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Gallery | Tideway lowers boring machines in place

20/06/2018

The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be used on the Tideway ... thrust block to allow the TBMs to push off and start boring into the ground.

BMRCL floats tender for Vellara to Shivajinagar stretch

20/06/2018

For both the packages, we will be employing five tunnel boring machines. We took the decision to split the tender into two packages after we had to ...

MBTA study pegs cost of North-South link at $12 billion to $21 billion

20/06/2018

The tunnels would be dug by a boring machine, which would create “a little bit of a mess where you start the project,” Hamwey said. The machine ...

Still without a name… Fort Wayne Tunnel Boring Machine

19/06/2018

An online survey is in progress to choose the name of the Tunnel Boring Machine that this summer will arrive in Fort Wayne.

Going Down & Getting it up in Bangkok Intermat Asean Returns

18/06/2018

For those whose interest lie in the mining industry, where the toys (and ... equipment through to tunnel boring machines, plus components and spare ...

Upgrade to boost capacity of CERN's giant particle smasher

18/06/2018

It will also see the construction of new buildings, shafts, caverns and underground galleries, as well as tunnels and halls to house the new cryogenic

Weighing the Options: Is Industry Bias Toward New Machines Limiting?

15/06/2018

Much has been made worldwide of the difference in performance between new and rebuilt TBMs. Worldwide, a bias exists that seems to favor new machines, but is the bias warranted? The reuse of ...

Chinese engineering firm breaks through 2nd tunnel along China-Laos railway

14/06/2018

VIENTIANE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The China Railway Guangzhou Engineering Group (CREC Guangzhou) has broken through a second tunnel along the China-Laos railway, securing steady progress in the ...

World's 4th longest tunnel, Ovit opens in Turkey's Black Sea region

14/06/2018

Connecting eastern Black Sea Rize to Eastern Anatolian city Erzurum, the Ovit Tunnel is expected to facilitate freight transportation and boost connectivity mechanisms between the region and ...

DURAG buys into JES Elektrotechnik to expand tunnel sensor work

14/06/2018

German tunnel sensor monitoring manufacturer DURAG has taken a 50% stake in the Austrian tunnel air and lighting monitoring company JES Elektrotechnik.

Whitby Potash Mine Holds Successful Job Fairs

13/06/2018

Jason Fawcett, Tunnel Construction Manager for Strabag, who are constructing the first tunnel drive of Sirius' mineral transport system, was also at the ...

Tunnelling team announced for Sydney's AU$7bn road link

13/06/2018

A team made up of Lendlease, Samsung and Bouygues has won the main tunnel construction contract for the M4-M5 Link in Sydney, Australia.

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