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Melbourne Metro TBM tender underway
An international tender is underway for the supplier to build the four TBMs that will build Victoria’s biggest ever public transport project – the $11bn, 9km long twin tube Melbourne Metro Tunnel. It...
View ArticleSTUVA Conference 2017 – The International Forum for Tunnels and Infrastructure
The STUVA Conference 2017, the International Forum for Tunnels and Infrastructure, will take place on 6 to 8 December 2017 in Stuttgart. At this „family meeting of the tunnelling industry“, you can...
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VIP Polymers awarded patent
VIP Polymers Ltd has been awarded a UK patent for a cast-in rubber gasket corner joint system specifically designed to reduce the risk of tunnel segment cracking during installation. The company says...
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Ottawa’s CSST gears up for TBM launch
A joint venture of Dragados and Tomlinson is currently gearing up for TBM launch on the City of Ottawa’s CA$232.3M Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel (CSST), with below-ground machine assembly about to...
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Tight radius success in Bangkok
On September 22, 2017, a TERRATEC Tight Radius Shield successfully completed a challenging drive for the Bangkok Metropolitan Electricity Authority’s (MEA) Phra Khanong Cable Tunnel Project, in...
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Robbins claims conveyor record in Ohio
On October 18, 2017, a Robbins 9.26m diameter Crossover machine started up at the Akron Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel (OCIT) in Ohio, USA—but the startup wasn’t the company’s only milestone. Running...
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LU Northern Line breaks through
London Underground’s Northern Line Extension has reached a major milestone with the completion by JV Ferrovial Agroman/Laing O’Rourke of tunnelling works. With TBM, Amy, braking through at Kennington,...
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COWI appointed advisor to Montenegro
Consulting engineer, COWI has been appointed bridge and tunnel advisor to contractor China Road and Bridge Corporation for the Smokovac-Uvac-Matesevo section of the Bar-Boljare highway project in...
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TTC issues RFP for Relief Line South tunnel design
In Canada, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has formally released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for tunnel design work of the Relief Line South. More specifically, the RFP is to “complete the...
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Chennai break through
On Tuesday, October 31, 2017, a 6.65m diameter Robbins EPBM broke through on the Chennai Metro for contractor Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. This is the third bore driven on the project by the EPBM. After...
View ArticleThe ITA Tunnelling Awards 2017 winners revealed
The 3rd edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards took place in Paris, on November 15th, during the AFTES Congress (French Association of Tunnelling and Underground Space). With more than 400 attendees the...
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Melbourne Metro TBM tender underway
An international tender is underway for the supplier to build the four TBMs that will build Victoria’s biggest ever public transport project – the $11bn, 9km long twin tube Melbourne Metro Tunnel. It...
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Melbourne ‘Missing Link’ route chosen
Victoria’s Andrews Labor Government has confirmed the route for the long-overdue completion of Melbourne’s North East Link ring road. Building this estimated A$16.5bn missing link will be the biggest...
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London Tideway’s first TBM arrives
The UK’s Tideway, the organisation building London’s new super sewer, has welcomed the arrival of the first of its six 8.13m diameter TBMs, that will be used to bore the 25km long tunnel. The TBM will...
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LTA awards first tunnel contract on the North-South Corridor
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the first civil contract to design and construct a stretch of the 21.5km long North-South Corridor (NSC) to Samsung C&T Corporation at a...
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Melbourne West Gate Tunnel awarded
John Holland has been selected by Transurban and the State Government of Victoria to deliver Victoria’s multi-billion dollar West Gate Tunnel project in a 50:50 joint venture with CPB Contractors....
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LTA awards tunnels on NELe
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the civil contract for the construction of tunnels between Punggol station and the future Punggol Coast station on North East Line Extension...
View ArticleBreakthrough Photo Competition
Submit your photo(s) to Amanda Foley at amanda@tunnellingjournal.com, and include a caption to explain your photo All entries are hosted on: https://www.flickr.com/people/breakthrough_magazine
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New York and New Jersey commit $3.65bn to fund Gateway tunnel
On Thursday, December 14, New York and New Jersey committed $1.75 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively, to fund a new rail tunnel underneath New York’s Hudson River, part of an urgent program to...
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