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Delhi Metro EPBM FAT celebrated
Representatives of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited, project contractor J.Kumar Infraprojects Ltd, and TBM supplier TERRATEC have celebrated the successful Factory Acceptance Test of a new...
View ArticleHerrenknecht to supply BART Phase II mega-TBM
Client Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) just reached a major milestone with the purchase of the near 16.4m diameter TBM that will bore the 8km of single bore tunnel for the US$6.9bn...
View ArticleHS2 digital concrete test to cut carbon
A successful trial of a ground-breaking digital measuring system for concrete has led to a roll-out across multiple sites on the UK’s HS2 project, cutting carbon and driving efficiencies on the...
View ArticleUp to 40 workers trapped in Uttarakhand Tunnel collapse
Up to 40 tunnel workers are trapped following a collapse at 4am-5am on Sunday morning some 200m+ in from the portal of a 4.5km long road tunnel in the northern Himalayan State of Uttarakhand. According...
View ArticleSilkyara collapse update – Initial auger fails as more powerful machine deployed
Forty tunnel workers who have been trapped some 200m from the portal since a collapse occurred at 5am on Sunday morning remain stranded inside the 4.5km, 13m diameter Silkyara Tunnel in the northern...
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Shenzhen WTC2024 registration in full swing
The annual World Tunnel Congress 2024 (WTC2024) will be held from April 19-25th, 2024 in the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Centre, China. Exhibitor registration is now in its final stages...
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Stantec to acquire ZETCON Engineering
Design and Engineering specialist, Stantec, has signed an agreement to acquire ZETCON Engineering, a 645-person engineering firm headquartered in Bochum, Germany. Founded in 1973, ZETCON has built a...
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HS2 Chiltern tunnel cross passages reach halfway
The construction of HS2’s longest tunnels – stretching for 16km under the Chilterns – passed a key milestone this week with mining completed for 19 out of 38 emergency cross-passages linking the...
View ArticleITA Tunnelling Awards 2023 winners announced
The winners of the 9TH Edition of the ITA TUNNELLING AWARDS were announced in Mumbai, India on 24th November in conjunction with Tunnelling Asia 2023 of TAI, the Tunnelling Association of India. This...
View ArticleAll trapped tunnel workers safe and free – watch live BBC feed
Rescuers have reached and rescued all of the 41 trapped workers inside the tunnel in Uttarkashi. Watch the live BBC newsfeed as the situation unfolds:...
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Breakthrough celebrated on Chennai Metro Rail Phase II
Officials and workers from project owner, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) and contractor, Tata Projects Ltd have celebrated the breakthrough of the 6.61m diameter S97 Terratec EPBM Podhigai” working on...
View ArticleMPSC approves tunnel for Straits of Mackinac pipeline replacement
The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved a siting application for a proposed replacement segment of pipelines now located on the lakebed of the Straits of Mackinac, replacing them with a...
View ArticleRFP to Shortlist for Yonge North Subway Extension Tunnelling Contract
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Advance Tunnel Contract package for the design and construction of the Yonge North Subway Extension. The...
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CREG announces TBM Online Monitoring and Diagnosis System (TOMD)
China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (CREG) has announced the research and development of the TBM Component Conditions Online Monitoring and Diagnosis System (TOMD) – an integration of...
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LTA awards CRL2 West Coast station and tunnels contract
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the civil contract for the design and construction of West Coast station and tunnels under the Cross Island Line Phase 2 (CRL2) to Gamuda Berhad...
View ArticleBouygues Travaux Publics – Murphy JV wins LTC Tunnels and Approached contract
National Highways has today announced that it has awarded Bouygues Travaux Publics – Murphy Joint Venture the Lower Thames Crossing Tunnels and Approaches contract. At 4.2km length each, and with a...
View ArticlePERI SE acquires KERN Tunneltechnik SA
PERI SE has acquired a majority stake in KERN Tunneltechnik SA, based in Lugano (Switzerland). The KERN Group currently has around 80 employees at three locations and is a leading provider of secondary...
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HS2 positions second Bromford Tunnel TBM
Assembly has been completed of HS2’s Herrenknecht TBM that will start digging the second bore of the 5.6km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham next year. In an assembly operation to move sections of the...
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Suburban Connect confirmed for $3.6bn Suburban Rail Loop contract
Suburban Connect consortium comprising Ghella/CPB Contractors/Acciona has officially signed the $3.6bn contract with the Victorian Government to deliver the first major tunnelling package on the...
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TWRP Pipeline-C1 Tunnel breaks through in Singapore
November 22nd saw Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) breakthrough successfully on the S$116M contract price TWRP Pipeline-C1 Tunnel in Singapore. Using a CRCHI (China Railway Construction Heavy...
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