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Skanska-Fay JV win tunnel modernisation contract
28 December, 2023
CSX Transportation (CSXT) has selected a Skanska and Fay, S&B USA Construction joint venture for Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel Clearance Programme.

First cross-border TBM unveiled for Mont Cenis base tunnel
22 December, 2023
The TBM that will build the tunnel across the French-Italian border for the new Lyon-Turin railway has been unveiled at Herrenknecht’s factory in Germany.

New fans installed in Heysen Tunnels refurbishment
21 December, 2023
Work to install 23 new exhaust fans in Australia’s Heysen Tunnels has begun, as part of the ongoing upgrade of the tunnels’ systems.

HS2’s longest tunnel 90% complete
20 December, 2023
Tunnelling on HS2’s longest tunnel is on track to be completed next year.

Italian construction site opens for Mont Cenis tunnel
19 December, 2023
Work on the Italian section of the Mont Cenis base tunnel has officially started.

HS2 tunnel segments depart Hartlepool for London
19 December, 2023
Rail deliveries of tunnel segments for HS2 London tunnels have begun from Hartlepool.

Eiffage wins further work for the Grand Paris Express
19 December, 2023
Eiffage subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil, in a consortium with eight architectural firms, has secured a contract to design and build a section of Line 15 East of the Grand Paris Express.

Sydney Metro West double breakthrough makes history
18 December, 2023
Two TBMs have broken through to the Five Dock Metro Station site, making Sydney Metro West the first project in the southern hemisphere to achieve a double TBM breakthrough.

Third TBM ready to start on Oslo water project
18 December, 2023
AF Ghella JV will soon start tunnelling on Oslo’s New Water Supply project.

CREG TBMs ready for water and mining projects
18 December, 2023
Two hard rock TBMs have rolled off production lines at China Railway Engineering Equipment Company’s (CREG) factories in Shunde, Guangdong and Zhengzhou, Henan.

Aarsleff commissioned to build architectural viewing platform for Fehmarnbelt project
15 December, 2023
Femern A/S has commissioned the Danish contracting group Aarsleff to build a new viewing platform close to the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel at Rødbyhavn. The platform will be 217 metres long and enable visitors and the local community to follow the building of the tunnel at close hand from 2025.

ITACET LUNCTIME LECTURE SERIES: JANUARY 2024
14 December, 2023
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Tunnelling Restarts On Snowy Hydro At Tantangara
13 December, 2023
Tunnelling of the Snowy 2.0 headrace adit at Tantangara has restarted following NSW government approval for the project’s planning modification.

Bts Announce Release Of 4th Edition Of Bts Specification For Tunnelling
13 December, 2023
The British Tunnelling Society is very pleased to announce the release of the 4th edition of the BTS Specification for Tunnelling this Wednesday, December 13th 2023.

HS2 tunnel boring machine gets ready to start digging under Birmingham
12 December, 2023
A team of 90 specialist engineers have completed the assembly of HS2’s giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will start digging the second bore of the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham next year.

First major contract awarded for SRL Tunnels
12 December, 2023
The first tunnels contract has been awarded for Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East, with tunnelling to start in 2026, transforming Melbourne’s public transport network and creating thousands of jobs. A consortium of global tunnelling experts has been awarded the $3.6b Tunnels South contract to build 16km of twin tunnels between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley.

PERI acquires majority stake in KERN Tunneltechnik SA
12 December, 2023
With effect from 7 December 2023, PERI SE acquired a majority stake in KERN Tunneltechnik SA, based in Lugano, Switzerland.

Successful ventilation system replacement in Mont Blanc tunnel
12 December, 2023
GEIE-TMB, the client and operator of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, awarded Eiffage's Énergie Systèmes branch the contract to install a new, sustainable ventilation system.

Tbm Lilia Excavates First 1000 Metres On Brenner Base Tunnel
11 December, 2023
TBM Lilia has also excavated its first 1,000 metres of tunnel and is continuing its journey south.

Construction Of Long-Distance High Speed Rail Tunnel In Lódz Has Begun
11 December, 2023
The construction of the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) long-distance high-speed rail (HSR) tunnel in Łódź, Poland, has begun.