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Final TBM launched for HS2 Northolt Tunnel
10 April, 2024
The fourth, and final, TBM for HS2’s Northolt Tunnel beneath London, has been launched.

Snowy 2.0 prepares to tunnel inclined pressure shaft
08 April, 2024
Preparations are under way to tunnel the inclined pressure shaft (IPS) for Australia’s Snowy 2.0 hydropower project.

Herrenknecht presents eighth TBM for Brenner tunnel
05 April, 2024
Herrenknecht has presented the second of two TBMs for Lot H53 on the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT).

Arnold Dix – Interview
28 March, 2024
A tunneller with 100 million website hits? Unlikely, surely, but Arnold Dix is an unlikely tunneller. A tunneller is not supposed to be a successful barrister, a national icon, or be world famous. Dix has, accidentally, become the exception. He is, as well as all that, the current President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES); this April he is to chair ITA’s annual Member Nations General Assembly meeting at the World Tunnel Congress (WTC 2024) in Shenzhen, China. Julian Champkin spoke to him

TBM completes final drive in Vancouver
26 March, 2024
The first of two TBMs building Vancouver’s Broadway Subway has made its final breakthrough.

Thai-built HDD rig completes Indian river crossing
25 March, 2024
A river crossing for India’s Paradip Numaligarh Crude Pipeline project has been completed successfully using the largest HDD modular rig in Herrenknecht’s portfolio.

Many requirements in Sweden – one MTBM hard rock solution
25 March, 2024
An exceptional microtunnelling project in Edsberg, Sweden, posed particularly complex challenges: very hard, highly abrasive rock and no possibility of a target shaft. The solution was the newly developed AVN 800 HR from Herrenknecht in combination with jacking of a temporary steel pipe string to withdraw the MTBM. Herrenknecht’s Michael Groß, Senior Product Manager Pipe Jacking, and Lutz zur Linde, Sales Manager Utility Tunnelling, discuss the technology and its application

Final breakthrough made on HS2’s longest tunnel
22 March, 2024
Excavation of HS2’s longest tunnel was completed yesterday when the second TBM broke through.

Excavation completed on Mularroya dam tunnel
21 March, 2024
Acciona and its partner, Sacyr, have made the final breakthrough on the Mularroya dam transfer tunnel in Spain. Zaragoza

VTA launches TBM naming contest
19 March, 2024
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has launched a competition to name the TBM for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project (BSVII).

TBM breaks through on Virginia water project
18 March, 2024
Tunnelling for RiverRenew, a wastewater project in Alexandria, Virginia, has been completed.

North East Link TBM assembly under way
15 March, 2024
The first TBM is being assembled for Melbourne’s North East link twin road tunnels.

Herrenknecht hands over seventh TBM for Brenner Base Tunnel
08 March, 2024
Herrenknecht yesterday presented the first of two double shield TBMs for Lot H53 Pfons-Brenner on the Brenner Base Tunnel.

Final HS2 TBM in West Midlands starts work
06 March, 2024
HS2 has launched the last TBM to bore tunnels for the new high-speed railway in the West Midlands.

TBM breaks through on longest HS2 tunnel
28 February, 2024
HS2’s first TBM – which launched almost three years ago – has broken through at the end of her 16km journey under the Chilterns, excavating the longest tunnel on the rail project.

HS2 launches third TBM in London
26 February, 2024
HS2’s London Tunnels contractor, Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS) joint venture, has launched a third TBM.

Silvertown Tunnel opening brought forward
26 February, 2024
The opening of London’s Silvertown Tunnel has been brought forward, a year after it was announced the programme had been pushed back.

Hinkley Point C tunnels ready for connection to Bristol Channel
16 February, 2024
Hinkley Point C’s tunnels for water intake and outfall are ready to be connected to the Bristol Channel.

German rail tunnel expansion commences
02 February, 2024
Work has started on widening the Fachinger and Cramberg rail tunnels in Germany.

Herrenknecht presents TBM for Vienna subway
01 February, 2024
Herrenknecht has presented the TBM for the Vienna subway extension to the client and construction team.