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hyperTunnel reveals robot built tunnel
New tunnelling tech company hyperTunnel has been making mainstream headlines today with the announcement that it has constructed the first-ever robot-built tunnel. Its hyperBots created a 6m-long...
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Topcon and Bentley push data integration further with John Deere
Digital Construction Works, a joint venture between Topcon Positioning Systems and Bentley Systems, has announced an integration between its DCW Integrations Platform and John Deere’s JDLink at Bauma...
View ArticleCREG TBM breakthrough on China’s Funing Project
The CREG hard rock TBM being used on China’s Funing pumped storage power station tunnel project celebrated a successful breakthrough on Oct. 24, 2022. The 9.53m diameter CREG machine completed a...
View ArticleEPBMS delivered for Ninth Bangkok Water Supply Tunnel
TERRATEC has celebrated the successful Factory Acceptance Tests of two new 4.39m diameter EPBMs and one 4.8m diameter EPBM destined for the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority’s Ninth Bangkok Water...
View ArticleFifth TBM launched on HS2
HS2 Ltd has launched the fifth TBM, ‘Caroline’, that will be constructing tunnels for the HS2 railway through London. The second launched in the capital, the 2,000 tonnes machine joins ‘Sushila’, that...
View ArticleLHDA awards Polihali Transfer Tunnel and Dam contracts
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has announced the Polihali Transfer Tunnel and Polihali Dam construction contract awards, the two biggest Phase II contracts to date. These milestone...
View ArticleThree consortia shortlisted for HARP tender
UK Client, United Utilities has taken the next major step in the tender process for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) contract by shortlisting three consortia to participate in the...
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Shortlist for Sydney Airport Metro announced
Three organisations have been shortlisted to deliver key construction work on the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project. The successful tenderer will build six new metro stations and elements...
View ArticleVinci/Ferrovial JV awarded Ontario Line contract
Metrolinx, the transit authority for the Greater Toronto region (Ontario, Canada) has awarded VINCI Construction Grands Projets in a 50/50 joint venture with Ferrovial the civil contract for the...
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HCC breaks through on Delhi Metro Phase 4
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and contactor HCC have achieved a major construction milestone on Phase 4 of the Delhi Metro with the completion of tunnelling work between Krishna Park...
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CREG TBM breaks through on phosphate mine inclined shaft
A 5.48m diameter CREC R277 hard rock TBM developed by China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (CREG) has completed the first section of Hubei Maping Phosphate Mine 2# Air Return Inclined...
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Robbins Double Shield Launches in Nepal
In October 2022, China Overseas Engineering Group Co. Ltd and China Railway No. 2 Engineering Group Co Ltd launched a 6.4m diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM on the 13.1km headrace tunnel for the...
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HS2’s 2.7km spoil conveyor begins operation
A 2.7km (1.7 mile) long network of conveyors has begun operating in West London, and will move over five million tonnes of spoil excavated for the construction of HS2. The use of the conveyor will...
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HS2 launches TBM for second Long Itchington bore
HS2’s Herrenknecht TBM ‘Dorothy’ has launched for her second 1.6km long (one-mile) tunnel bore under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire, marking the next big milestone for construction on the...
View ArticleBroadway Subway Project set for second TBM launch
Work on the $1.728bn Broadway Subway project has reached another milestone with the Broadway Subway Project Corporation, an Acciona-Ghella joint venture, preparing to launch the second TBM for the new...
View ArticleFinal tunnelling contract awarded on Sydney Metro West
John Holland, CPB Contractors (CPB) and Ghella joint venture (JCG JV) has been awarded the Eastern Tunnelling contract to deliver 3.5km of metro rail tunnels between The Bays and Hunter Street in the...
View ArticleLower Thames Crossing plans accepted for examination
The UK Government’s independent planning authority, the Planning Inspectorate, has confirmed it has accepted National Highway’s application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for detailed...
View ArticleAcciona awarded Stage 2 Western Harbour Tunnel contract
Sydney’s historic third harbour crossing has reached another major milestone with the $4.24bn contract to deliver stage two of the project awarded to Acciona. Premier Dominic Perrottet said the new...
View ArticleITA Awards 2022 goes live tomorrow
The ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards goes live tomorrow as a digital event running from 6th December to 8thDecember, when the winners from each of the eight categories will be announced....
View ArticleIndustry invited to E39 Stord – Os (Hordfast) Market Information Day
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration is inviting contractors, suppliers, and advisers to a Market Information Day in Bergen on 12th January 2023 for the E39 Stord – Os (Hordfast) project, which...
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