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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

New Tyne road tunnel opens in north England

New Tyne road tunnel opens in north England The 1.5 km-long second Tyne road tunnel opened to traffic on 25.02.2011 after nearly three years work. The new tunnel will initially have one lane of ... More Information

Chamartín-Atocha rail tunnel through

Chamartín-Atocha rail tunnel throughDuring February 2011 the 7.3 km-long trans-Madrid railway tunnel linking the stations of Atocha and Chamartin broke through. The tunnel is 45 m below the ... More Information

SEBHSA launches new shotcrete pump

SEBHSA launches new shotcrete pumpFor nearly four decades Sociedad Española de Bombas de Hormigón S.A. (SEBHSA) has manufactured all kinds of concrete pumps with its own technology, and ... More Information

Elche rail tunnel excavation complete

Elche rail tunnel excavation complete Excavation of the 1,288 m-long Elche tunnel, of which 255 m was cut/cover, was completed on 24.02.2011. The tunnel is on the El Carrus-Elche section of the ... More Information

SMOPYC 2011 in Zaragoza

SMOPYC 2011 in ZaragozaThis important international show of public works, construction and mining equipment takes place in sunny Zaragoza in northern Spain from 5-9th April, 2011. SMOPYC has ... More Information

New section of Torino metro Line1 opens

New section of Torino metro Line1 opensConstruction of six new stations on the new 3.7 km underground section of the metro Line 1 was completed mid-January, 2011. These are at Marconi, Nizza, Dante, ... More Information

Registration still open for Auckland conference

Registration still open for Auckland conferenceThere are just two weeks to go until the 14th Australasian Tunnelling Conference in Auckland, New Zealand on 8-10th March, 2011. The theme "Development ... More Information

Fiscal-Balopur tunnel refurbishment approved

Fiscal-Balopur tunnel refurbishment approved The provisional plan for the improvement of the Fiscal-Balupor tunnel section of the N-260, Pyrenean axis, in the Spanish province of Huesca has received ... More Information

Samoter at Verona in March

Samoter at Verona in MarchThe 28th edition of Samoter at Verona from March 2-6, 2011 will welcome the best Italian and international brands in the following sectors: earth moving, concrete, road ... More Information

Viatec road construction and infrastructure maintenance show

Viatec road construction and infrastructure maintenance showFrom 17th to 20th March 2011 in Bolzano Exposition Centre the 7th trade show for road construction and infrastructural planning in the ... More Information

Perpignan-Figueres cross-border rail link opens

Perpignan-Figueres cross-border rail link opens On 27.01.2011 the 44.4 km Perpignan-Figueras railway section was inaugurated between France and Spain, including the new 8 km-long bi-tube Perthus ... More Information

Daetwyler for reliable sealing systems

Daetwyler for reliable sealing systemsDaetwyler is a leading provider of innovative, custom-designed solutions for sealing in high quality applications in the tunnelling industry, offering a wide ... More Information

MRS Underground Intelligence

MRS Underground IntelligenceFor 25 years, MRS has provided the tunnelling industry with advanced custom designed engineered communications and safety solutions. These are designed and implemented to ... More Information

CIFA for construction equipment

CIFA for construction equipmentHeavy investment in research, development and product quality has enhanced CIFA know-how and experience, creating a solid foundation for customers in the worldwide ... More Information

BASF MEYCO team for Crossrail

BASF MEYCO team for CrossrailThe MEYCO UK tunnel team is being doubled in size to support London's Crossrail project, where the company is supplying a whole range of solutions for sprayed concrete, ... More Information

Coentunnel elements readied for Amsterdam

Coentunnel elements readied for Amsterdam Four completed tunnel elements occupy the construction dock on the old Maas at Barendrecht, each 178 m-long x 26 m-wide. They will be individually towed by ... More Information

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Bhopal Metro's Orange Line Tunnelling Begins

The Bhopal Metro project has recently reached an important milestone as tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have been positioned to begin digging work on ... More Information

A Chinese team rescued a $50M tunnel machine stuck 177 feet underground

Chinese engineers have pulled off a stunning rescue, saving a tunnel boring machine (TBM) stuck 177 feet underground beneath the Yangtze River. More Information

Fort Smith named finalist in Elon Musk's Boring Company tunnel challenge

The company selected Fort Smith's proposal from 487 applicants. The company says the winning project will receive construction of a one-mile tunnel ... More Information

Bengaluru: Four infrastructure firms bid for Hebbal short tunnel

Bengaluru infrastructure: Four firms, including Dilip Buildcon and Max Infra, bid for BDA's Rs 1086 crore Hebbal short tunnel project... More Information

TBM readied for Montreal's Blue Line extension

A custom-made 9.7m-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been assembled and lowered ready to excavate the tube from the future Vertières stop to ... More Information

$11.5B Brenner Base Tunnel Nears End of TBM Excavation

With TBMs Olga and Wilma closing in, the 55-km rail project shifts from excavation to systems integration ahead of its planned 2028 opening beneath ... More Information

$6.75 Billion Unlocked for Turkey's Bosphorus Rail Project

Multiple Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will need to be mobilized to carve out the subterranean corridors leading up to ... More Information

Tunneling for Nashville's underground Tesla project has begun

The Boring Company said that the first three weeks of the project will consist of the Prufrock-MB1, a machine that will help carve out the tunnel, ... More Information

Hudson Tunnel Project construction resumes

I look forward to celebrating the launch of our tunnel boring machines through the Palisades once GDC has assurance it will receive the steady flow ... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing

British suppliers could meet 90% of low carbon steel requirements. The proposed machine would be 16.4m in diameter, large enough to create a three‑lane tunnel bore, and is intended to dig ... More Information

