TERRATEC delivers large Raise Borer to India
TERRATEC has successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Testing of a custom TR3000C Raise Boring Machine (RBM) at the Company’s workshop in Tasmania, Australia. The destination of the machine is...
View ArticleTraylor Bros and Strata Worldwide form Boraid distribution partnership
Contractor, Traylor Bros. has selected Strata Worldwide as its exclusive distribution partner in bringing its Boraid® line of TBM products to the greater tunnelling marketplace. Previously not sold...
View ArticleCRL1 awards including Singapore’s largest TBM drive
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts for the design and construction works of the Cross Island Line Phase 1 (CRL1) at a combined contract value of $766M. The first...
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Robbins Crossover XRE claims world record in Turkey
In October 2021 a team of personnel from Kolin Construction, Turkish State Railways (TCDD), and Robbins field service gathered to watch the breakthrough of the world’s fastest TBM over 13m in diameter....
View ArticleHong Kong Trunk Road T2 launches twin mega-TBMs
The launch ceremony for Hong Kong’s two 14m diameter tunnel boring machines (TBMs), Victoria and Rhea was held on 9 November, 2021 – a major milestones for the Trunk Road T2 project. More than 100...
View ArticleBBT awards €651M Brenner Base Tunnel contract
The Webuild Group and its Swiss subsidiary CSC have won Lot H41 Gola del Sill-Pfons of the 55km long Brenner Base Tunnel project for a value of €651M. The Group has a 50% stake in the joint – venture...
View ArticleConstruction start for HS2 Old Oak Common station
Work to construct the 850m-long station box at HS2’s Old Oak Common station in London began last month as concrete frame and substructure specialist, Expanded, started on site. Expanded has been...
View ArticleTideway’s final drive reaches halfway
Selina, the Herrenknecht TBM creating the final, easternmost section of London’s 7.2m diameter, 25km long Tideway super sewer has passed the halfway mark on her underground journey towards Abbey Mills...
View ArticlePULSE consortium breaks through first Cross River Rail drive
The first of Brisbane’s Cross River Rail’s two 7.2m diameter Herrenknecht hard rock TBMs has seen the daylight for the first time in ten months having broken through on completion of its journey at the...
View ArticleBenoit Jones’‘Soft Ground Tunnel Design’ publication now available
Dr Benoît Jones of Inbye Engineering Limited in the UK has written a textbook titled ‘Soft Ground Tunnel Design’. It was released on 11th November 2021 by CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group. It is...
View ArticleStrata Worldwide announces partnership with Nerospec SK
Strata Worldwide has announced a new strategic partnership with technology expert Nerospec SK. Together the companies will offer a range of intelligent machine controllers and data loggers that...
View ArticleTunnelling to start on Kanpur MRTS following EPBM delivery
The Gulermak/Sam India JV is preparing to commence tunnelling on the Corridor-1 of the Kanpur MRTS Project in India following the delivery of two 6.52m diameter TERRATEC EPBMs to the Uttar Pradesh...
View ArticleHS2 Launches First Midlands TBM
Today [2 December] HS2 CEO Mark Thurston pushed the button to start HS2’s TBM on its 1.6km journey under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire, marking the launch of the first TBM on the Midlands...
View ArticleRFQ for second tunnelling contract on Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
The Ontario government is entering into the next stage of planning, design and procurement for the future Eglinton Crosstown West Extension with the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for...
View Article2021 ITA Tunnelling Awards winners announced
The ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards reward the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground construction. Due to the recent global pandemic this...
View ArticlePetra launches utilities replacement robot
Petra, a robotics company investigating undergrounding critical utilities through hard geologies, has announced the completion of a 12.5m tunnel through hard rock and announced its Series A funding led...
View ArticleBechtel wins Delivery Partner role on Toronto Ontario Line
Bechtel has been selected as the delivery partner for the Metrolinx’ Ontario Line in Toronto, a vital part of plans to create a more connected regional transit system. Bechtel, with sub-vendors Bantrel...
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CREG TBM in Dalian Metro ITA Tunnelling Awards win
On December 2, the 7th ITA Tunnelling Awards 2021 revealed that the Dalian Metro Line 5 project (“A Large-diameter Shield Tunnel Engineering Project Through Karst Strata in a Sea Area”) constructed...
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Silvertown Tunnel’s giant TBM passes FAT
The Riverlinx Construction Joint Venture, consisting of BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and SK ecoplant, delivering the design and build of London’s Silvertown Tunnel on behalf of Transport for...
View ArticleMajor Sydney Metro tunnels contract awarded
Major works are set to commence on the new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport metro line after a $1.8bn contract was awarded to CPB Contractors and Ghella to build the project’s new twin metro rail...
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