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Forrestfield airport link tunnelling stops after slurry spill

15/05/2019

Tunnelling operations have been stopped on the Forrestfield-Airport Link after a section of piping servicing one of the tunnel-boring machines (TBM) dislodged in Tunnel Two, causing a slurry spill.

METRONET gets $4.1B to create thousands of construction jobs

14/05/2019

In a move to create thousands of construction jobs, Perth’s METRONET rail project will receive $4.1 billion in funding from the Western Australian Government’s 2019-2020 Budget.

Crossrail Chief Executive Mark Wild outlines plan to complete the Elizabeth line

14/05/2019

A new plan to complete the outstanding works and bring the Elizabeth line into passenger service at the earliest possible date has been developed by the new Crossrail leadership team.

Long lasting tunnels

14/05/2019

ITA AITES - AT WTC 2019 in Naples, the Open Session was dedicated to maintenance strategy. Have a look how old tunnels built some times several centuries ago are still in operation.

Life in a moon colony: First, dig a tunnel

11/05/2019

Our idea is to actually start underground, using a mechanism we already use on the Earth, a tunnel boring machine, to make a continuous opening to ...

ITA elects first female president

11/05/2019

Martin Herrenknecht, chairman of tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht, started his Muir Wood lecture by saying that the industry needed ...

Why the tunneling and underground space profession needs more collaboration, future-thinking and diversity

10/05/2019

Tunneling and underground space has evolved significantly in recent years. In emerging countries, rapidly growing cities are experiencing increased demand for infrastructure. At the same time, in ...

Controlling Water for Cross Passage Excavation

10/05/2019

Cross passage excavation in segmentally lined tunnel construction will continue to challenge our engineering capabilities, especially in unpredictable ...

Tunnel construction of China-Myanmar railway underway

10/05/2019

The construction of a tunnel along a section of the China-Myanmar international railway is underway in southwest ...

IBM releases AI-powered IoT offering to help manage and monitor aging bridges, tunnels, highways and railways

10/05/2019

IBM Corp. announced on Wednesday a collaboration with Sund & Bælt — which owns and operates some of the largest infrastructure in the world

Lunar tunnel engineers excited by boring Moon colonies

10/05/2019

As space agencies prepare to return humans to the Moon, top engineers are racing to design a tunnel boring machine capable of digging ...

LESOTHO: SCLC Polihali will build 2 water diversion tunnels to dams

01/05/2019

The tunnel construction project is part of Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Supply Project. “Bypass tunnels are essential to facilitate the ...

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