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Ready, steady, go for Olympian TBMs

20/08/2013

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) named after Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has begun building a 2.7km Crossrail tunnel from Pudding Mill Lane, near the Olympic Park, to Stepney Green.

World's largest tunneling machine digs in

02/08/2013

Bertha, the world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), started digging under ... the machine will both dig out soil and lay a concrete tunnel wall as it goes.

Devil's Slide overnight tunnel work to conclude next month

02/08/2013

The ongoing overnight Devil's Slide tunnel construction is set to come to an end by mid-August, concluding several weeks of work that led to one-way traffic ...

Tunnel construction through Georgian-Turkish border will begin

02/08/2013

The construction of a tunnel through the Georgian-Turkish border will begin as part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project in the near future, Chairman of ...

Sir Edward Lister Visits National Grid's Underground Tunnels

01/08/2013

The visit marked the recent launch in Wandsworth of tunnel boring machine (TBM), 'Evelyn', which is busy carving out the latest section of the tunnel route to ...

Subway expansion in Delhi to set record

28/06/2013

Construction workers in India's capital city have begun Phase III of the extremely complex task of extending the city's subway system. How complex? The engineering team recently announced that it ...

Turkish company to build Gali Zakho tunnel in N. Iraq

14/06/2013

Limak Construction Company issued a statement on Thursday that the ground breaking ceremony for Gali Zakho tunnel was held with the presence of Prime Minister of the regional administration in north ...

Tunnel machine Annabell gives fright at Legacy Way breakthrough

14/06/2013

GATHERED dignitaries, media and workers were left a little dusty on Thursday when the breakthrough of the Legacy Way tunnel's second boring machine Annabell took an unexpected twist. Dozens of staff ...

Timelapse of Seattle's tunnel boring machine

07/06/2013

Construction crews are getting the tunnel boring machine ready to begin work under Seattle

Major breakthrough for Crossrail as tunnelling machine enters Canary Wharf station

01/06/2013

The Crossrail project has celebrated its biggest milestone so far as one of its huge 1,000 tonne tunnelling machines has broken through into the new Canary Wharf station box

Power tunnel drives halfway to completion

22/05/2013

Power tunnel drives halfway to completion. 21 May, 2013. Work on constructing 33km of tunnels for a new National Grid electricity network below London has reached the midway point with one of the ...

Port Miami boring machine breaks ground

07/05/2013

The giant boring machine that has traveled 8,400 feet under Biscayne Bay to create the twin tunnel chambers re-emerged Monday morning. Harriet, the hardworking Tunnel Boring Machine, broke ground ...

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