Two 15.6m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs have been ordered to help build North East Link’s 6.5km road tunnels that will fix the missing…
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Diggy Stardust prepared for launch on Scarborough Subway Extension
Ontario’s Metrolinx is marking another important milestone for its three-stop Scarborough Subway Extension as the project’s 11.9m diameter Herrenknecht TBM,…
Boring begins on Auckland CRL’s second tube
Boring of the second tube on Auckland’s 3.45km long City Rail Link has begun following the 7.15m diameter Herrenknecht TBM’s…
Australia’s first Autonomous TBM for Sydney Metro
Australia’s first autonomous TBMs will be used to build twin 9km rail tunnels between Sydney Olympic Park and Westmead. This…
West Gate Tunnel’s first mega-TBM gets going
The largest TBM in the Southern Hemisphere has started digging Melbourne’s A$6.7bn West Gate Tunnel Project. The massive 15.6m diameter Herrenknecht…
Herrenknecht to supply two hard rock TBMs to Sydney Metro West
Two Herrenknecht double-shield, hard rock, gripper-type TBMs have been ordered to build Sydney’s next metro rail tunnels as part of…
Silvertown Tunnel’s giant TBM passes FAT
The Riverlinx Construction Joint Venture, consisting of BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and SK ecoplant, delivering the design and build of…
HS2 Launches First Midlands TBM
Today [2 December] HS2 CEO Mark Thurston pushed the button to start HS2’s TBM on its 1.6km journey under Long…
PULSE consortium breaks through first Cross River Rail drive
The first of Brisbane’s Cross River Rail’s two 7.2m diameter Herrenknecht hard rock TBMs has seen the daylight for the first…
Tideway’s final drive reaches halfway
Selina, the Herrenknecht TBM creating the final, easternmost section of London’s 7.2m diameter, 25km long Tideway super sewer has passed…