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TBMs Pass Factory Test For Lesotho Highlands Water Project

13/06/2024

A team of engineers and tunnel experts from the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) together with consultants and contractors working on the Polihali transfer tunnel recently inspected ...

Royal Cargo opts for Goldhofer heavy transport equipment

11/06/2024

It has also been in action moving tunnel boring machines (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway project ... machine part posed a significant challenge due ...

Tunnel breakthrough on NI Water's £7.8M Portadown wastewater project

11/06/2024

The tunnel boring machine excavated roughly 1,000m3 of material, which would have risen to 8,000m3 of spoil with a more traditional open-cut method.

The Boring Company announces Cybertunnel at Tesla Texas HQ

11/06/2024

In January, the company's latest tunnel boring machine (TBM), Prufrock 3, was first spotted near Tesla's Giga Texas. Prufrock-3 has ...

How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater?

11/06/2024

Underground construction usually uses powerful tunnel-boring machines to excavate soil directly. This machine is often called a mole for a reason.

Five Huge New Construction Projects Coming To The US

04/06/2024

A spokesperson for the project told Newsweek: "The Hudson Tunnel Project is a generational investment that is expected to create 95,000 new jobs and ...

Chennai Metro Corridor 3: Adyar River Tunnel Work Hampered By Geological Setbacks

04/06/2024

For the stretch between Greenways Road and Adyar, CMRL engaged two TBMs, 'Kauvery' and 'Adyar.' These machines were launched from Greenways Road ...

French and Danish firms to build Valby 'cloudburst tunnel'

30/05/2024

The underground tunnel will be 2,380m long and will be constructed as a drilled tunnel with an internal diameter of 3.4m. The tunnel will have the ...

Howard's approved budgets include $44.9M for Ellicott City tunnel

24/05/2024

The Howard County Council has approved a $2.4 billion operating budget for fiscal 2025, along with a $413 million capital construction budget that ...

DC Water Breaks Ground On Potomac River Tunnel Project

24/05/2024

DC Water on May 21 hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to officially commence construction activities for the Potomac River Tunnel Project...

Silvertown Tunnel portal connections completed

24/05/2024

A complete transformation of the tunnel shape was needed to connect the circular tunnel boring machine (TBM) constructed ...

The $4BN Tunnel to Save Stockholm - The B1M

23/05/2024

Above: A tunnel entrance under construction. When it completes in 2030, the $4BN project will be one of the longest road tunnel systems in the world.

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