TERRATEC completes 20 breakthroughs for Delhi Metro
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) […]
Category Archives: Asia
Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS)
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 […]
Krishna TBM picks pace on North-South corridor
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 […]
ADA completes tunnel excavation works for Riyadh metro’s Green Line
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 […]
CMC in the Philippines for a giant aqueduct tunnel
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 […]
Terratec delivers a 9.86m TBM to India
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 […]
Doha Metro: 89% of tunnelling completed and new train designs
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. […]
Athena launch for Hong Kong’s Shatin to Central Link
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 […]
Qatar Rail’s TBMs finish tunnelling on Doha Metro
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 […]
Bidders seek more time for Chennai metro tunnel
Contractors bidding for a portion of the tunnelling work for the Chennai metro rail have sought more time than that stipulated in the tender documents. They say that the December […]
