excavation commencedThe specially designed 6.18 m-diameter Seli DSU TBM has completed its first run in the Kishanganga tunnel project. The TBM, designed to bore through difficult ... More Information

Steel fixers and carpenters required

Steel fixers and carpenters requiredIPS has an urgent requirement for experienced and qualified construction workers for a two year contract in the south of England starting in two weeks time. If ... More Information

Bressanone ring road opening in South Tyrol

Bressanone ring road opening in South Tyrol On 16.04.2011 the first lot of the Bressanone and Varna ring road will be inaugurated, two days before its official opening to traffic. The new 4.7 ... More Information

Herrenknecht micros win in Warsaw

Herrenknecht micros win in WarsawA pair of Herrenknecht AVND micro machines has completed 16 difficult drives totalling 5.86 km for the new Warsaw wastewater treatment system. Pipe jacking up to 36 ... More Information

Intertunnel 2012 back in Turin

Intertunnel 2012 back in TurinWith two of the biggest cross-border tunnelling projects in the offing on the Lyon-Turin and Brenner lines, Italy is underpinning its position as Europe's ... More Information

RETC for San Francisco

RETC for San FranciscoThe biennial Rapid Excavation & Tunneling Conference takes place June 19-22nd, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, CA. Field trips to New Irvington tunnel and ... More Information

Koralm tunnel gets underway

Koralm tunnel gets underwayOn 28.03.2011 government officials and provincial governors of Styria and Carinthia attended the groundbreaking ceremony for construction of lot KAT 1, a 20 km-long ... More Information

Daetwyler for reliable sealing systems

Daetwyler for reliable sealing systemsDaetwyler is a leading provider of engineered rubber profiles used in the sealing of tunnels, offering a wide range of reliable gaskets designed to match ... More Information

Shotcrete 2012 - call for papers

Shotcrete 2012 - call for papers The Shotcrete 2012 conference and exhibition is scheduled for the Alpbach Conference Centre, Tyrol, Austria from 12.01.2012 to 13.01.2012. Main language will be ... More Information

Herrenknecht celebrates Gotthard completion

Herrenknecht celebrates Gotthard completionWhen 9.43 m-diameter Herrenknecht gripper TBM Heidi mined the last few metres of rock in the west tube of the Gotthard base tunnel between Faido and ... More Information

Fastest marine rail tunnel

Fastest marine rail tunnel The 10.8 km-long Shiziyang tunnel crossing the Pearl River estuary in south China's Guangdong province is designed for trains travelling at 350 km/h. Apart from being the ... More Information

Robbins Double Shield sees the light in Sochi

Robbins Double Shield sees the light in SochiIn early March 2011, the 6.2 m-diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM crossed the finish line in Sochi, Russia. The machine completed a 4.5 km-long section ... More Information

BASF expands in Norway

BASF expands in NorwayBASF is investing EUR1 million in a new production plant for alkali-free accelerators at Granerud, Norway. The product, launched in 2010, increases the early strength of the ... More Information

Job opportunities in Central America

Job opportunities in Central AmericaiPS has the following vacancies in Central America for a highway construction project using drill/blast techniques. Contract duration is expected to be a minimum ... More Information

Gotthard base tunnel final breakthrough

Gotthard base tunnel final breakthroughOn 23.03.2011 at 12.20 pm miners excavated the last few metres of rock in the west tube of the Gotthard base tunnel between Faido and Sedrun. Coming some five ... More Information

Geodata - turning data into information

Geodata - turning data into informationThe GEODATA group supplies integrated, IT-based solutions and services for monitoring, engineering surveying and information technology. Backed by 20 years of ... More Information

Extension of line B of Lyon metro

Extension of line B of Lyon metroOn 02.03.2011 Herrenknecht TBM Agata entered the future Oullins station of the extension of Line B of Lyon metro. The event signalled completion of excavation of the ... More Information

