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Florence restarts boring on Snowy 2.0 at Tantangara
Tunnelling on Australia’s Snowy 2.0 headrace adit at Tantangara has restarted following NSW government approval of the project’s planning modification. TBM Florence’s initial advance commenced last...
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Sydney Metro achieves TBM double breakthrough
Two 7m diameter TBMs working on the Sydney Metro have broken through a rock wall to arrive at Five Dock Metro Station and claim the title as the first TBMs in the southern hemisphere to complete a...
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HS2’s next London Tunnels segments delivery starts
Deliveries of tunnel segments for HS2’s London Tunnels have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions. STRABAG, the company...
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HS2’s ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ reach Chesham Road
HS2 has confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – the two TBMs digging the project’s longest tunnels – have reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, on track to complete their mammoth 16km journey...
View ArticleMont Cenis’ Herrenknecht gripper TBM unveiled
A new TBM that will excavate 18km of one of the twin tubes on the Lyon-Turin railway line has been unveiled at the Herrenknecht factory in Germany. The 10.4m diameter gripper TBM will excavate the...
View ArticleFAT celebrated for Bangkok Purple Line EPBM
Representatives from Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand, contractor ITD-NWR MRT Joint Venture, and TBM supplier TERRATEC have celebrated the successful Factory Acceptance Test of a new...
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Snowy 2.0 reports cavern crown breakthrough
Snowy Hydro has announced another major achievement for the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in New South Wales, with the breakthrough of the final three metres of the power station’s 223m long...
View ArticleTBMs prepare for re-launch on Sydney Metro West
Work is ramping up at the Sydney Metro West site at The Bays with preparations in full swing to construct the new 24km metro railway line that will transform travel between Greater Parramatta and the...
View ArticleUnderpass construction grant awarded to hypertunnel
hyperTunnel has been successful in winning UK government funding for standout railway innovations at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE). hyperTunnel’s underpass is one of 16 schemes that will...
View ArticleAgreement Signed for Ontario Line Pape Tunnel and Stations
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected Pape North Connect to deliver the Ontario Line Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations contract. The team has signed a Development and Master...
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Pump Supplies announces appointment of new MD
The Board of Directors at Pump Supplies announces the appointment of Luke Beattie as the company’s new Managing Director. Luke Beattie With 25 years of experience in the sector, Luke brings a wealth of...
View ArticleHS2’s Euston logistics tunnel breakthrough
HS2 has celebrated the breakthrough of a TBM into its underground Old Oak Common station – marking a key milestone in plans to eventually carry the high-speed line into central London. The TBM named...
View ArticleCOWI milestone on Ontario Line station design
COWI has reported reaching the half-way mark of the design of two new subway stations for Ontario Line at King/Bathurst and Queen/Spadina in Toronto and will shortly move on to the construction...
View ArticleTERRATEC Rock Slurry TBM deploys in Mumbai
TERRATEC has announced the successful deployment of its 3.85m Diameter Rock Slurry TBM on the Mumbai Sewer Disposal Project (MSDP) Stage-II – PST1. Executed by the J. Kumar-MEPL JV, the project is a...
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CREG Slurry TBM Ready for Chongtai Yangtze River Tunnel
January 27th 2024 saw the 15.4m diameter Slurry TBM “CREC 1398”, designed and manufactured by China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (CREG), roll off the production line in readiness for...
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Strabag/Porr JV presented with Vienna Subway EPBM
Arge U2, a JV comprising Strabag/Porr has been presented with the 6.84m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM it will use to bore a 2.1km long twin bore extension to Vienna’s Subway Line 2 for client – Wiener...
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Contract awarded for CRL2’S Maju Station and Tunnels
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the civil contract for the design and construction of Maju station and tunnels under the Cross Island Line Phase 2 (CRL2) to KTC Civil Engineering...
View ArticlePlans submitted for Tilbury to Gravesend cable Tunnel
The UK power supply company, National Grid has submitted plans to upgrade electricity infrastructure between Grain and Tilbury by building a new 2.3km long cable tunnel underneath the River Thames. The...
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TfL launches DLR extension consultation
Transport for London (TfL) has launched a public consultation on proposals for a £1bn extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). The preferred route is a tunnelled cross-river extension of the DLR...
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Kiewit/J F Shea wins New Frederick Douglass Tunnel contract
Amtrak has achieved a major milestone for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program with the selection of a Kiewit/J.F. Shea Joint Venture to build the brand new, state-of-the-art 3.2km twin-tube passenger...
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