Search Results: 'Herrenknecht'

Alice in Auckland
18 December, 2014
Rhian Owen reports on the Waterview Connection project in Auckland, New Zealand

TBM arrives in LA
08 December, 2014
USA - The TBM cutterhead that will excavate portions of the Crenshaw/LAX light rail in Los Angeles arrived in late November from Germany, according to Metro Los Angeles.

Gdansk Double
18 November, 2014
Recent slurry TBM bores in Gdansk were the key challenge to build a new road link. Report by Patrick Reynolds.

To the extreme
06 November, 2014
Requiring six TBMs to tunnel more than 60km through difficult ground conditions, technical writer Desiree Willis of The Robbins Company explains the various challenges and triumphs at Mexico City’s Emisor Oriente Wastewater Tunnel project

Going the distance
17 October, 2014
Robust machines needed for epic Liaoning Water Transfer Project. Desiree Willis, Robbins technical writer reports.

Crossrail Western tunnels: TBM Breakthrough at Bond street station
10 October, 2014
The construction of the Crossrail Western tunnels saw two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) build 13.7km of tunnel below the streets of central London.

Direct Pipe TBM delivered to Calgary
09 October, 2014
Canada - Calgary Tunnelling, a subsidiary of Enterprise Group, Inc., has taken delivery of a Direct Pipe TBM, manufactured by Herrenknecht, to install a 42-inch pipe casing under the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta.

Waterview Connection project reaches halfway point
07 October, 2014
NEW ZEALAND - The first of the twin 2.4km long road tunnels on the NZ Transport Agency’s Waterview Connection project has been completed. Alice, the project’s 14.4m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM, broke through on 29th September, at the end of her 10-month journey from Owairaka to Waterview.

Final breakthrough of Swedish tunnel achieved
07 October, 2014
SWEDEN - The final breakthrough of tunnelling work at the Hallandsås Tunnel, Sweden, has been achieved. The project used a Herrenknecht TBM to cut through the last meters of rock to the target shaft after eight years of tunnelling.

Rio realised
03 October, 2014
Cutting under the dense urban environment of Rio de Janeiro’s southern and western sprawl is calling for a mix of measures, from drill and blast with shotcrete lining, to segmentally lined TBM drives. The mixed ground showed its complexity with a sinkhole earlier this year, but careful monitoring and quick response is keeping the project on track for the 2016 Olympic Games. Technical journalist Rhian Owen reports

Martin Herrenknecht calls for expansion of technology education in Germany
02 September, 2014
GERMANY - Martin Herrenknecht sees a huge need for action to increase education and the promotion of young talent in the areas of science and technology, Herrenknecht announced last week.

Destination Doha
26 August, 2014
As tunnel boring machines continue to arrive in Doha, Tunnels and Tunnelling looks to find out more about the world’s most ambitious metro scheme. Technical journalist Bernadette Ballantyne Reports.

Eastern promise
26 August, 2014
Previously driven by the oil and gas sector, tunnelling in the Middle East is enjoying a new boom as metro systems and new sewer networks are developed throughout the region. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

Crossrail¹s Jessica breaks through
22 August, 2014
GREAT BRITAIN -Crossrail¹s TBM Jessica has completed a new train tunnel from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, breaking into Victoria Dock Portal in east London. The 7.1m diameter TBM completed the journey in nine weeks, travelling up to 41m per day.

Solutions for spoil
20 June, 2014
Tunnelling challenges are pushing ever more solutions, and choices, in mucking out. Report by Patrick Reynolds.

Filling in the Corraline holes
20 June, 2014
Drilling innovations, sea platform working and complex logistics were needed for grout injection to improve porous ground for Miami's new port tunnel, Adrian Greeman reports.

Four more TBMs arrive for Doha Metro project
17 June, 2014
Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) has received four more TBMs for phase one of the Doha Metro project.

TBM retrieved from Lake Huron
12 June, 2014
Crews lifted a 78,000lb TBM from a shaft at the bottom of Lake Huron 850ft offshore as part of a water pipeline and intake project for Genesee County in Michigan.

STEC orders two giant TBMs for multipurpose tunnel
21 May, 2014
Chinese contractor and manufacturer Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co Ltd (STEC), has placed an order for two Herrenknecht 15.76m diameter Mixshield TBMs. The machines will be used for a large multifunctional tunnel in Wuhan, central China.

Herrenknecht develops tunnelling concept for crossing beneath traffic arteries
21 May, 2014
Herrenknecht has developed the MH Box Machine for short crossings beneath traffic arteries. As the demand for new underground infrastructures for pedestrians and cyclists increases, the newly developed, rectangular profile of the shield skin meets the requirements of a pedestrian tunnel, the company stated.