Excavation starts on Avraysa tunnel beneath Bosphorus

Excavation starts on Avraysa tunnel beneath Bosphorus On 26.02.2011 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the 5.4 km-long, double-deck Avraysa tunnel ... More Information

Fiasco breakthrough in Calabria

Fiasco breakthrough in CalabriaOn 23.02.2011 tunnelling subcontractor Cipa SpA broke through in the Fiasco road tunnel (521 m, 482 m), lot DG21 on the SS106 Jonica in Calabria, Italy bringing the ... More Information

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East West Rail between Bedford and Cambridge to include new tunnels

15 November, 2024 By Thames Menteth Revised proposals for the East West Rail scheme’s section between Bedford and Cambridge include a new section of railway, as well as new stations and ... More Information

Amtrak's $1.6B East River Tunnel Rehab Work Contractors Get Notice to Proceed

Amtrak's $1.6-billion East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project in New York is advancing after construction manager STV Inc./Naik Consulting Group ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine for National Grid's VIP project in Eryri set to arrive in North Wales

National Grid is reaching a major milestone on the Eryri Visual Impact Provision (VIP) scheme with the arrival of its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to ... More Information

Tunnel boring machine hits major milestone on Snowy 2.0 project

The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject recently marked a significant milestone, with one of three tunnel boring machines (TBM), Lady Eileen Hudson ... More Information

Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel Plans Move Forward with Renewed Focus

Discover the ambitious Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel project, set to connect continents in under 30 minutes and revolutionize travel between ... More Information

Alaska Transportation Department to spend $1 million on Knik Arm tunnel study

The results of the feasibility study will give us a better picture of how the project could be constructed, potential costs, and financing options,” ... More Information

Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme

Bowing to pressure to reduce the project's environmental impact two tunnels are now proposed for the new stretch of railway in Cambridgeshire. Design ... More Information

Balfour Beatty VINCI reaches halfway point on key HS2 'green tunnel'

As well as Burton Green, green tunnels will be constructed at Copthall in Hillingdon, Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Chipping Warden and Greatworth, ... More Information

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work

Webuild-led consortium confirmed for US$1.1 billion tunnelling work (US$1.1 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project to a consortium of ... More Information

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

The London-based contractor will reconstruct 2.5 miles of the highway through downtown Austin and build a link to the future light rail line. AECOM-Jacobs JV signs on to $6B Amtrak tunnel ... More Information

Metro Vancouver digs water tunnel designed to withstand 'the big one' under Fraser River

Crews have begun construction on a new $450-million water supply tunnel between New Westminster and Surrey designed to withstand a major earthquake. More Information

Longest tunnel in Poland begins construction

The project, managed by the Polish company Budimex and Turkish Gülermak, includes 10 viaducts and 12 bridges. This unprecedented investment will ... More Information

Watercare Passes Key Milestone On $300M Programme To Improve Wastewater Services

Watercare and McConnell Dowell celebrate Piper's final breakthrough. On Sunday (subs note: November 10), Piper – a tunnel-boring machine – completed ... More Information

Tutor Perini Scores Contracts

The tunnel project includes the construction of two new shafts connecting to the surface and the use of a tunnel boring machine. The completed ... More Information

Bengaluru Metro completes tunnelling for longest underground line

The final breakthrough came from Bhadra, the last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed, which completed a 937-meter stretch from K G Halli to Nagawara ... More Information

Eastern Freeway Upgrade preferred bidders confirmed

Tunnel boring is currently underway on the North East Link project, with machines currently digging under Yallambie. Federal Minister for ... More Information

Bengaluru civic body completes DPR for 18-km underground tunnel road network

Designed to ease Bengaluru's notorious traffic congestions, the project will deploy six massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) with a diameter of 14.7 ... More Information

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project

Frontier-Kemper Awarded $1.1 Billion Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project for New York City Department of Environmental Protection... More Information

Assam's first underwater tunnel: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says DPR nears completion

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Gohpur-Numaligarh tunnel project is almost ... More Information

The Tunnel Vision: A look at California's $20B plan to solve to the state's water crisis

