All Tunnelling Articles

TBM kicks off Italian high-speed rail project
Long-awaited groundbreaking takes place on 48km Brescia-Verona line
Tunnel mission for Haulotte
An articulating boom is being used to reach lighting and ventilation in tunnels on the Yunnan to Laos railway
Genie lift in radioactive upgrade
Articulated boom used to tranform disused iron ore mine into radioactive waste repository
Breakthrough for Europe’s largest TBM
Supersized Herrenknecht boring machine completes 7.5km tunnel in Italy
Discovery stalls Stonehenge tunnel project
UK government delays €2.6 billion road tunnel decision, following archaeological find at historic site
Webuild lands €220 million tunnel contract
Italian contractor in joint venture to help develop Turin-Lyon high-speed rail project
Elon Musk builds people mover at Las Vegas Convention Center
Autonomous electric vehicle will transport visitors end to end in under one minute in time for ConExpo 2023
Consortium chosen to build Scheldt tunnel
Besix, BAM, DEME and Jan De Nul win €570 million contract on Oosterweel Link project
Funding green light for Fehmarnbelt tunnel
Work on world’s longest undersea tunnel project to proceed in January 2021
Breakthrough for US tunnel project
Despite impact of COVID-19 progress made on tunnel project in Washington D.C.
Fehmarn Belt financing cleared
EC finds state aid given to Denmark-Germany tunnel to be ‘of common European interest’
Stonehenge tunnel builders shortlisted
Highways England prepares for final bids on €1.8 billion bypass for historic site
Tunnelling: Breakthrough technology
Katherine Weir looks at advances in tunnelling equipment and techniques to tackle new challenges
Largest hard rock TBM built for US
The Robbins Company’s tunnel boring machine ‘Big Tex’ can become ‘Little Tex’ partway through tunnelling
Hochtief JV lands London Power Tunnels contract
Capital’s energy supply to be upgraded in €470 million six-year project
Aecom wins contract on world’s longest rail tunnel
US-based engineering firm Aecom will provide technical assistance on Lyon-Turin Alpine rail project
Doka formworks Sydney Metro
Doka undertakes its largest tunnelling works as part of extension project to Australian metro line
New funding for Georgia highway project
The European Bank to co-finance first part of the Caucasus road corridor with €55 million
Concrete plans for Austria’s Brenner Base Tunnel
One of the largest phases is underway on the Austria - Italy tunnel being constructed below the Alps
Tandem lift using large Liebherr crawlers
Mammoet Germany carries out tandem lift of tunnel boring machine using two large Liebherr crawlers at a long radius
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