Swiss Tunnel Congress 2020 was to take place in Lucerne between the dates of 2 and 4 June 2020. Instead of the physical event, there will be a Webinar (online) congress. This is what the Swiss Tunnelling Society (STS) has announced STS...

Suddenly the trending topic is the immersed tunnels. Everybody loves them. As Danes and Germans bring together their shores with the longest-ever immersed tunnel, Seattle is also joining the fans: "An immersed tunnel is safer than a bridge...

I think this sentence says a lot: 'It was painstakingly slow and unpleasant work due to terrible air quality and ingression of filthy Thames water'. There is a fine animation (Brunel Museum...

  Author mixes up first and second World Wars. Other than that, it is a fine, interesting story. It gives a glimpse of the tunnel and bridge work in Syria and Palestine just taken from the Ottoman...

What do you think about the tunnel foundation ? (pictured below) Foundation in the tunnel (Special foundation): Definition of foundation: the set of parts of the structure and the soil in contact with it trough which the load transfer between...

  Russian news agency Sputnik News has this video. Translation via google say it is in Iran construction site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1O7Tu0AGjg

  We have TBM technology but I am hearing there are still some tunnels excavated via NATM, Drill & Blast instead of TBM. Why?

  Important: Deadline for nominations extended to June 23rd (it was May 31st originally) This is your chance to promote or get recognition for an exciting tunnel project. Pitch you project for one of the category awards at ITA...

Once upon a time... Just 50 years ago there were plans to replace the London's famous Tower Bridge with a tunnel https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/04/08/unbuilt-london-replacing-tower-bridge-with-a-tunnel/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisVS_DKpJg Enjoy the tunnels of Norway via this video. I appreciate your comments! This is the route:

  When you are surfing on internet, watch out with unofficial sites claiming to let you download free tunnelling documents. For example when I searched for the proceedings for the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference 2019 that I was...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwqxbkzAzJg  When CPB Samsung John Holland tunnel boring machines started boring near their houses for the M4 tunnels of the WestConnex scheme, two dozen houses in a Sydney neighbourhood got cracks on their...

  TURKISH ROAD ASSOCIATION DECLARE CANDIDACY FOR WORLD TUNNEL CONGRESS 2023 ANTALYA TÜRKİYE Underground Spaces for Sustainable Societies: Tunnelling for an Innovative Future Throughout the history, humanity sought...

  They say 23 tunnel boring machines are boring simultaneously at Moscow metro. They say it is world record. Is it true? I see it is a press announcements from SK Most Group of Companies (contractor???) . I am always suspicious of press...

Watch out with unofficial sites claiming to let you download the proceedings for the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference 2019. In recent times some sites appeared, mostly from Russia (I mean with Russian domain names with .ru extension)....

  CEO of Australian construction company John Holland says major Australian contractors are on the brink of bankruptcy. John Holland is owned by China's state-owned company China Communications Construction Company. John Holland is...

  I have already posted this as a reply somewhere but I think it is an interesting subject on its own. I wonder how you people think about it. When the government takes control of the land under your house.... They don't pay you a...

  Chinese news agency says the first time China using a tunnel boring machine in highway construction. http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2020-03/09/c_138857508.htm The China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) started with a...

  New York City subway owes a debt of gratitude to John McDonald, an Irish famine emigrant... https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/john-b-mcdonald-nyc-subway

Polish startup Hyper Poland wants to innovate existing rail technology. Unlike Maglev trains, Hyper Poland's trains will use passive levitation and acompatible with hyperloop technology. from Hyper...