Thirty Atlantic Axis excavations completeOn 25.02.2010 excavation of the 725 m-long, 110 sq m twin-track Ardilleiro tunnel was completed, including two cut/cover sections. Ardilleiro tunnel is on the Silleda, Dornelas to Vedra-Boqueixón section of the high-speed line from Ourense to Santiago and it was the last of the thirty tunnels on the axis to be bored. NATM techniques were used. For ten years of contract history and over 100 reports of this major project, visit tunnelbuilder archive es/45. For client background visit www.adif.es. 09/10.