Search Results: 'Herrenknecht'

Heavy Moves
12 June, 2023
TBMs on tunnelling projects are supported by major lifting capacity and conveyor capability

Mined tunnelling completed on NZ rail project
07 June, 2023
Link Alliance has completed mined tunnelling on Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project.

Tunnelling starts for Sydney Metro West
02 June, 2023
The first two TBMs have been launched for the 24km Sydney Metro West line.

Second TBM breaks through on Vancouver subway
29 May, 2023
The second of two Herrenknecht TBMs excavating twin tunnels for Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project has broken through at the future Broadway-City Hall Station.

Hole appears above HS2 Chiltern Tunnel
15 May, 2023
Investigations are under way after a surface hole appeared above an HS2 tunnel in Buckinghamshire on Saturday.

Boring completed on West Gate Tunnel
09 May, 2023
CPB Contractors and John Holland Joint Venture has completed tunnelling on Australia’s West Gate Tunnel.

Penultimate breakthrough on London Power Tunnels
28 April, 2023
The Hochtief-Murphy JV achieved the fourth breakthrough on Phase 2 of the London Power Tunnels (LPT) project this week.

First TBM arrives at Vancouver’s Broadway City Hall
17 April, 2023
Elsie, one of two TBMs constructing twin tunnels for Vancouver’s Broadway Subway, has broken through to the future Broadway-City Hall Station.

HS2 launches third TBM in London
13 April, 2023
HS2’s contractor, Skanksa Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS JV), has launched the third TBM in London – this time to build a 6.2m i.d. logistics tunnel.

Challenges and successes
27 March, 2023
A brief snapshot sample of large and small utility tunnelling challenges and successes across the globe over recent months

Consultation launched for tunnelling machines standards
27 March, 2023
Consultation is underway on revisions to two CEN standards that are vital for the safety of tunnelling machines used in Europe and across the world. Dr Donald Lamont – a UK participant in the work – urges the tunnelling industry to respond by the deadline of mid-May

Desalination tunnel drive in Algeria
27 March, 2023
A micro-tunnelling task for subcontractor Radco when building an inlet line for a desalination project in Algeria presented challenges offshore that were successfully overcome

UK’s largest TBM rotated in reception chamber
24 March, 2023
Engineers working on London’s Silvertown Tunnel have used nitrogen ‘skates’ to rotate the first section to the TBM in the reception chamber.

Second breakthrough made on Vancouver subway
24 March, 2023
The Broadway Subway Project Corporation, an Acciona Ghella joint venture, has made a second tunnel breakthrough on Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project.

Tunnelling on the Hampton Roads-Bridge Tunnel Expansion expected to start next month
20 March, 2023
TBM assembly is under way on the Hampton Roads-Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project (HRBT) – the largest construction project ever awarded in the state of Virginia – and tunnelling is expected to start next month.

London Power Tunnels completes first underwater breakthrough
14 March, 2023
A TBM working on National Grid’s London Power Tunnels (LPT) has completed its drive in a flooded shaft in south-east London.

Breakthrough celebrated on Lima Metro
13 March, 2023
The TBM boring Line 2 of the Lima Metro has broken through at Buenos Aires Station in the port of Callao.

HS2 TBMs pass Amersham shaft
03 March, 2023
The two TBMs digging HS2’s longest tunnels have completed more than half of their 16.1km drive.

First bore completed for Silvertown Tunnel
27 February, 2023
The first bore on London’s Silvertown Tunnel has been completed.

TBM set for Cairo metro line 4
23 February, 2023
Herrenknecht recently completed the factory acceptance test (FAT) for a Mixshield to be used by AHPC Consortium on the next phase of Cairo metro’s Line 4 expansion