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TBM Helen nears Vidhana Soudha

12/12/2012

unnel boring machine (TBM) Helen is only 50 metre away from the Vidhana Soudha Metro station even as final word is awaited on shifting the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar in front of the Soudha. A senior ...

Meet Bertha, the world's largest tunnel boring machine

12/12/2012

SR99 Tunnel Boring Machine Bertha's cutterhead is installed in Japan for testing before being shipped to Seattle.

Video Shows Huge Spadina Subway-Digging Machines Bursting Through

06/12/2012

Released earlier today by the TTC, it shows “Torkie” and “Yorkie”—two of the four massive tunnel-boring machines that are in the midst of digging an extension of the Spadina subway line—busting ...

Korea commits $78 million for Malakand tunnel

06/12/2012

First agreement on the Malakand tunnel construction project was signed during a meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Export Import Bank of Korea Chairman Kim Yong-Hwan here. Under the ...

President orders construction of tunnel at Likoni

06/12/2012

A lasting solution to the persistent ferry crisis at the Likoni crossing could be in the offing after President Kibaki ordered government agencies to either construct a tunnel or bridge across the ...

Pak-Korea deals for tunnel project, water resources

06/12/2012

SEOUL: Pakistan and South Korea Wednesday inked two agreements for the Malakand Tunnel Construction Project and for development of water resources infrastructure including dams. The agreement on ...

Video: Inside Downtown Austin's Waller Creek Tunnel

28/11/2012

But back underground, some wonder if the relative ease of tunnel construction means Austin should dig another tunnel: one for a subway. KUT News reporting project StateImpact Texas tackles that ...

Breakthrough for London cable tunnel

28/11/2012

The TBM was launched by main contractor Morgan Sindall from Whitechapel in May and will eventually bore a 2.6km tunnel that will terminate at Finsbury Market. The £14M tunnel is being constructed ...

Two Canadian-made tunnel boring machines (TBMs)

13/11/2012

Two Canadian-made tunnel boring machines (TBMs) nicknamed after a famous pair of Disney chipmunks have arrived at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA). The machines, purpose-built to bore the ...

Marrer Tunnel construction to start soon

12/11/2012

: Construction work on the Marrer Chowk Tunnel project, the busiest intersection of the town, will be started soon as Pakistan Railways has completed its work on temporary railway track diversion ...

Russian TBMs launched at Metro's May Day Park site

06/11/2012

Two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) from Russia have arrived at the Metro Rail's May Day Park site in Chintadripet. The TBMs will be employed for tunnelling the stretch between Anna Salai and Gemini. ...

VINCI : awarded a contract for the construction of a 4 km tunnel

23/10/2012

VINCI Construction Grands Projets has been awarded by MTR Corporation Limited the contract 1103 - Hin Keng to Diamond Hill tunnels - part of the new Shatin to Central Link mass transit railway, for ...

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