Oslo chooses tunnel boring machines instead of drill and blast
https://www.tunneltalk.com/Norway-17Oct2019-TBMs-to-excavate-Oslo-water-supply-conveyance.php
"Ulrikke" keeps boring away deep in the first railway tunnel in Norway being built with a Tunnel Boring Machine.
Bane NOR took ove...samferdsel/jernbane/ulriken-tunnelen-fikk-pris/s/5-8-1190651
#Norway #tunnelling
Bauer to develop automated drill.
Bauer will focus on the creation of a drilling rig that can recognise its environment and...n site.
https://www.khl.com/construction-europe/bauer-to-develop-automated-drill/...
Funny. They drill into metro tunnel ceiling in Canada
https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/on/toronto/ttc-delays-leave-crowds-waiting-after-someone-drilled-into-a-subway-tunnel
#Herrenknecht uses its boring expertise also in drilling for wind farm poles.
https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/02/12/deme-taps-herrenknecht-for-monopile-setup-subsea-drill/
#versatility
NATM Tunnel exp candidates require for UAE, Drill & Blasting Method for Cavern Project of Crude Oil Storage in Fujairah, UAE, Client interview in Mumbai 20th Aug & Del 21st Aug 2019, send CV on hh11@ambecs.com for shortlisting
I wish everyone a very healthy, happy year and a robust one like these TBMs!
Have a great 2020!
https://tunnelcontact.com/videos/play/martinslrzo/271/follo-line-double-tbm-breakthrough-norway
This is what happens when you don't support a tunnel entrance with a snow tunnel:
Avalanche blocks the entrance of the Geitryggtunnelen in Hol commune (Norway)
https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/stort-snoskred-i-hol---tunnel-sperret-av-sno-1.14954925
After Ghella, another Italian company, Salini Impregilo enters the Norwegian market
https://tunnellingjournal.com/salini-impregilo-enters-norwegian-market/
#italy #norway