Following a US$9.9M feasibility study, Victoria’s State Government has revealed the preferred route for Melbourne’s US$2.75bn WestLink Road Tunnel, which…
Month: October 2010
Rio Tinto TBM trials open door to mining industry
Mining giant, Rio Tinto, has announced full scale trials will begin in 2012 in Australia for the first of three…
Devil's Slide celebrates breakthrough
Last Friday tunnelers, politicians and members of the public alike celebrated the initial breakthrough of the 4200ft (1.25km) Devil’s Slide twin tube tunnel project in San Mateo County, California. Three years after breaking ground on the project, and about four weeks ahead of schedule, Kiewit holed through on it’s northbound tunnel at the northern portal using an AM-105 roadheader, greeting a crowd of invited guests gathered atop the Devil’s Slide bridges.
Panama takes two EPBMs
In a contract worth US$100M, SELI has delivered the first EPBM that will be used to bore the 7.9km Monte…
Lee Tunnel kicks off
Work has officially started on London’s 6.4km long, 7m diameter Lee Tunnel following the groundbreaking ceremony yesterday at one of…