Superb article on New York Times.
A Times investigation shows the serious construction flaws and political pressure behind a tragedy that threatens two of Mexico’s most prominent...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmdPpM6mCGM
The sinkhole at a parking lot of a hospital in Jerusalem has been apparently caused by an tunnel construction underneath the...
He was an Italian immigrant to South Africa.
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/obituary-mario-pietromartire-a-southern-african-tunnelling-pioneer-2021-05-31/rep_id:4136
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i33sCFG49a4
Havana Bay Tunnel, or simply Havana Tunnel was inaugurated on 31 May in 1958.
https://www.radiociudadhabana.icrt.cu/2021/05/31/en-la-habana-un-grito-de-modernidad-desde-el-fondo-del-mar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsa-VY836Uk
Diario de Burgos has a somewhat funny story, I want to share here. When a landslide caused the derailment of the train between Gumiel de Izán and Fontioso in 2010, ADIF, the state-owned railway...
According to Enno Reinsalu (as published on an Estonian Internet site - link below), Professor Emeritus of the Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) Mining Institute, the 57km long Gotthard railway tunnel is a prestige project.
In his...
As a Geology Engineer, I find this I read today interesting. I want to share.
Unfortunately it is only for America.
Trimble and Amberg Technologies Collaborate on a Solution for Tunneling
Surveyors and Construction...
Ambitious plans to build a 50km tunnel under the Blue Mountains would have made it almost the longest in the world - until bureaucrats ruled it out for being too...
Special cutterhead for the tunnel boring machine (TBM) by Herrenknecht bored full-face granite with hardness over 120MPa with an S-curve alignment through a fixed coordinate....
Ever wondered where you would end up on the other side of the globe if you dug a tunnel down from exactly where you stand now?
Google's augmented reality (AR) application called 'Floom' lets you experience that. It only works with...
The Taroko Express train derailed and crashed in a tunnel on the first day of a long holiday weekend. At least 31 deaths. Some sources say 36.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/asia/taiwan-train-derails.html
The largest ever Crossover (XRE) TBM in China launched in late March 2021 in Guangzhou for contractors Sichuan Jinshi Heavy Equipment Leasing Co. Ltd. and CREC Bureau 2. Onsite First Time Assembly (OFTA) was utilized to build the 9.16 m (30 ft)...