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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 ...

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.

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