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December 17, 2021 | Infrastructure

First TBMs for HS2 London tunnels arrive in capital

Eventually there will be six TBMs tunnelling under the British capital.

December 17, 2021 | Infrastructure

Tunnelling launched on new São Paulo metro line

The 15.3km Line 6-Orange is described as the largest infrastructure project currently underway in Latin America.

December 4, 2021 | Infrastructure

Britain’s HS2 launches first Midlands tunnelling machine

The tunnel beneath Long Itchington Wood will be the first to be completed on HS2 Phase One.

October 7, 2021 | Infrastructure

Crossing the Fehmarnbelt strait

The Denmark-Germany Fehmarnbelt tunnel will improve rail connections between Scandinavia and mainland Europe when it opens by the end of the decade. With initial construction now underway, David Burroughs explains how the project is being implemented with insight from Femern contract director, Kirsten Margrethe Christensen.

July 8, 2021 | Infrastructure

Panama Canal Tunnel contract award delay

Losing bidders challenge decision to award design contract.

June 22, 2021 | Infrastructure

$US 4bn tunnel project planned to unlock US’ Northeast Corridor bottleneck

Tunnel dating from Civil War era to be replaced in capacity boost for Maryland.

May 26, 2021 | Australia/NZ

Melbourne metro tunnels bored through

The four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) took 20 months to dig the 6.3m-diameter rail tunnels lined with around 250,000 tonnes of concrete.

November 12, 2020 | High-speed

Tunnelling beneath the Baltic: a pipe dream or a once-in-a-generation opportunity?

Building new railway lines is often a daunting undertaking which can take decades, especially when tunnelling is involved. But two developers from the Baltic region are pushing plans to construct what would be the world’s longest railway tunnel in a matter of a years. David Burroughs talks to Peter Vesterbacka and Kustaa Valtonen about how viable their vision is.

July 22, 2020 | Infrastructure

BLS to complete Lötschberg Base Tunnel renovations by year end

SWITZERLAND’s Lötschberg Base Tunnel will undergo a SFr 15m ($US 16m) emergency renovation by BLS from September, following unexpected water ingress earlier this year.

June 19, 2020 | Infrastructure

Tunnelling completed on Austria’s 33km Koralm tunnel

ÖBB Infrastructure completed tunnelling of the €5.4bn 32.9km Koralm tunnel on June 17, 18 years after the first exploratory tunnels were bored.

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