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Innovative new equipment that has been tailor-made to reduce costs and speed up installation is being developed for the utilities sector.
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Atlas Copco has acquired a 75% stake in Yanggu, China-based Shandong Rock Drilling Tools, which markets its products under the Sanshan brand
Increasing fuel efficiency and performance under extreme conditions are central to the latest drill rig designs, regardless of the target market.
French Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) manufacturer NFM secures new contracts, including one for largest TBM ever built in France.
New Los Angeles depot to be run by NTS co-founder Tom Hartman, with other openings planned next year.
Compact and lightweight DTH rig designed and engineered at Shanghai factory exclusively for the Chinese market.
Tunnelling projects are ever more important for infrastructure development throughout Europe, despite economic difficulties, reports Adrian Greeman.
Helen Wright looks at how foundation equipment manufacturers are focusing on reliability, robustness and energy efficiency to meet the challenges of today’s projects.
550 tonne tunnel boring machine lowered into shaft ahead of the start of tunnelling for eastern section of new metro in London, UK.
Foundations equipment manufacturer and contractor to build base for planned 1 km tall tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
US-based tunneling equipment manufacturer looks back over six decades.
Chinese-built BG drill rigs to be launched alongside diaphragm wall equipment and smaller drills from Klemm.
US trench and traffic equipment rental company National Trench Safety (NTS) has launched a new national account programme and recruited an experienced trench safety executive to lead the initiative.
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Robbins has supplied a 10 m diameter Double Shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) to the Kargi Kizilirmak Hydroelectric Project in the mountainous region of central Turkey.
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Bauer Fundaciones Panamá is carrying out vibrocompaction work on the 100,000 square metre Ocean Reef artificial Island project in Panama City, Panama.
Excavation starts in earnest at a depth of 109 m following on-site assembly and a successful initial bore.
Foundation equipment manufacturers are focussing on reliability, robustness and energy efficiency to meet the challenges of today’s projects.
The use of new technology, materials and techniques are helping to drive efficiency in the tunnelling sector.
United Rentals has expanded its specialty rentals operation by opening new trench safety and power rental locations in New Hampshire, New Jersey and Texas.