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Phase 1 tunnelling complete

25/09/2016

BMRCL achieved an important milestone in the commissioning of Phase 1 on Friday when Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Krishna reached ...

Arab Contractors, Orascom start Suez tunnel work

23/09/2016

Egyptain construction groups Arab Contractors (AC) and Orascom Construction have started work on a E£18 billion ($2 billion) tunnel construction ...

Melamchi Diversion Scheme

19/09/2016

Construction of Tunnel and Headwork The major work under this scheme is the construction of Diversion tunnel approximately 26.3 km long excavated by drill and blast method in order to divert 170 ...

11 incredible facts you may not know about Crossrail

14/09/2016

Coloured purple on the map and running from Reading to Shenfield and Abbey Wood through the heart of London, Crossrail is set to be one of London’s busiest transport routes when it officially opens ...

Chinese group wins major rail contract in Laos

13/09/2016

“The award demonstrates the group's strong capabilities with cutting-edge technologies in railway, bridge and tunnel construction to win large-scale ...

Ottawa's next big dig set to start on $230M sewage tunnels

13/09/2016

Tunnel construction will 'bisect' Stanley Park. Tomlinson-Dragados has started mobilizing on site, and construction will begin soon, according to the ...

Japan introduces advanced technology in construction and communication

08/09/2016

The construction of the Tokyo-Gaikan Expressway, a ring shaped road connecting a 15 ... This excavating equipment is used for drilling the tunnel.

Zenith set to take up China firm's stake in Penang tunnel project

08/09/2016

Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd is expected to assume the stake belonging to Beijing Urban Construction ...

TBMs begin construction of Scandinavia's longest rail tunnel

08/09/2016

The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) which will begin excavation of Scandinavia's longest tunnel, Queen Eufemia and Queen Ellisiv, have ...

Another breakthrough: Sound Transit reports that North Link tunnel mining is complete!

04/09/2016

Sound Transit kindly invited NPI and other media outlets to take a look at the tunnel boring machine's cutterhead following its breakthrough this ...

Sound Transit wraps up tunneling from Husky Stadium to Northgate

03/09/2016

Seattle's other tunneling machines are officially finished drilling the last of twin 3.5 mile long tunnels between the University of Washington light rail ...

Mountain tunnel projects for Fort Collins water stalls

03/09/2016

... arrival of replacement parts for the cutting head of a tunnel boring machine, or TBM, ... The machine was 482 feet into the mountain as of Thursday.

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