Inside the Tunnel Boring Machine, Southampton Link Main project

A six-tonne tunnel boring machine is digging deep below the ground in Hampshire to help keep the county's taps and rivers flowing... More Information

TBM maestro inspects sites ahead of massive tunnel drive

The first machine components have arrived for the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be deployed on the Suburban Connect sites in Melbourne. More Information

Metrolinx provides major updates on subway and LRT projects across the GTA

Tunnel boring is advancing on multiple projects, with Scarborough's TBM ... Metrolinx says “Diggy Scardust,” the project's tunnel boring machine, is now ... More Information

Work in Progress: High-tech TBMs ready to carve underground corridor

The Bhopal Metro Rail Project is transitioning into its most challenging and sophisticated phase as two state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) ... More Information

Sarens helps extract TBM at BC water supply project

The Annacis Water Supply Tunnel Project aims to increase the reliability and capacity of the water supply system in New Westminster, British Columbia. When complete, the tunnel will ... More Information

Judge rules in favor of New York and New Jersey for now in $16B tunnel fight with Trump

A federal judge ruled Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from suspending federal disbursements for the Gateway Tunnel Project... More Information

Webuild: award for Sustainability Report for commitment to decarbonise through innovation

This includes the large tunnel-boring machines deployed on some of Europe's most complex projects: from the Salerno-Reggio Calabria ... More Information

Clearwater update reports initial entry area is 'stable and intact'

The tunnel boring machine being used in the project remains trapped underground just ahead of where the breach occurred. The ambitious, $630 ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine Market Size estimated at USD 7.08 Billion

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) market is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing urbanization, infrastructure development, ... More Information

Completing the First Section of Line 3: Tunnel Boring Machine Roars as it Emerges at Balboa

The Panama tunnel boring machine emerged and completed its first major task: the first section of the Line 3 Metro tunnel. More Information

Twin tunnel-boring titans prepare to dig new road under Sydney Harbour

Twin tunnel-boring titans are preparing to launch under Sydney Harbour to dig out a new road crossing from Birchgrove to Waverton... More Information

Monica Breaks Ground on Snowy 2.0

Monica the tunnel boring machine, with the renewable energy mega-project now more. TBM Monica is among the world's most advanced tunnel boring machines... More Information

Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 has set to work a fourth tunnel boring machine, a $75 million piece of drilling equipment purpose built to complete excavation of the huge pumped hydro project’s “geologically ... More Information

World's 'largest' underground assembly of tunnelling machines happening beneath Sydney

Workers are craning into place about 167 major pieces that will form the first of two giant boring machines. Once assembled like giant Meccano sets, ... More Information

Tunneling Begins on Major Water Pipeline for South Hillsborough

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Water has begun construction on a major underground pipeline project aimed at meeting rising water demand in southern Hillsborough County, where population growth ... More Information

The massive £3billion tunnel designed to connect two continents under the sea

The construction of a huge underwater multi-tiered tunnel is underway in Turkey, that will create a direct route from Asia to Europe - and is expected to carry 1.3 million passengers a ... More Information

Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt is further delayed

Traffic was supposed to start flowing through the controversial Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt in 2033. But that's unlikely to happen. The €1.5 billion project is facing further delays – ... More Information

What happens to our metro tunnel boring machines when they hit the end of the line?

These mechanical behemoths were Betty and Dorothy, the tunnel boring machines tasked with digging the Sydney Metro West tunnels. Loading. The ... More Information

The incredible £2.8bn underwater tunnel connecting Europe and Asia

A huge new tunnel will connect Europe and Asia - and construction has already started. The Great Istanbul Tunnel is a major project. It will carry ... More Information

China develops "smart brain" for tunnel boring machines to boost underground construction

A team from Hunan University in central China has collaboratively developed an intelligent operating system for tunnel boring machines, giving these massive underground giants a "smart ... More Information

How China rescued highway project under Yangtze River

The incident occurred in February 2023 during construction of the 6.4-kilometer Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel. Midway through excavation, at ... More Information

HS2 final tunnel drive to Euston starts next week

A team from SCS will drive a 4.5-mile twin-bore tunnel linking Old Oak Common to Euston using two tunnel boring machines, Karen and Madeleine. More Information

Work begins on £48M Knutsford sewer upgrade featuring 1.8km stormwater tunnel

Sean Reid, United Utilities county business lead for wastewater in Cheshire said: “This project highlights our ongoing commitment to improving water ... More Information

$14.6M boost moves Gering–Fort Laramie Canal Tunnel project forward

After nearly six years of planning, construction is moving forward on the Gering–Fort Laramie Canal tunnels... More Information

Webuild: second breakthrough at Trebisacce Tunnel along Jonica State Road 106

Project will help transform Jonica State Road 106 into a strategic corridor linking Ionian coasts of Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia... More Information

Ground preparation for Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling

Work is ongoing to overcome sub-optimal ground conditions in preparation for the start of tunnelling on the Lower Thames Crossing in late 2028, according to the project’s tunnels director... More Information

LA Metro approves massive $25B underground rail line to bypass 405 Freeway

The LA Metro Board unanimously approved an underground heavy rail line to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, bypassing the congested 405 Freeway. The nearly 13-mile route, ... More Information

TUNNEL VISION Mega £7.4bn undersea tunnel connecting two CONTINENTS just got one step closer

A MAJOR £7.4 billion underwater tunnel connecting two continents has taken a step closer to construction. Experts have said the 24-mile tunnel is “technically viable”, paving the way for ... More Information

TBM breakthrough in Sydney

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Jane Starkey successfully completed her 1.2km underground journey through challenging Sydney sandstone... More Information