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Terratec to supply four more EPBMs to Istanbul
Australian-based TBM manufacturer, TERRATEC, has secured an order to supply four new 6.56m diameter EPBMs for Istanbul’s Ümraniye-Ataşehir-Göztepe Metro Line from the Turkish tunnelling Joint Venture...
View Article£1M fine for Crossrail contractor following incidents
A joint venture comprising of three companies established to support the Crossrail tunnel construction has been fined a total of more than £1M following three separate incidents on the project,...
View ArticleITA Tunnelling Awards 2017 finalists announced
The finalists for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2017 have been chosen. The 17-strong expert judging panel, chaired by the ITA President Tarcisio Celestino, has evaluated all submittals and 30 will now...
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Fugro to assist York Potash investigations
Fugro has been awarded two major new contracts integrating geotechnical and geophysical investigations at Sirius Minerals’ North Yorkshire polyhalite project in the UK. The geo-intelligence and asset...
View ArticleJacobs Engineering Group Inc to acquire CH2M
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a...
View ArticleHS2 contracts officially signed
The UK’s HS2 project took a major step forward today, with the formal signing of contracts to deliver the tunnels, bridges and earthworks that will carry the first phase of the UK’s new high speed...
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Nepal welcomes first ever TBM
Nepal will welcome its first ever TBM this summer, a 5.06m diameter Double Shield machine for the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project (BBDMP). The Robbins TBM underwent its Factory Acceptance...
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Perth TBMs get into gear
At the end of July, Salini-Impregilo launched Grace, the first of its two 7m diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield TBMs, on the 8km twin tunnel route to Bayswater from the future Forrestfield Station site...
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CRCHI claim TBM delivery in record time
On August 4th, China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co., Ltd (CRCHI) completed the production of a 6.47m diameter double-shield TBM, after spending just 5 months in the machine’s design and...
View ArticleJennmar SanShell acquires Cuda Tools
JENNMAR affiliate, JENNMAR SanShell, has successfully completed its acquisition of Cuda Tools, Inc., located in Madisonville, KY. Cuda Tools manufactures drill bits for mining, drilling and...
View ArticleMike King strengthens WSP tunnelling team
Mike King has left CH2M and joined WSP as the new head of geotechnical engineering and tunnelling within their 600 strong civil, bridge and ground engineering business. Mike has more than 36 years’...
View ArticleBalfour Beatty to take Hinkley Point C Tunnels contract
Balfour Beatty has been appointed by EDF Energy as preferred bidder for the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station tunnelling and marine works package. The four year package will include the...
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Efficient tunnelling solutions, backed by experience
Conveyor systems provide an efficient, reliable, cost-effective and lower-risk method of removing muck and spoil from tunneling excavation sites. Since the late 1980s, when the benefits of using...
View ArticleCostain CE explains Hinkley Point C position
Following on from the news that Balfour Beatty will be undertaking the Tunnelling and Marine Contract at the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station instead of Costain – the contractor who had been...
View ArticleSTV, Mott MacDonald JV lands Sound Transit systems contracts
Sound Transit has selected STV and Mott MacDonald as systems construction management services consultants for two light rail projects: the East Link extension and the Northgate Link extension. The two...
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Seattle says goodbye to Bertha
Disassembly of the world’s largest tunneling machine is now complete. On August 23, crews lifted the final pieces of the 8,000-ton giant out of the SR 99 tunnel’s disassembly pit near Seattle Center....
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Singapore de-safeguards 15km SURS road tunnel route
The Singapore LTA has announced plans to de-safeguard land previously earmarked for the Singapore Underground Road System (SURS), noting the city’s shift towards a car-lite society. The SURS was...
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TERRATEC supplies first Mumbai Metro TBMs
TERRATEC has celebrated the delivery of the first two of its seven new TBMs destined for the Mumbai Metro’s Line 3 project, in India, following successful factory acceptance tests earlier this month....
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Delaware Aqueduct Tunnel starts up
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has started tunneling works on the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel—the largest repair project in the 175-year history of New York City’s...
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First batch of DTSS 2 contracts awarded
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, has appointed Ed Zublin AG (Singapore Branch), Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. and Koh Brothers Building & Civil Engineering Contractor (Pte.) Ltd. Joint...
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