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Tunnel Boring Machine Ursula resumes tunnel drive

11/06/2020

Ursula, Tideway's eastbound tunnel boring machine (TBM) launched from Kirtling Street, has resumed her journey towards the Chambers Wharf site in Bermondsey.

Ontario Starts Bid Process on Long-Gestating $8.5B P3 Toronto Subway

09/06/2020

... for the new line; the other will be the design-build-finance contract for the Ontario Line's southern portion that includes construction of a 6-km tunnel.

Four-way JV wins €570m Dutch tunnel

04/06/2020

Project developer Lantis has awarded the €570m (£493m) tunnel construction contract to the Tijdelijke Handelsvennootschap Combinatie ...

ACCIONA and Partners Complete River Diversion Tunnels for Site-C Project

03/06/2020

ACCIONA, the leading partner of Peace River Hydro Partners (PRHP), has successfully completed one of the most important technical milestones on the Site-C project having finalized the construction ...

Morocco Begins Construction on $4 Million Tunnel to Decongest Rabat

03/06/2020

Rabat – Construction on a tunnel to decongest traffic around Rabat's iconic Bab el Had square commenced Tuesday. The project has an estimated ...

L.A. Metro’s tunneling machines reach future Wilshire/Fairfax Station as part of Purple Line Extension

28/05/2020

Both of L.A. Metro’s tunneling machines have reached the future Wilshire/Fairfax subway station near the La Brea Tar Pits in the Miracle Mile. Tunneling for the first three miles of this four-mile ...

Ceneri Base Tunnel tested to 275km/h (170mph)

27/05/2020

The new Ceneri Base Tunnel, in Switzerland, has now been tested to 275km/h. The tunnel is the fastest single-bore tunnel using Furrer+Frey’s Rigid Overhead Conductor-rail system.

Char Dham highway project: Big milestone achieved! BRO builds tunnel below Chamba town

27/05/2020

The construction of this 6 km road and 450 m tunnel is being done at a cost of Rs 88 crore. Earlier the date of completion of this project was scheduled ...

HS2 reveals first images of Tunnel Boring Machines

27/05/2020

HS2 ltd has revealed the initial images of its first two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) set to launch on the project later this year. The Tunnel Boring ...

VINCI Construction-led JV wins €799m Grand Paris Express contract

19/05/2020

The work for package 1 includes the digging tunnels spanning 11.8km using two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and construction of Antonypôle, ...

Stockholm metro tunnelling contract awarded

16/05/2020

SWEDEN: The Subterra subsidiary of Czech company Metrostav Group has been awarded a KC5bn contract to undertake drill and blast tunneling for a 4·1 km western extension of the Stockholm metro Blue ...

Help us name the first HS2 Tunnel Boring Machines

16/05/2020

We need your help to name the first pair of tunnel boring machines to be used on the high-speed rail project.

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