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500 metres of tunnelling for Mumbai Metro complete, as sixth tunnel boring machine arrives

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The city has already received 11 machines, of which six are in its initial drive and one in its main drive. With the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) initiating operations […]

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TERRATEC completes 20 breakthroughs for Delhi Metro

4 January 2017by T&U Staff Leave a comment

Two TERRATEC Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines made a historic double breakthrough on 14th November, marking the end of tunnelling works on the 58.6km Pink Line (Line 7) […]

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Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS)

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The Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) is a massive integrated project being developed by the Public Utilities Board (PUB) in Singapore to meet the island country’s long term clean water […]

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Asia, Deep and Long Tunnel, No Category, TBM, Tunnelling

Krishna TBM picks pace on North-South corridor

20 July 2016by T&U Staff 1 Comment

The Krishna tunnel boring machine (TBM), which was making a slow progress from Chickpet towards Majestic interchange metro station on the North-South corridor, has finally picked up speed. In the […]

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Asia, Metro, News, No Category, TBM, Tunnelling

ADA completes tunnel excavation works for Riyadh metro’s Green Line

21 June 2016by T&U Staff 1 Comment

Saudi Arabia’s Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) has completed the tunnel excavation works on Line Five, also known as the Green line of the Riyadh metro. Green line is one of […]

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CMC in the Philippines for a giant aqueduct tunnel

16 May 2016by T&U Staff 5 Comments

The project has a great social and strategic value and for the country given the critical conditions of the aqueducts The “Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti – CMC” of Ravenna, has […]

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Asia, News, No Category, TBM, Tunnelling

Terratec delivers a 9.86m TBM to India

22 April 2016by T&U Staff 1 Comment

TERRATEC has announced the delivery of a new 9.86m diameter Hard Rock Double Shield TBM to SELI Overseas S.p.A., following successful factory testing on 12th April, 2016, for use on […]

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Asia, News, No Category, TBM, Tunnelling

Doha Metro: 89% of tunnelling completed and new train designs

18 April 2016by T&U Staff Leave a comment

The Doha Metro project crossed 112 million man hours of completed work in the first week of April, with 89% of tunnelling finished, according to an announcement by Qatar Rail. […]

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Asia, Design, Metro, No Category, Tunnelling

Athena launch for Hong Kong’s Shatin to Central Link

6 April 2016by T&U Staff Leave a comment

MTR has launched the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will construct the southern section of Hong Kong’s Shatin to Central Link (SCL). Named after the Greek goddess Athena, the TBM […]

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Qatar Rail’s TBMs finish tunnelling on Doha Metro

22 February 2016by T&U Staff 1 Comment

  Qatar Rail’s two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have successfully completed their section of the tunnelling currently taking place on Doha Metro’s Green Line. Starting in September last year the […]

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Asia, Metro, News, No Category, TBM, Tunnelling

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