ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 Finalists Announced
Here we are: the finalists for the 4th annual ITA Tunnelling Awards have been announced. The 17-strong expert-judging panel, chaired by the ITA President Tarcisio Celestino, has narrowed down the […]
Here we are: the finalists for the 4th annual ITA Tunnelling Awards have been announced. The 17-strong expert-judging panel, chaired by the ITA President Tarcisio Celestino, has narrowed down the […]
Thames Tideway’s first two tunnel boring machines have been lowered 53m underground at the project’s Kirtling Street central site ahead of a 12km excavation drive which is set to start […]
The conferences of the international congress of the French association AFTES are ending today. How have these three days been? What subjects have been addressed and how? Let’s briefly ask […]
A BIG hole in the car park at SpaceX’s headquarters in Los Angeles is the first visible evidence of another of Elon Musk’s ventures. Mr Musk who, besides leading SpaceX, […]
Herrenknecht’s custom designed 13.91 m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) completed 3.2 km of tunnelling for the Belchen rehabilitation project last month, 3 months ahead of schedule. The single shield […]
You have to dig Elon Musk. After taking on electric cars, solar power and rocket ships, Musk has lowered his sights—way down into the dirt. The visionary technologist has decided […]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on January 20 that tunnelling on London Underground’s Northern Line extension to Battersea is to begin in March. Two tunnel boring machines supplied by […]
Roadheaders are being prepared ready to be lowered into place for the start of tunnelling for a new underground station in central Melbourne, Australia. Two streets in the central business […]
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) […]
Since the announcement that high speed rail link HS2 would pass through Woodlesford, there have been rumblings of discontent. Revised plans for HS2 as it passes through Woodlesford have done away […]