In cooperation with the Korea Undersea Tunnel Research Association (Chairman Seung-ho Lee, Professor Sangji University) and The World Peace Road Foundation (CEO Song Kwang-seok, President of Korea) a symposium ‘ 2021 Undersea Tunnel Joint...
The Ferrovial engineers tell the story of building the La Paz tunnel in the La Paz mountain range in Lebrija, a municipality in the department of Santander...
Master Drilling of South Africa with operations in 23 countries says they have increased their footprint in their operations for remote operation and seen at least a 10% to 15% benefit compared with a normally operated...
I've been sent this link about the innovative methods used in Totonto's Crosstown LRT.
https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2021/03/entuitive-engineers-used-innovative-construction-methods-crosstown-projects
New cool stuff from Epiroc
Boomer M20 – the world´s first face drill rig with internal hydraulics
With protected hydraulics, sensors and cables, Epiroc’s new Boomer M20 is designed and...
I've just got this in my email box.
Infrastructure software company Bentley (I am sure you use their software) has bought Seequent for $1.05 Billion.
Bentley Systems Enters into ~ $1.05 Billion Agreement to Acquire Seequent, Global Leader...
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that its first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), Elsie, broke through to the Wilshire/La Cienega subway station in Beverly Hills .
Manufactured in Germany by Herrenknecht...
Swiss Tunnelling Society maintains a database of all tunnels in Switzerland.
You can reach it via the link: https://www.swisstunnel.ch/en/tunnelling-switzerland/tunnel-database/
It lists the tunnels and when you click on a specific tunnel, you...
Voting today at Extraordinary General Assembly of ITA has decided the city to host the World Tunnel Congress 2023: It is Athens.
Antalya 14
Athens 33
We congratulate the Greek Tunnelling Society and see you all at WTC2023 Athens!
Tomorrow will the General Assembly of ITA gather to vote on the venue of the World Tunnel Congress.
Where do you think the WTC2023 be held?
Antalya, Turkey
or
Athens, Greece
Cast your vote in the replies and if possible also say...
Another TunnelingOnline article I found interesting to share.
https://tunnelingonline.com/tunneling-challenges-on-the-city-of-houstons-northeast-transmission-line/
Have a good Sunday everyone.
The Brunel museum named after a founding father of Victorian engineering will pay homage to the enormous contribution the Irish community made to a true feat of British...
In Chinese city of Nanning, a contractor drills down with a drill of 9 centimeters in diameter. And the drill penetrates through the subway tunnel. And then a train comes along, hitting the drill...
Is it funny or...
Negotiators from the Reform Party and the Center Party continue with meeting on various policy positions.
If they agree to form a cooperation, they intend to accelerate the Rail Baltic process and move forward with the Tallinn-Helsinki...