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The first of the tunnelling equipment for the HS2 railway has arrived in the UK,

08/12/2020

Two 170m-long (558ft) tunnel boring machines (TBMs) were built in ... they start digging the high-speed railway's Chiltern tunnels in spring next year.

Metro Tunnel project moves forward

07/12/2020

The major Victorian project continues to make progress with tunnel boring machines (TBM) being relaunched and new stations undergoing ...

Vic seeks bids for Melbourne rail loop

07/12/2020

... to carry out the works which include upgrading roads and power supplies, building new sub-stations and preparing sites for tunnel boring machines.

City Rail Link's giant boring machine named Dame Whina Cooper unveiled

07/12/2020

The giant boring machine that will build twin tunnels for the $4.4 billion City Rail Link was unveiled this morning before gearing up to start rumbling underground in April.

Faroe Islands: Inside the undersea tunnel network

07/12/2020

The Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout following more than three years of construction. The underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some ...

First images of HS2's huge construction site as it gets ready to dig a tunnel under Long Itchington

04/12/2020

HS2's Long Itchington Wood Tunnel north portal. HS2 has revealed the first images of one of its largest construction sites in the Midlands near Long ...

$7.1B 'Project Connect' Transportation Plan Passes In Austin

04/12/2020

The ambitious, multibillion-dollar plan to revitalize the city's transportation network gained wide support of Austin voters.

HS2 | Midlands site takes shape ahead of tunnelling beneath ancient woodland

03/12/2020

The Long Itchington site will act as the launch site for a tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will create a 1.6km tunnel beneath the Long Itchington ...

Lonsdale Street Sewer upgrade complete

01/12/2020

A 6.3m-long, 16.3 tonne Tunnel Boring Machine was used to install the new 1.5m diameter wide sewer pipe under Lonsdale Street. The pipe will link ...

Two weeks to go until NCE’s virtual Tunnelling Festival

01/12/2020

New Civil Engineer’s annual Tunnelling Festival is set to go ahead on 15 and 16 December but will be a virtual event for the first time ever as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Arafat - Taif Water Transmission Tunnel Project

01/12/2020

Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) completed the longest water pipeline tunnel project in the world reaching a distance of 12.45 km with a Herrenknecht Gripper TBM of 8.4 ...

The Tunnelling Podcast - The Kathmandu Valley Metro.

01/12/2020

This episode we meet an ambitious engineer who has plans to build an underground metro in his home city in Nepal, despite the country having no urban tunnelling experience.

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