Underground construction on the super sewer is now complete
Tunnel will dramatically reduce sewage pollution into Thames
‘Commissioning’ phase to begin soon, ahead of full operation in 2025
Work to build...
"Their primary task is to study the identified flaws and evaluate the report submitted by Larsen and Toubro (L&T), the construction company entrusted with immediate repairs of the...
Formally Modelling the Rijkswaterstaat Tunnel Control Systems in a Constrained Industrial Environment
Kevin H.J. Jilissen (Rijkswaterstaat), Peter Dieleman (Rijkswaterstaat), Jan Friso Groote (Eindhoven University of...
A tunnel between Jersey and the Continent is technically and economically viable, says minister
https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/France-interested-in-tunnel-link-with-Channel-Islands
Experimental investigation on the influence of microwave exposure on the cutting performance of TBM disc cutter cutting of hard rocks
Gaoming Lu a, Jianjun Zhou a, Limeng Zhang a, Wenyuan Gao b
a State Key Laboratory of Shield Machine and Boring...
Microwave assistance effect for rock breaking of TBM disc cutter using the coupled method of continuum and grain-based model
Yunlong Wang a,b,c, Yanan Gao a,b,d, Liyuan Yu a,b Xiaoshuang Shao a,b,d, Peng Hou c
a State Key Laboratory for...
Influences of Microwave Irradiation on Rock-Breaking Efficiency of a Reduced-Scale TBM Cutter
by Gaoming Lu 1, Cong Ding 2, Jianjun Zhou 1, Haining Liu 2 and Chaoyin Liu 1
1 State Key Laboratory of Shield Machine and Boring Technology,...
Experimental study on rock breaking using a microwave-assisted tunnel boring machine cutter
March 2024 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Bo Ning, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Guangzhou University,...
Controlled Blasting Technology for Shallow-Buried Large-Section Tunnel below Susceptible Buildings in Coastal Stratum
Li Gang
China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., Tianjin,...
Manchester decides to start a two-phased process to select a contractor for the construction of the two-mile long Cemetery Brook Drain Water Tunnel.
According to City of Manchester site, "Cemetery Brook is the main drainage basin for the...
The first of two tunnel boring machines building the Broadway Subway has made its final breakthrough in its journey at Cypress Street, reaching the pit of Arbutus Station. Through the Broadway Subway...
This is my 5 cents for tunnel breakthroughs;
The second giant boring machine (TBM) building HS2 under the Chiltern Hills broke through at the tunnel’s northern portal, completing a journey that began in June...
Second tunnel boring machine (TBM), Cecilia, reaches northern portal of 10 mile high-speed rail tunnel under Chiltern Hills.
Arrival marks completion of mammoth drive taking two years and nine months.
2,000 tonne Cecilia joins...