Else, the first of Brisbane’s Cross River Rail’s two 7.2m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs is now underground in the Woolloongabba site’s…
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First Forrestfield-Airport Link TBM completes challenging journey
In a major milestone for METRONET’s Forrestfield-Airport Link project in Perth, TBM Grace has broken through the Bayswater dive structure,…
First York Potash TBM soon to be shipped
Sirius Minerals, the client on the UK’s York Potash Project, has unveiled the first of its 1,800 tonne TBMs that…
First 15.6m diameter West Gate Tunnel TBM arrives
The first of the two Herrenknecht 15.6m diameter TBMs that contractor JV CPB Contractors and John Hollandwill use to build…
Tunnelling complete on Quito Metro Line 1
ACCIONA Construction, as part of the Line 1 Consortium with Odebrecht, has completed the tunnelling work for the Quito Metro,…
About turn for final Filder Tunnel drive
Following final breakthrough in late July 2018 of the western tube of Germany’s 9.5km long Filder Tunnel, crews from the…
First Sydney Metro TBM arrives
The first of five TBMs has arrived to extend Sydney’s new metro under the city centre. The Herrenknecht TBM is…
Bossler Breakthrough!
Breakthrough of the 11.34m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM ‘Katie’ in June saw the completion of boring of the second tube on…
Grace breaks through on Perth Airport link
In one of Perth’s Forrestfield-Airport Link’s biggest milestones to date, Herrenknecht Variable Density TBM Grace broke through into the underground…
Grace re-starts tunnelling on Perth’s Forrestfield-Airport Link
On April 17th 2018, the Salini-Impregilo (SI-NRW) JV restarted TBM Grace on Perth’s Forrestfield-Airport Link, with the project’s second TBM, Sandy due…