Clik here to view.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority cuts funding for 710 Tunnel
On May 25, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors unanimously approved a motion to end its share of the funding of a controversial proposed $3.2bn, 4.9-mile...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LA Regional Connector breakthrough
Angeli, the 21.6ft diameter Herrenknecht TBM mining twin tunnels for Los Angeles’ Regional Connector Transit Project has achieved a key construction milestone having broken through the underground...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WTC 2017 launches for Normet
Normet has launched a new generation of equipment at the World Tunnelling Congress 2017, in Bergen, Norway. The company believes this new offering promises improved mechanisation and automation in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two JVs shortlisted for Sydney M4-M5 Link
New South Wales’ Premier Gladys Berejiklian, and Minister for Sydney’s WestConnex Project Stuart Ayres, have toured tunnelling works on the New M4 section of the project, and announced two joint...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First element sunk in Hong Kong
The first of the 11 giant Immersed Tube Tunnel (IMT) units for the fourth cross-harbour rail tunnel in Hong Kong was successfully immersed and installed into the seabed in the vicinity of the Causeway...
View ArticleClik here to view.
John Holland/CPB Contractors/Ghella JV wins Sydney Metro contract
The John Holland/CPB Contractors/Ghella Joint Venture has been awarded the contract to deliver Sydney’s new harbour rail crossing as part of Stage 2 of the Sydney Metro – Australia’s biggest public...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cutting Edge – 13 – 15 November 2017
This years Cutting Edge conference will take place at Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA – from 13th to 15th November, 2017. For additional information please visit: www.ucaofsmecuttingedge.com...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three Rivers ground breaking in Indiana
Salini Impregilo and The Lane Construction Corporation have undertaken a ground-breaking ceremony in Fort Wayne in the U.S. state of Indiana to mark to the start of work on the $188M Three Rivers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
XRE machine gains factory acceptance
A Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM measuring 9.26m in diameter underwent factory acceptance on May 30, 2017. The machine was initially unveiled at Robbins’ Solon, Ohio headquarters during a press day on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WTC 2018, 20 – 26 April 2018, Dubai
The ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress is the world’s leading tunnelling event, bringing together tunnel and underground space experts and professionals from all around the world. It is the one tunnelling...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Raise Bore success in China
A TERRATEC TR3000 Raise Boring Machines (RBM) has successfully achieved a series of impressive inclined raises with a high level of accuracy at the Huanggou Pumped Storage Power Station Project, in...
View ArticleWashington’s Northeast Boundary Tunnel awarded
Salini Impregilo and The Lane Construction Corporation have won a $580M contract to build the Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT) project in Washington, D.C. The NEBT will be a large, deep sewer tunnel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Final Túnel Emisor Poniente (TEP) II project breakthrough
In June, 2017, a select group of project officials, including Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, celebrated the breakthrough of an 8.7m diameter Robbins Crossover TBM, marking the completion of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CYP wins Melbourne Metro contract
The Cross Yarra Partnership (CYP) – a consortium led by Lendlease Engineering, John Holland, Bouygues Construction and Capella Capital – has been selected to build the $6bn Melbourne Metro Tunnel and...
View ArticleHS2 contract winners announced
The winners of the £6.6bn of major construction contracts for Britain’s HS2 have been announced today (17 July 2017). The huge infrastructure investment covers the main civil engineering work on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Belchen breakthrough
TBM works for Switzerland’s Belchen rehabilitation tunnel completed in Eptingen in the canton of Basel-Country on June 21, 2017, three months ahead of schedule. The 13.9m diameter single shield...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel project reaches major milestone
A project to expand the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in southeastern Virginia, US, and widen Interstate 64 between Hampton and Norfolk reached a major milestone this week with the conclusion of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Westconnex New M4 breakthrough
Tunnelling on Sydney’s New M4 on the WestConnex Project has reached a major milestone with the first underground breakthrough achieved between two tunnelling sites at Concord. The breakthrough was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trelleborg – Everyday Ingenuity, Rock solid solutions
Amazing feats of engineering happen around the globe every day, and through a combination of cutting-edge technology and ingenious approaches to problem solving, the engineering sector continues to...
View ArticleArgentinian President resides over TBM ceremony
Argentinian President Mauricio Macri has inaugurated the start of preparatory works for the excavation of a 12km long, 4m diameter hydraulic tunnel in Buenos Aires. The project, being constructed by...
View Article