All Tunnelling Articles

Breaking records, breaking ground: The latest in European tunnelling projects
Despite the challenges, tunnelling remains an essential tool for expanding infrastructure networks and connecting communities
6 ways tunnel boring machines are evolving
How innovations in tunnel boring machines are increasing their speed and efficiency.
UK spends €900m on river crossing – before construction starts
Project boasts 63,000 pages of planning docs and a €4bn rise in expected cost
Skanska lands €1 billion Norwegian road project
Swedish contractor awarded PPP contract with environmental initiatives at its core
Fehmarnbelt: the technology behind the world’s longest immersed tube tunnel
Lucy Barnard reports on a complicated engineering challenge
Major UK tunnel breakthrough as TBM reaches halfway point
Riverlinx JV completes first bore of London’s €2.3bn Silvertown Tunnel
Implenia wins contract for Line C of the Toulouse Metro
The project is estimated to last for 57 months
TBM set for major Brenner Base Tunnel dig
Webuild’s ‘Lilia’ will excavate 22km section of world’s longest rail tunnel
Swiss contractor wins major tunnel contract in Norway
Implenia-led JV will take on construction of 8.6km section of Boknafjord tunnel
Skanska to help build ‘world’s longest and deepest subsea road tunnel’
The 27km Boknafjord twin tunnel will link the Randaberg and Bokn municipalities
Pizzarotti JV wins €1bn Florence rail contract
Italian contractor will work with compatriot Saipem on high-speed rail and station project
Doka wins contract for Fehmarnbelt project
The formwork company will be responsible for work at both Danish and German sides
Controversial UK tunnel project edges closer
Opponents gear up for fight as new application is submitted for 23km Lower Thames Crossing
World’s first underground structure built by robots
New construction method is said to build tunnels more than ten times faster
Contract for Stonehenge road awarded
Costain and Mott MacDonald to manage dual carriageway build past World Heritage site
TBM launched on €2bn UK tunnel project
Riverlinx consortium starts boring work on 1.4km Silvertown Tunnel in east London
Besix-led JV to tackle Copenhagen tunnel
Belgian firm to team with Denmark’s MT Højgaard on Nordhavn Tunnel project
Implenia JV wins €480m Gotthard tunnel contract
Secondo Tubo will employ conventional and TBM methods on Swiss road tunnel project
Work starts on new Brenner Base Tunnel section
Webuild’s Lot H41 Gola del Sill-Pfons is one of the largest sections of the project
Hawks crawler cranes on UK tunnel project
A quartet of Kobelco crawlers cranes has been put to work on a road tunnel project in the UK
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