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Three teams shortlisted for £5.7bn White Horse Reservoir

Thames Water has invited three international joint ventures to tender for the £5.7bn main works contract for its proposed White Horse Reservoir near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The shortlisted teams are WFH...

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Granite-Super JV wins $325m Cleveland sewer tunnel

Granite and Super Excavators have secured a $324.8m contract to construct the Big Creek Tunnel (BCT) for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) in Cleveland, Ohio. The project forms part...

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Breakthrough for new Cornberg rail tunnel

DB InfraGO has completed the main heading excavation of the new 681m-long Cornberg Tunnel between Bebra and Sontra in Germany following around five months of tunnelling. The new twin-track railway...

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Lower Thames Crossing deploys zero-emission construction fleet

The Uk’s National Highways has begun deploying a fleet of zero-emission construction equipment on the Lower Thames Crossing, as preparations continue for construction of the project’s 4.2km twin-bore...

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Dubai Loop advances to TBM assembly

Preparatory works for The Boring Company’s Dubai Loop passenger tunnel project have advanced to TBM assembly and production of precast concrete tunnel lining segments. The update was confirmed by the...

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TERRATEC TBM reaches halfway point on Bucharest Line 6

A refurbished TERRATEC EPBM has reached the halfway point of tunnelling on the southern section of Bucharest Metro Line 6, which will ultimately connect the Romanian capital with Henri Coandă...

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Hudson Tunnel Project starts TBM excavation

Tunnel boring is set to begin on the US$16bn Hudson Tunnel Project between New Jersey and New York, with the first of two 8.74m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs undergoing final testing ahead of its launch...

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DMRC tenders Central Vista TBM package

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has invited bids for a major tunnelling and underground station package on the 9.9km Central Vista Corridor in New Delhi. Package EC-04 covers the design and construction...

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Copenhagen retenders €800M M5 civil works package

Metroselskabet has relaunched procurement of the estimated €800M civil works contract for the first phase of Copenhagen’s planned M5 metro line. The M5 Civil Works South package includes around 6.5km...

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Aurora starts Melito Tunnel drive on Naples–Bari line

Webuild has started TBM excavation of the 4.4km Melito Tunnel on the Apice–Hirpinia section of Italy’s Naples–Bari high-speed/high-capacity railway. The tunnel is the last of three on the 18.7km...

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UCA Now Accepting Nominations for Industry-Leading 2027 Awards Program

The UCA Awards Class of 2026 posing with their awards at the North American Tunneling Conference (NAT 2026) alongside Mike Bruen (right), Past Chair of the UCA Awards Committee At next year’s Rapid...

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China’s largest domestic TBM ready for Hefei reservoir drive

A 16.68m diameter slurry TBM has completed factory acceptance ahead of a 2.9km drive beneath Dongpu Reservoir in Hefei, China. Named China Railway 1662, the machine completed factory acceptance in...

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Paris Metro Line 1 extension moves into fresh consultation

Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP have published new consultation documents for the proposed extension of Paris Metro Line 1 from Château de Vincennes to Val de Fontenay, reviving a substantial...

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Backing advances for London heat-main tunnel programme

Plans for a new tunnelled heat transmission network running more than 25km across London have secured £41.63M of UK Government funding, potentially creating a substantial new market for tunnelling and...

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Shetland advances Yell fixed-link tunnel plans

Shetland Islands Council has formally backed a fixed link between Mainland Shetland and Yell as part of its long-term inter-island transport strategy, moving the proposed subsea tunnel a significant...

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Santa Cruz PFS confirms 4km Robbins TBM access tunnel

Ivanhoe Electric has confirmed a 4km-long, 9.3m-diameter Robbins TBM access decline as a core element of its US$1.43bn Santa Cruz Copper Project in Arizona. The company’s new Preliminary Feasibility...

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TBM tunnelling starts on Munich’s 2nd S-Bahn Main Line

The first mechanised tunnelling has started on Munich’s 2nd S-Bahn Main Line, with a Herrenknecht Mixshield beginning a 3km exploration and rescue tunnel beneath the city. TBM Donna Maria was launched...

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Ho Chi Minh City advances metro projects worth US$9.7bn

Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating plans for three metro projects totalling almost 90km, including a heavily underground airport route, as it targets construction starts from late 2026. The city’s Urban...

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Costain set for South Kensington station upgrade

Transport for London (TfL) intends to award Costain the design and build contract for a major capacity and accessibility upgrade of South Kensington Underground station. The scheme will provide...

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Search continues for 439 missing at Upper Trishuli-1

Search and rescue teams are continuing to clear and inspect tunnels and underground structures at Nepal’s 216MW Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project after catastrophic flooding left 39 people dead and...

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