Two Herrenknecht double-shield, hard rock, gripper-type TBMs have been ordered to build Sydney’s next metro rail tunnels as part of…
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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…
Breakthrough celebrated on Auckland CRL
Auckland’s 1.6km long City Rail Link (CRL) is celebrating a mighty milestone with its 7.15m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM, Dame Whina…
Tunnelling completes at Second Narrows Water Supply project
Contractor, Traylor, with consultants McMillen Jacobs, AECON, and Mott MacDonald, have completed tunnel excavation at the 1.1km long Second Narrows…
HS2 Chiltern Tunnels reaches the one mile mark
HS2’s first TBM currently working on the 10 mile long, 9.1m i.d Chiltern twin tunnels has passed the one mile…
HS2 launches first of its ten TBMs
A historic moment has been reached on the UK’s HS2, with the launch of the project’s Herrenknecht TBM, Florence, on…
Auckland’s City Rail Link EPBM gears up for launch
Completing Auckland’s 1.6km long twin-tunnels for the City Rail Link has taken a major step forward today with the official…