Italy : Excavation works for second tube of Milan-Verona railway tunnel underway
The 10-metre-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) dubbed ‘Martine’ has begun excavation works for the Lonato tunnel in Northern Italy, part of the new railway sect...Malaysia's MMC Gamuda wins its third international tunnelling award this year
The latest award MMC Gamuda wins is the Tunnelling Project of the Year at the New Civil Engineer (NCE) Tunnelling Festival 2021. This is on top of Majo...ject of the Year at the International Tunnelling Awards (ITA) 2021 and Interna...scores-triple-wins-prestigious-global-tunne...Global Tunnelling Experts managing director writes open letter to government
Kevin Browning, the managing director of Global Tunnelling Experts (GTE) calls the UK govern...ent to exempt the Hinkley Point C tunnelling workers from the compulsory q...s but also endanger the safety of tunnelling work. Global Tunnelling Ex...iamentaryreview.co.uk/news/global-tunne...UK: Riverlinx CJV was awarded as the winner of 4 categories at NCE Tunnelling Awards 2023
Riverlinx collects the top awards at the annual New Civil Engineer Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in tunnelling, if not the most prestigious....inery & Systems, Young Tunneller of the Year, Tunne...Italy: Webuild unveils second giant TBM from China for Messina-Catania Hign Capacity Raulway Tunnel
Italian company Webuild unveiled the second Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) it will use to bore tunnels for a high capacit...includes 20 kilometers long parallel tunnels. This TBM is the second one for tunne...Reply on topic: Why are all tunnels not excavated via Tunnel Boring Machines?
@Arash You are right. Cost is not the only reason why you may want to go for non-TBM tunnelling. As you have pointed out there are some other important considerations in favour of conventional tunnelling.CREG’s Φ9.98m Dual-mode TBM for Cefalù Tunnel, Italy Completed FAT
CREG’s Φ9.98m Dual-mode TBM for Cefalù Tunnel, Italy Completed FAT On January 22, 2021, a 9.98m diameter dual-mod...designed and manufactured by CREG for the Cefalù tunnel, Italy completed its live FAT at Zhe...
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