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Hybrid TBM takes on Australian Decline Tunnel

06/03/2014

On Dec. 20, 2013, an 8.0-m (26.2-ft) diameter Robbins was launched to bore the Grosvenor Decline Tunnel for Australia’s Anglo-American Coal Mine

Metro Vancouver drilling $240m water tunnel under Fraser River (with video

06/03/2014

A mechanical mole is now drilling a new tunnel under the Fraser River to deliver drinking water to Surrey and other neighbourhoods on the south side of the river

Tunnel boring in the Yangtze River delta

05/03/2014

In 2013 four Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines tunnelled under major Chinese rivers, displaying speed, top safety levels and extreme precision

Alice now has partner at Waterview tunnel project

03/03/2014

Alice, the giant tunnel boring machine excavating the motorway tunnels on Auckland’s Waterview Connection project, now has a partner to help complete New Zealand’s largest roading project

Crossrail's last tunnel machine launches in east London

26/02/2014

The last of Crossrail's tunnel boring machines, Ellie, has begun work on the section from near the Olympic Park to Stepney Green

German firm gets Qatar Rail supply contract

26/02/2014

Qatar Railways Company has awarded a contract to German group Herrenknecht for supply of 15 tunnel boring machines for its upcoming Doha metro project

Leighton gets new contract for HK tunnel

19/02/2014

Engineering firm Leighton Holdings has won a third contract to work on the construction of Hong Kong's Central-Wan Chai Bypass tunnel

Alice completes her first 250 m at Waterview

19/02/2014

Alice, the huge tunnel boring machine for the Waterview Connection project in Auckland, has constructed her first quarter-kilometre of tunnel

Final destination for London’s deepest tunnel

19/02/2014

The tunnel boring machine digging a six kilometre-long giant sewer under east London has reached its final destination

ICA to build US$86mn stormwater drainage tunnel in Edomex

18/02/2014

ICA, Mexico's largest construction company, has signed a deal with national water commission Conagua for the construction of the 1.14bn peso (US$86mn) Túnel Canal General stormwater drainage tunnel ...

EU to fund Brussels rail tunnel link

18/02/2014

The European Union (EU) has awarded a €34 million grant to support construction works on a rail link in Brussels as part of a wider investment plan for a high-speed corridor linking the city with ...

Drilling machine Alice makes first quarter-kilometre of tunnel

13/02/2014

Alice, the star of a large Auckland roading project, has constructed her first quarter-kilometre of tunnel.

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