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Israel launches high-speed train linking Jerusalem to airport

03/10/2018

The high-speed rail runs for miles through mountains in a set of tunnels. Excavating the tunnels greatly complicated the project, causing a delay of ...

Spring unearthed during SGR tunnel construction supplies water in Kimuka

03/10/2018

More than 5,000 families in Kimuka area, in Ngong, Kajiado County will benefit from clean water. The Kimuka residents have already started receiving ...

China's largest homemade slurry tunnel boring machine rolls off production line

03/10/2018

China's largest slurry tunnel boring machine (TBM) rolled off the production line in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Saturday.

Forrestfield-Airport Link tunnels

01/10/2018

On Saturday afternoon, a small leak occurred in tunnel one (TBM Grace tunnel) of the Forrestfield-Airport Link project, approximately 200m north of Forrestfield Station.

Key Colombia tunnel projects delayed

01/10/2018

Construction work on Colombia’s two key tunnel projects is being delayed, with insufficient funding proving a major challenge.

Two years after contracts were signed, Hinkley Point C continues to power ahead

30/09/2018

Two years after contracts were signed, Hinkley Point C continues to power ahead

Shaft boring roadheader delivered to second Belarusian potash-mining company

30/09/2018

The SBR machine is being assembled now. Once assembled, it will have to pass a test check. This modification of tunneling machines is the world's ...

Murphy launches Harefield TBM

30/09/2018

A 300-metre long, 1.8-metre diameter tunnel will now be constructed ... TBM Elizabeth was launched last week at the site in Harefield, west London.

From Heathrow to Crossrail: the future of tunnelling

28/09/2018

Cedric Wong, senior underwriter, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, recalls how a series of tunnel collapses sparked the creation of a new best practice ...

New Research Aims to Elevate Tunneling Success

27/09/2018

Tunnel-boring machines (TBMs)—the massive, wormlike systems that chew through earth to create openings for rail, road, water, wastewater, utility ...

Construction of 45.2km Davao bypass road project to start April 2019

26/09/2018

Based on the detailed design of the project, consultant Nippon Koei JV proposed the construction of two tunnels instead of one main tunnel and one ...

KRG PM: Zakho tunnel project will benefit people of Kurdistan and Iraq

26/09/2018

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Gali-Zakho Tunnel is an important step forward for the service of the people of Kurdistan, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan ...

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