Yes it is true that whenever an article has "ElonMusk" in it, the guy gets the...l things like 10 times faster boringtunnelboring machine.
Then again, people line ElonMusk do not get that line of credit for nothing. They earn it. ElonMusk ha...loop technology, we owe it to ElonMusk...
This prufrock thing pure vaporware. ElonMusk has no experience in mechanical engineering yet alone in tunnelboring machines. You may hire some experienced people and get them tweak this and that on a Lovat TBM. But inventing a tunnel bori...
Donnie the TunnelBoring Machine, behind some people.
https://www.trenchlessinternational.com/2019/12/17/boring-begins-on-coxwell-bypass-tunnel/
#Coxwell
As usual, New Civil Engineer is has a more sober header than daily newspapers.
Progress revealed on HS2 tunnelboring machines
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/progress-revealed-on-hs2-tunnel-boring-machines-27-05-2020/
Strabag's bid was 70.6 million euro more than Chinese company. More than 25% more. Italian + Turkish company offered 61.5 million more than Chinese company.
Giving it to Austrians or Italian and Turks would be REAL tax money spill.
Well; Chinese company is one of the 6 firms shortlisted. Among them is also the German company of PEC+S Deutschland Planning Engineering Consulting Service GmbH.
i would go for gov or eu funds. it is most likely with right combination of a company, university collabration team you can get f...r smaller ones like cornet (cornet.online). Teaming up with university and comp...
I don't think Glasgow metro is going to enlarge its tunnels but since it was mentioned:
Tunnel Enlargement Gantry TEP 8400 from the German company GTA
https://gta.eu/en/tunneling/tunnel-enlargement-gantry-tep-8400
It's go...