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TfL advances twin-bore Thames tunnel for DLR extension
Transport for London is pressing ahead with plans for a twin-bore tunnel beneath the River Thames as part of the proposed Docklands Light Railway extension to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead. TfL...
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Double-shield TBM relaunches on 6.4km Xinjiang tunnel
CREG double-shield TBM Ping’an has begun its second drive on the Guozigou Pipeline Project in Xinjiang, China, launching on the 6.38km-long Tunnel No.4. The tunnelling works are being carried out by...
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Registration opens for WTC 2027 in Antwerp
Registration has opened for the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) World Tunnel Congress 2027, which will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, from 23–29 April, with early-bird...
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Abu Dhabi signs agreement with The Boring Company
Abu Dhabi Projects and Infrastructure Centre (ADPIC) has signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to explore the development of advanced underground transport and utility infrastructure...
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Central section of HS2 Wendover green tunnel completed
Construction of the central section of HS2’s 1.4km-long Wendover green tunnel in Buckinghamshire has been completed, with work now focusing on the tunnel portals, internal fit-out and backfilling. The...
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Caroline completes Thames crossing ahead of schedule
The UK’s National Grid has completed tunnelling on its Grain to Tilbury electricity infrastructure project following the breakthrough of a 4.73m-diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield TBM beneath the River...
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Hinkley Point C fish return tunnel completed
Joseph Gallagher Limited (JGL) has completed tunnelling works for the Fish Return System at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, following the successful recovery of a Herrenknecht...
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TBM breakthrough on Qingdao’s second Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel
Shield tunnelling has been completed on China’s 17.48km Qingdao Second Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel project following the breakthrough of the 8.18m-diameter TBM Guoxin on the central service tunnel, marking the...
View ArticleWebuild raises stake in Trevi as takeover intensifies
Webuild has acquired a 13.916% stake in specialist ground engineering contractor Trevi Finanziaria Industriale. The infrastructure group said it had acquired 9,125,702 Trevi shares at €5.165/share....
View ArticleSofia TBM Vitosha enters final 900m of Slatina drive
Herrenknecht EPBM Vitosha has reached the future Sitnyakovo station on Sofia Metro’s Line 3 Slatina extension, leaving approximately 900m of tunnelling before completion of the mechanised drive....
View ArticleBoring Company targets four-TBM operation in Nashville
The Boring Company is targeting four TBMs operating simultaneously on its Music City Loop project in Nashville by the end of the year. The company said Prufrock-MB1 and Prufrock-MB2 are now tunnelling...
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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...
View ArticleLower 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...
View ArticleDubai 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...
View ArticleTERRATEC 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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