Oosterweel link aims to complete the highway ring (circle) around the city of Antwerp in the Flemish region of Belgium. Project will benefit the city traffic, Port of Antwerp (second biggest in Europe and in the top 20 in the world) as well as the...
The boring in Semmering Base Tunnel has reached halfway.
The 27.3 km Semmering Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel under construction between Gloggnitz and Mürzzuschlag under the Semmering Pass. The tunnel is built for Southern Railway...
Hwangbangsan Mountain is between Jeonju city and western new town. Jeonbuk Research Institute first proposed in 2012 this tunnel. Plan is to split traffic between two sides with tunnels. Construction cost 17 billion won.
KBS News...
MMRC MML-3 information declaration:
Another milestone for tunnelling in India and another milestone for tunnelling in Mumbai has been achieved yesterday (30 April). TBM Vaitarna-2 completed boring one of the hardest and the longest...
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Russia's capital Moscow has the best and biggest metro in the world. Every day it is getting bigger.
Moscow Metro planners have announced today on 30 April 2020 that Lianozovo to the Fiztekh in Lublin-Dmitrov Line they will build a...
Russia's capital Moscow has the best and biggest metro in the world. Every day it is getting bigger.
Moscow Metro planners have announced today on 30 April 2020 that Lianozovo to the Fiztekh in Lublin-Dmitrov Line they will build a...
Russia - Moscow - 14,4 km long 6 station extension to Line 15 (Nekrasovskaya Line) to the eastern suburbs of the city is opened on March 27. Line 15 is now 23,3 kilometre long and 10 stations.
What is special with this line is tunnel designers...
On 23 April 2020, Kazan launches the first tunnel boring machine for city's second metro line. Kazan is the captial city of Tatarstan. Tatarstan is in Russia. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was there.
City-owned...
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Tender ıs for 3.22 kilometer Shipka tunnel, 4 other short tunnels and some road building. Tender value is 267.2 million Bulgarian Leva (136,6 million euro).
Followng companies gave bids:
- Patni Stroezhi-Veliko Tarnovo,...
India's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) is ready. The TBM has been manufactured in China in Changsha by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry (CRCHI). It will be transported to Mumbai from Shanghai.
The Slurry TBM has...
A post-coronavirus decrease in the population of Sydney is predicted. It started the discussion of whether such infrastructure projects are really needed. Whether it is still economically viable to spend 10 - 15 billion for such...
One of China's hardest tunnel projects Dazhu Mountain Railway Tunnel, finish on Tuesday after 12 years of work. Part of a railway Dali City and Ruili City in Yunnan Province.
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John Holland-KBR Joint Venture operated tunnel boring machine Collette bored through 425m of earth to prepare for the new pipe’s installation. It will replace the century-old pipe that supplies water to Silvan Reservoir, the biggest in...
First time in Korea, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport signed 12 smart road management system sharing agreements. Gangwon-do decided to mutually support technology, information, and human resources for the smart road management system...
Świna tunnel TBM is in advanced state of manufacture. Chinese company CREG (China Railway Engineering Group) continues assembly started last year.
Electric motors, main propellers and reducers, as well as the main bearing, hydraulic pump and...
I wrote 46 days ago Anna & Maria Tunnel boring machines for the second metro of Bródno are lowered.
TBM Maria will bore the tunnel from Kondratowicza station to Bródno station. Maria will start after the May weekend....