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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.

Louis Berger bags US award for Abu Dhabi project

13/02/2014

Louis Berger has won a Grand Award in the non-design category from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Metropolitan Washington (ACEC/MW) for the Sheikh Zayed Street/Tunnel Project in ...

Damage to Seattle tunnel machine found

10/02/2014

SEATTLE — Crews have found damage in the seal system that protects the core components of the world's largest tunneling machine

Confederation Line tunnel construction reaches milestone

07/02/2014

Mining of the 1.5-mile tunnel for the Confederation Line light-rail project under construction in Ottawa, Ontario, is proceeding on time and budget, with about 10 percent of the tunnel excavation ...

Gearing Up: First Big Tunnel Of St. Louis Sewer System Upgrade

07/02/2014

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is preparing for its first big dig. Starting in a few days, MSD will begin construction of a 3,028 foot-long tunnel under the River Des Peres in St. ...

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