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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 ...

TBM eats its way under Christchurch

23/10/2012

Christchurch is set to use a tunnel boring machine that can economically bore through underground terrain to rebuild the city's service pipelines.

Tyne Tunnel wins engineering award

17/10/2012

The £260m project included the construction of a second vehicle tunnel and was completed in November 2011. The judges said the project was "demanding, complex and epitomised excellence in quality ...

Light at the end of the tunnel for road safety campaigners

16/10/2012

EurActiv Large-scale construction work is still going to ensure that European tunnels comply with the 2004 European road tunnel safety directive, which aims to make all of the continent's tunnels ...

Massive tunnel projects at Calgary International Airport taking shape

16/10/2012

As for the city's $300 million tunnel further north at Barlow Tr. and Airport Tr. N.E., Schmitt said it's complicated the airport's construction plans but has gone smoothly and to schedule. “They've ...

Work on Zojilla tunnel to begin next year

10/10/2012

The construction of the tunnel is a complicated process and its double the size of the Z-Morh tunnel in Sonamarg, he said adding that the total project cost is Rs 5,500 crore. Once the 13-km long ...

Map tool to track tunnels

10/10/2012

Crossrail will use a total of eight tunnel boring machines to construct 21km ... As each TBM is launched users will be able to track its progress using the ...

Tunnel Boring Machine Suspended

04/10/2012

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been suspended following problems with machinery.

Caldecott Tunnel construction: Cutting head lifted away

04/10/2012

The cutting head, which is part of the roadheader machine which excavated about 80 percent of the new fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, is lifted away to a new location Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, ...

Boring machines head for Kelvin Grove

02/10/2012

Boring machines head for Kelvin Grove (00:49). The first tunnel boring machine ploughs through 400 metres of dirt and rock on its 4.6 kilometre journey from Toowong to Kelvin Grove to complete the ...

Mammoth boring machine making progress on Euclid Creek Tunnel project

28/09/2012

The four men standing at the bottom of the 200 foot shaft (and one on a ladder) are barely visible, dwarfed by the enormity of the Euclid Creek Tunnel project at East 140th in Bratenahl.

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