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Major breakthrough in Beskyd tunnel

26/01/2016

The so-called Beskyd tunnel is being built by the Ukrainian construction firm Interbudmontazh and financed by a US$ 40 million loan provided by the ...

Two Turkish-owned companies to compete for terminal construction at Russian airport

20/01/2016

Limak and Renaissance —companies with Turkish owners — will compete for the construction of a terminal and tunnel of the Sheremetyevo airport in ...

Government ministers, regional governors head to unveil first stage of tunnel

20/01/2016

On January 21 the official celebration will take place on completion of the first phase of the Beskyd tunnel construction. This is a two-track railroad ...

Sinkhole halts Seattle's 'Bertha' tunnel project

20/01/2016

Once again, the tunnel-boring machine dubbed Bertha has been taken offline, and the $1.35 billion Alaskan Way Viaduct is on hold, the Associated ...

This Month In Rail Construction News Issue 1.9

19/01/2016

In this month's edition of Rail Construction News we uncover the Brenner Base Tunnel project; we detail the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement ...

427-tonne TBM pushed for 210m tunnel

19/01/2016

The tunnel boring machine was pushed using hydraulic jacks over a distance of 210 metres, 20 metres underground. To make the process more ...

Zoji la tunnel construction to start soon

13/01/2016

Apart from the tunnel, the project also involves construction of an approach road of 10.8 km with three vertical ventilation shafts, a snow gallery of 700 ...

So Boring—Making a Beeline Through 300 Feet of Hard Rock

13/01/2016

Engineers at the Robbins Company designed the first hard-rock tunnel-boring machine. Designing the machine's cutter head to ensure stability while ...

176 feet below Kailua, Kane'ohe for $320M sewer tunnel project

13/01/2016

Work on the tunnel is currently in it's first phase, mining. A tunnel boring machine or TBM given the Hawaiian name 'Pohakulani' pierces through ...

TransLink shows off progress on Evergreen Line,

11/01/2016

They said unforeseen problems with the tunnel-boring machine, which created sinkholes and other complications, delayed construction by six months.

Tunnel machine Bertha expected to bust out of vault this week

05/01/2016

Workers stand on top of the tunnel-boring machine Bertha, looking down at the exposed ring-shaped cutter drive that will be lifted out and repaired, on ...

IRB Infra to construct Rs10,050-cr Zojila tunnel

05/01/2016

“Besides a tunnel length spanning 14.08 km, the project also involves construction of a 10.8-km approach road with three vertical ventilation shafts, ...

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