More than 20 TBMs have been put to work so far to build lines 15, 16, 17 and 18 as part of a Grand Paris Express metro expansion in the French...

The whole paper is open access, meaning, you can read is without having to pay. Development of a Semiautomatic Parametric Method for Creation of an I-BIM Model of a Tunnel for Use in FEM Software BIM for Infrastructures: from Planning and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-acN7YJqc Normet’s battery electric tunnelling sprayers leading the way to healthier, safer and more sustainable spraying operations Normet’s battery electric SmartDrive product family provides...

Normet's new TamSoil range improves previous product performance in further reducing TBM cutterhead torque, minimising cutterhead tool and screw wear along with improving muck flow characteristics, all of which maximises excavation...

An assessment on the inner lining need for a large-span tunnel (a case from Turkey, Akyazı Tunnel, Trabzon) Ebubekir Aygar  - Fugro Sial Geosciences Consulting Engineering Ltd, Ankara, Turkey Candan Gökçeoğlu - ...

Swiss company Implenia has been nominated to build the tunnel between Lysaker and Fornebu for the Fornebu line (Fornebubanen). It is about 2.3 km tunnelling in densely populated area. Fornebu line is an under-construction rail line which will...

Work starts at Howard Street. https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/baltimores-howard-street-tunnel-on-track-for-rebuild/51547

  Construction for the Phase 2a of the High Speed 2 project has been set as Spring 2024. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-sets-construction-start-date-to-take-line-north-16-03-2021/

Auditor EY has supported Transport for London’s (TfL) Silvertown Tunnel plan as the best option available to alleviate congestion at the Blackwall...

The Sydney Metro West project has received two major planning approvals, paving the way for mega tunnel boring machines to be in the ground by the end of 2022. Planning approval has been granted for the Sydney Metro West Project Concept, from...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTMKaxHqm38&t=34s Elon Musk's 'The Boring Company' keeps challenging the designers to come up with innovative ways of tunneling. In the company's 'Not-a-Boring-Competition', 10...

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  Following paper is from Elsevier's Tunnellıng and Underground Space periodical. I am sure many people will recognize Prof Dr Nuh Bilgin from his previous papers and his exciting presentations at past World Tunnel Congress's. He is,...

  Planned Line 2 of Bogotá will be underground according to feasibility study. It will have 11 or 12 stations ending in Fontanar del Río, Suba. This was announced by mayor Claudia López on Monday, March 15 as written in...

An important breakthrough for the merger of two great Italian construction companies. Both companies agree on the terms and timing of merger. Webuild is much bigger company than Astaldi. WeBuild itself is a merger of Salini and Impregilo and until...

  Italian construction company WeBuild (previous name Salini Imregilo) has made an announcement for the new TBM they will introduce to  Line 16 of Grand Paris Express MILAN, March 12, 2021 – Webuild celebrated the baptism...

Evaluation of the bids for the tender for Oslo's new raw water tunnel tender has been delayed again according to Bygge (an important construction business publication in Norway). The latest deadline for the announcement of the winner was end...

Novosibirsk transport department plans to extend the Leninskaya metro line of the city, writes Regnum. Currently Leninskaya line of Novosibirsk is 10,5 km long with 8 stations. There are plans to extend the metro line on both ends. Stations...

This academic paper is from 1977 but still so relevant I think. Subsidence above Shallow Tunnels in Soft Ground Authors John H. Atkinson Lect. in Civ. and Struct. Engrg., University Coli., Cardiff, Wales; formerly, Sr. Asst. in Research,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GbkMLGgAM The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has deployed an indigenously assembled tunnel boring machine for Namma Metro work. The Herrenknecht TBM is the 5th TBM BMRCL deploys but also the...