Minassian describes the process, locations and implications of the operation using four tunnel boring machines. READ STORY | HEAR PODCAST. PART 3 ... More Information

Ruby deployed for final Metro West tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ruby has begun carving out the final section of tunnel for the Sydney Metro West project. More Information

Photos: Inside the $250 Million Tunnel Being Constructed Under Columbus

Located at an average depth of 50 feet underground, the 12-foot-diameter tunnel has been under construction since early 2021. By the time it is ... More Information

Tideway: £4.5bn ‘super sewer’ begins to protect Thames as first 4 sites activated

The Thames Tideway Tunnel has commenced operation as the first four of 21 sites have been switched on. This means that, after eight years of construction, the 25km £4.5bn “super sewer” has ... More Information

Lowest bidder emerges for Dubai Metro Blue line

Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) opened bids from contractors for the contract to design and build Dubai Metro’s Blue Line on 8 October. The group of China Tiesiju Civil ... More Information

Sanya River estuary passage project makes steady progress

A drone photo shows the construction site of the Sanya River estuary passage project in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 12, 2024. The Sanya River estuary passage project ... More Information

Mumbai Metro 3: Breaking Ground, Defying Odds

Two tunnels for the 33.5-km corridor (Colaba to Aarey), totalling 55 km, were carved out, using 17 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). Certain sections ... More Information

VIDEO: Drone fly through inside new HRBT tunnel

We can't fly you to the moon, but we can fly you through the new #HRBTExpansion tunnel. Drone video gives you a quick glimpse into the... More Information

Skanska receives Innovate UK funding to accelerate decarbonisation of concrete

Our Skanska Costain STRABAG JV has secured funding to trial repurposed London Clay as a low carbon alternative to cement... More Information

Longest Tunnel in the World Entering Final Phase Underneath Newburgh

Repair Plans for the Delaware Aqueduct in Wawarsing and Newburgh, NY. The plan for repairs involved the construction of a 2.5 mile bypass tunnel ... More Information

Two TBM's break through

Two TBM's break through. Joshua Farrell ... tunnelling segments to line the new tunnel walls. Work inside the ... More Information

Texas A&M eyes Elon Musk's Boring Company for tunnel system

A&M officials have conducted a feasibility study with positive results, but they have yet to talk with Musk about the project, Chief Operating Officer ... More Information

Construction Begins on £1.8bn Underwater Tunnel Under Panama Canal

The tunnel is part of Panama's Metro Line 3 monorail project, designed to ease traffic congestion in the metropolitan area. tunnel boring machine... More Information

Webuild at work on the massive railway tunnel at the heart of the Northeast Corridor

After years of planning, the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) to improve the railway connection between New York and New Jersey has begun. The first drilling contract for the tunnels, part of ... More Information

TfL Awards Contract for Elephant & Castle Tube Station Upgrade

Transport for London (TfL) has selected Dragados UK to design and construct new passenger tunnels at Elephant & Castle Tube station. These tunnels will connect the new station box to the ... More Information

More than 10 years of transformational tunnelling

More than 23,000 workers, 11 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and an army of roadheaders and excavators are what it has taken for CPB Contractors to construct more than 80 kilometres of ... More Information

Ivy – the Newest Member of the DEME Marine Fleet on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Project

DEME have introduced “Ivy”, the newest member of their marine fleet for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project! Specifically designed for the transport and immersion of the project’s 89 massive ... More Information

Double down: SA’s groundbreaking purchase

Up to twice the number of Tunnel Boring Machines previously anticipated will be delivered to South Australia for the landmark River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project, giving hope the ... More Information

CRL Tunnel Vision September 2024

This month in Tunnel Vision we’re celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! It’s been a busy month on the CRL fitting out the stations with all the technical systems needed to run and revealing ... More Information

Siddhababa tunnel achieves key breakthroughs.

The first and third cross passages of the Siddhababa Tunnel Project on the Siddhartha Highway have achieved breakthroughs. Construction of two of ... More Information