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Three TBMs now excavating Melbourne's 26 km Suburban Rail Loop East tunnels

Three tunnel boring machines are now simultaneously excavating the twin tunnels for Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop East, as underground construction expands across the Burwood, Glen Waverley and Clari...

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Bucharest launches second major tunnelling phase of airport metro project

Tunnelling has started on the northern section of Bucharest Metro Line 6, marking the next major phase of the 14.2 km metro extension that will eventually connect central Bucharest with Henri Coanda I...

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Ship Canal project adds 112 million litres of underground wastewater storage

Seattle has completed the $255 million Ship Canal Water Quality Project, bringing into service a major underground storage system designed to reduce the amount of untreated sewage and polluted stormwa...

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Central structure completed on HS2's 1.4 km Wendover green tunnel

Construction of HS2's Wendover green tunnel has reached a major milestone with the two halves of the 1.4 km cut-and-cover structure now joined, completing the central section of the tunnel less than 1...

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Work advances on Auckland's $260M Herne Bay wastewater tunnel

Construction is gathering pace on Auckland's NZ$260 million Herne Bay Collector, a new wastewater tunnel designed to capture wet-weather overflows before they reach Waitematā Harbour and divert them i...

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Hinkley Point C completes 620 m fish return tunnel beneath Bristol Channel

Tunnelling has been completed on a 620 m fish return tunnel beneath the Bristol Channel at Hinkley Point C, marking another milestone in the marine infrastructure being built for the UK's new nuclear...

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1,600-ton TBM begins 4.4 km Melito Tunnel beneath the Southern Apennines

Excavation has started on the 4.4 km Melito Tunnel, the final tunnel to be driven on the Apice-Hirpinia section of Italy's Naples-Bari high-speed and high-capacity railway.The drive is being carried o...

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$16bn Hudson Tunnel project launches first TBM beneath the Palisades

Tunnel boring is set to begin on the Hudson Tunnel Project, the cornerstone of the wider Gateway Program connecting New Jersey and New York. The milestone marks the start of excavation for the first n...

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Call for Papers for Special Issue on “Tunneling Risk Assessment”

TC 304 on Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for Case Histories in Tunneling Risk Assessment that will be published in ISSMGE’s Internation...

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All tunnelling completed for Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

Tunnelling has been completed for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension in Toronto following breakthrough of the final 500 m twin tunnels between Jane Street and Mount Dennis Station.The latest sectio...

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