I think you should read this. It may sound funny but actually it is not. It is very sad. A railway route with two parallel tunnels in Rome, Italy has been abandened with its tunnel boring machines, cutter heads and everything else, just several...
Why use a tunnel boring machine instead of microtunnelling?
I read this article today in one of my favorite tunneling journals and wanted to share with you. It goes beyond `our company did this' and offers some take aways. Good read for any...
Tunnel between islands of Uznam and Wolin in Świnoujście gets go-ahead by authorities. This is reported by Polish engineering publication inżynieria.
The underwater tunnel will connect the Uznam and Wolin islands (currently only traveled by...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUXEUkAElAg
This is the horrible moment a tunnel collapses over a group of construction workers while they are comfortably filming debris falling from the roof not correctly understanding the danger.
It happened...
A warm hello to everybody from Cascais. I would like to quote a local news about a planned tunnelworks (not in tender yet).
Lisbon municipality will be launching the tender for the construction of the two large drainage tunnels between...
The Chamber of Mining Engineers said that the underground works were carried out in the city and under the densely populated areas, “The construction of the projects stopped in the earthquake in Istanbul has started but the shafts and tunnels...
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) gives 60 million US dollars to country of Georgia (nort east border of Türkiye) for construction of the nine kilometre-long tunnel is part of Georgia’s North-South...
An under-construction tunnel on the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane near Shala Nullah on the Chandigarh-Manali Highway caved in. Deputy Commissioner Mandi, Rugved Thakur, said according to the construction company it’s a “routine...
India's far-right prime minister narendra modi had initiated the project to dig a 14.31 km long tunnel to connect India-occupied Kashmir to Ladakh region. They called this to-be-bored tunnel "Zojila tunnel". Motivation of modi is...
The organization responsible for delivering the expansion of Stockholm’s metro system has defended its decision to award a tunneling contract to a state-owned Chinese firm. Region Stockholm, the body responsible for all...
The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro), will begin digging tunnels, for the Range Hill to Swargate metro corridor which has a 5km underground stretch, in November.
According to Maha-Metro officials, a successful trial of the...
A task force of select mayors and other representatives of Metro Vancouver has selected an eight-lane, immersed-tunnel configuration option for the future project to replace the ageing George Massey...
Hyundai E&C ( Hyundai Engineering & Construction) won an order for the 1st section of Geomdan Extension Line of Incheon Urban Railroad Line 1, which amounted to KRW 1925 billion. Hyundai E&C won the contract with Hyundai Engineering...
Bids invited from the eligible firms through the international competitive bidding (ICB) process for the design and construction of the underground tunnel under Delhi Metro...
Last week, the China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) started drilling the last tunnel as part of a project to build a 4.6-km section of the Moscow metro "Large Circle Line."
The project, initiated in 2017, covering three...
China become Tunnel boring machine superpower.
The 18 manufacturers of TBMs have a combined annual output of about 1,000 units, said Song Zhenhua, of the China Construction Machinery Association (CCMA). TBMs are getting larger as...
Chinese company Sinohydro Corporation Limited has been employed to complete the remaining works related to tunnel works of Melamchi Water Supply Project, Nepal’s largest water supply project, Melamchi Water Supply Board said.
After the...
Major delays are expected for Metropolitan Express Network (REM) due to the safety concerns posed by the Mount Royal Tunnel. This is what a150 page report by NouvLR, the consortium led by SNC-Lavalin says.
NouvLR says only 41%...
A coalition of transport groups and planning experts has banded together to call on the Andrews government to prioritise a rail tunnel linking Melbourne’s north and west.
The Metro 2 project was long expected to be the next rail project...