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TBM delivery heralds HS2 London launch date
17 December, 2021
UK tunnelling activity is forging ahead following the recent delivery of two giant Herrenknecht EPB TBMs to HS2 main works civil contractor Skanska Costain Strabag JV in West London.

Components for largest-ever UK TBM arrive at Silvertown
16 December, 2021
Having passed factory acceptance tests on 2 December at the Herrenknecht works in Schwanau, Germany, parts of the giant TBM that will bore London’s Silvertown Tunnel have started to arrive in London.

Works progress on multiple fronts at Hampton Roads
08 December, 2021
VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) has provided an update on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project (HRBT) in Virginia, US, with all indicators pointing to a relatively untroubled construction process.

HS2 launches first TBM on Midlands stretch of high-speed line
03 December, 2021
Having pushed the big red start button, HS2 CEO Mark Thurston initiated the launch of the first tunnel boring machine to dig the Midlands stretch of the UK’s high-speed railway.

Ship sets sail carrying components for Scarborough TBM
30 November, 2021
Jumbo Vision, the appropriately named ship with a jumbo cargo, has left European shores, setting its sights on Canada where it will deliver the parts for a Herrenknecht TBM that will bore Toronto’s Scarborough Subway Extension.

John Holland CPB Ghella JV hands over key section of Sydney Metro TSE works
18 November, 2021
After four years of works, the joint venture comprising John Holland, CPB Contractors and Ghella has completed construction of the US$2.04bn Sydney Metro City & Southwest Tunnel and Station Excavation (TSE) works Stage 2.

Link Alliance TBM holes through in Auckland
21 October, 2021
An important milestone has been reached on the Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) in New Zealand following the breakthrough of a Herrenknecht EPB TBM into Karangahape Station.

Herrenknecht clinches deal with Etihad Rail
07 October, 2021
Within only a few days of its opening on October 1 2021, Expo Dubai 2020 has seen a major partnership signed between TBM-maker Herrenknecht and Etihad Rail.

First Canadian mixshield TBM completes Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel
05 October, 2021
Excavation has been completed on Metro Vancouver’s tunnel under the Burrard Inlet which will convey drinking water from the North Shore to households throughout the region.

Pipejacking breakthrough on Singapore link sewer
28 September, 2021
Contractor Zublin Singapore has announced a breakthrough at Shaft N3 of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System Phase 2 (DTSS2) which will serve the western part of the country.

History repeats itself beneath the Thames
24 August, 2021
Tunnelling history came full circle recently during the excavation of Tideway, London’s ‘super sewer’, when TBM Selina passed under Brunel’s 19th century Thames Tunnel – the world’s first shield-driven tunnel and the first major underwater tunnel.

Tunnelling begins on Seattle water quality project
13 August, 2021
City of Seattle has announced that two tunnel boring machines have begun mining its Ship Canal Water Quality Project, designed to collect the combined sewer overflows that would normally end up polluting local water bodies.

First Herrenknecht TBM breaks through in Brisbane
10 August, 2021
One of two Herrenknecht TBMs mining the Cross River Rail tunnels in Brisbane, Australia has holed through into an underground cavern beneath Roma Street to complete a section of tunnel running below the Brisbane River and the CBD.

Sky-high salaries agreed for West Gate tunnellers
15 June, 2021
Following the successful conclusion of a pay deal between the contractor and a local building union, tunnellers working on the US$5.2bn West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne, Australia, look set to earn more than US$240,000 a year.

Tunnelling begins on Auckland Central Interceptor
10 June, 2021
A Herrenknecht microtunnel boring machine (MTBM) has installed the first 3m-long section of concrete pipe on a new branch sewer that kicks-off the excavation of the 14.7km Watercare Central Interceptor Tunnel (CIT) in Auckland, New Zealand.

Herrenknecht TBM passes factory testing
07 June, 2021
Herrenknecht has announced that ‘Mary’, the TBM that will excavate the HRBT twin tunnels in Virginia, US, has passed its factory acceptance tests at the firm’s Schwanau facility in southwest Germany.

Steady advance marked on Izmir Metro Phase 4
17 May, 2021
Turkish contractor Gülermak has 2km of tunnelling left to complete the Izmir Metro Expansion Phase 4 project in Turkey.

HS2 announces launch of first TBM
13 May, 2021
Tunnelling can finally begin on Phase One of the UK’s high-speed rail line following HS2’s announcement regarding the launch of the first of 10 TBMs that will dig a total 64 miles (102km) of tunnels.

Dismantling begins of Washington DC deep-sewer TBM
10 May, 2021
With excavation recently completed on Washington DC’s US$600m Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT) project after three years’ tunnelling, crews have now started to dismantle ‘Chris’, the tunnel boring machine (TBM).

Herrenknecht trio making good advances on BBT
04 May, 2021
Three Herrenknecht TBMs boring south to north on the two main tubes of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) continue to make good progress at the Italian construction lot Mauls 2-3.