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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.

MTA awards $56M contract for tunnels to Grand Central Terminal

25/09/2012

Transit authorities have awarded a $56 million contract to build a ventilation facility for the tunnels that will carry Long Island Rail Road trains to Grand Central Terminal. The MTA announced ...

SPOTLIGHT: Engineering feats on new railway line

25/09/2012

At stretches where the tunnel alignment is just 3m from the surface of Federal Route 1 and the NSE, engineers used mini-tunnel boring machines.

PortMiami tunnel's next leg to begin in October

24/09/2012

Workers at PortMiami have disassembled parts of the giant tunnel boring machine and are slowly reassembling them to begin digging the second leg of the under-the-bay project next month. The tunnel ...

Busy summer for ALS

21/09/2012

ALS also arranged the transportation of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) shell and cutting head weighing 76 tonnes and measuring 3.0 m in length, together with a tunnel boring machine stationary shell ...

Tunnel boring work at 2 CMRL sites by September-end

18/09/2012

Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will begin burrowing beneath Washermenpet and May ... The spokesperson told City Express that the tunnel boring machines are ...

BASF's solutions help build Brisbane's gridlock-busting Airport Link tunnel

17/09/2012

The Brisbane Airport Link connects the CLEM7 tunnel, whose construction BASF was also involved in, at the northern bank of the Brisbane River with the main northern traffic arteries of the ...

Singapore Power to build cross-island tunnels for electrical cables

17/09/2012

The tunnels, which will be constructed 60 metres underground, will facilitate faster and more efficient maintenance and replacement of cables. SP has awarded six contracts to five construction ...

Hydro One ready to bore on $115-million Toronto electrical project

07/09/2012

Hydro One is about to begin the tunneling phase of a $114.85-million transmission cable project in Toronto. Energy Minister Chris Bentley was recently on hand with officials to unveil the tunnel ...

It's so big! Seattle tunnel boring machine

07/09/2012

Workers stand in the shadow of what will become the world's largest-diameter tunnel boring machine. Currently being assembled in Japan, the machine will dig the SR 99 tunnel beneath downtown Seattle ...

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