The EuroTAP 2010 results of inspections conducted this spring in 26 major tunnels in 13 European countries indicate that an…
Month: July 2010
New Jersey’s ARC picks TBM
PTP Constructors, a JV of Schiavone/Shea/Skanska, has chosen an 8.38m diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM to excavate the twin 1.6km…
Prague collapse report ‘months off’
A report by Prague’s Mining Office into the causes of the third collapse of the city’s 6km long, US$1.3bn Blanka…
From Russia with Lovat
Contractor, Bamtonnelstroy has reported the breakthrough last month of the second of it’s two Lovat rock TBMs currently deployed on…
TBM to incline drive in Switzerland
An 8m diameter Aker Wirth hard rock TBM is currently being transported from the company’s plant in Erkelenz, on route…
Qinling TBMs launched
Contractor, China Railways 18th Bureau (Group) Co has launched its two 10.2m Robbins Main Beam TBMs on the twin 16.6km…
EFNARC Certifies Six Nozzlemen
The process of certifying experienced Nozzlemen in recognition of their exemplary theoretical and practical skills has begun in earnest with…
UK Transport Minister kicks off Farringdon Station construction
UK Transport Minister, The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP last week helped lay the foundations of London’s next major transport…
Two fatalities in Beijing Metro collapse
Two tunnel workers were killed yesterday and a further eight injured after a collapse during construction of the Beijing Metro,…
China rescue attempts foiled by further collapses
Attempts to rescue 10 miners trapped after Sunday’s collapse of a rail tunnel connecting southwest China’s Nanning and Litang, have…