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TBM prepares for launch on Vienna’s subway expansion project
120m-long Herrenknecht machine set to excavate a 2.1km-long tunnel beneath the Austrian capital
3,200 tonne TBM delivered to France-Italy rail tunnel project
334-m-long machine will excavate 18km of the Mon Cenis base tunnel
hyperTunnel wins grant to build underpass using robot technology
A robot swarm-built demonstration underpass will be built at GCRE’s facility in Wales
Is construction still missing a trick when it comes to crumbling infrastructure?
Andrea Bartoli, chief technology officer at Worldsensing, on why we must build resilient infrastructure
Double breakthrough for Sydney Metro
The TBMs have achieved the first two breakthroughs for Sydney Metro West as work goes ahead to build twin 24km metro tunnels
TELT awards €800 million contract for tunnel materials project
10-year contract calls for handling of 23 million tonnes of material recovered from tunnel excavation
Eiffage consortium wins €2.5bn deal to build Grand Paris Express line
French construction company Eiffage has won a €2.54 billion deal to design and build a section of the line 15 East of the multi-billion-Euro Grand Paris Express project.
Three contractors confirmed for US$2.4bn tunnelling work on Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East
A consortium of three contractors has been confirmed for an A$3.6 billion (US$2.4 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project in Melbourne, Australia.
National Highways awards £1.34bn Lower Thames Crossing contract
The £9bn Lower Thames Crossing contract for tunnel boring is the final major award for the road link between Kent and Essex
Building inside mountains: Global demand for pumped hydroelectric storage soars
How mountain lakes are being used to store the world’s excess renewable energy
Strabag in ‘world record’ for longest single bored tunnel drive
Austrian contractor Strabag’s UK arm has claimed a world record for the longest single tunnel boring machine (TBM) drive, for a tunnel under the North York Moors.
41 workers trapped in India’s collapsed Silkyara tunnel rescued after 17 days
All 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand state after it partially collapsed have been rescued.
Operation to free 41 workers in tunnel collapse could take several more days
An operation to free 41 construction workers trapped when the tunnel they were working in collapsed could remain there for several more days.
CGM gen-sets power Fehmarnbelt tunnel project
Company supplies 7.3-MVA continuous power to one of Europe’s largest construction projects
5 of the world’s longest road tunnels under construction
What are the world’s 5 longest road tunnels currently under construction?
Orascom wins major Cairo Metro and high-speed rail contracts
Egyptian contractor Orascom Construction has won two new contracts with the National Authority for Tunnels to build new transport projects in the country.
Herrenknecht TBM achieves breakthrough on Singapore project
In the second phase of the project the decision makers for all five construction lots opted for 18 of Herrenknecht’s Mixshields and one EPB Shield
China’s CRCC claims to have manufactured world’s biggest TBM main bearing
Chinese construction company China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) claims to have produced the world’s biggest main bearing for a tunnel boring machine (TBM).
Videos: Behind the scenes of Fehmarnbelt - the world’s longest immersed tube tunnel
The Construction Briefing visits the €7.4 billion Fehmarnbelt project to see progress on preparations to build the world’s longest immersed tube tunnel.
Cost of controversial US pipeline project rises to US$7.2 billion
Total cost of natural gas pipeline system increases, and completion date pushed back
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