Tunnelling
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Utilities: Without a trace
Work must often be carried out without affecting the public, so CE looks at how to make this possible
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Tunnelling: Digging deep
With Europe home to many tunnelling projects, Adrian Greeman unearths details on the most interesting
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Tunnelling: Big projects get bigger
Europe is buzzing with major tunnel works. Adrian Greeman takes a look at some of the most interesting projects
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Mexico launch for dual mode TBM
TEP II wastewater project tin Mexico City takes the first rock/EPB tunnel boring machine by Robbins in North America
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Start-up for world’s largest TBM
Bouygues has started excavation work on the 5 km Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok tunnel in Hong Kong using a 17.6 m diameter Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine
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Excavation starts on Istanbul’s Eurasia Tunnel
SK E C and Yapi Merkezi have launched a 13.6 m diameter Herrenknecht TBM on the scheme to build a tunnel under the Bosphorus.
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FEATURE: Tunnelling challenges
Tunnelling projects present manufacturers and contractors with technical difficulties that require dedication and innovation to overcome.
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Aker to sell TBM technology to CRTE
Aker Wirth’s intellectual property for tunnelling and boring equipment to be bought by China Railway Tunnelling Equipment
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Herrenknecht achieves Sparvo tunnel breakthrough
After two years, manufacturer’s largest tunnel boring machine finishes 2.4km tunnel between Bologna and Florence, Italy
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Early Moscow Metro breakthrough
Robbins TBM achieves impressive advance rates on the Russian capital’s massive 150 km public transport scheme