After almost three years of work, consortium FBC – consisting of Dutch companies Boskalis and Van Oord – has completed…
Author: Tris Thomas
COWI selected as technical advisor to Stad Ship Tunnel
The Norwegian Coastal Administration has selected COWI as technical advisor for the construction of the 2.2km long (including entrance areas),…
Final Sydney Metro West TBM have arrived
Sydney Metro West is gearing up to build Sydney’s second under-harbour railway crossing with the final TBMs arriving on site….
Final TBM joins HS2’s ‘Northolt four’
Construction of the UK’s HS2 line has hit another major milestone with the launch of the fourth – and final…
CREG ‘explosion proof’ EPBM ready for Italy
CREG Explosion-proof EPB TBM Ready for Palermo-Catania Railway Line Lot 4A in Sicily March 22, 2024, saw the 9.48m diameter…
Terratec delivers EPBM to Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project
TERRATEC has announced the delivery of a 3.14m Rock EPBM for the Mumbai Sewer Disposal Project (MSDP) Stage-II – PST2…
First Broadway Subway TBM completes journey
The first of two 6m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs building Vancouver’s Broadway Subway has made its final breakthrough in its journey at Cypress Street, reaching the shaft of Arbutus…
The Pipe Jacking Association releases updated document
The Pipe Jacking Association has released an update to its document previously entitled ‘Tunnelling & pipejacking guidance for designers’, now…
HS2 final TBM breaks through on Chiltern Tunnels
The second 10.25m diameter Herrenknecht TBM building HS2 under the Chiltern Hills has broken through at the tunnel’s northern portal,…
North East Link 15.6m diameter TBMs take shape
Melbourne’s $11.1bn North East Link is a step closer to tunnelling as segments of the first of the project’s two…