Search Results: 'Hindustan Construction'

TBM makes good progress on Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydropower project
19 February, 2024
Hindustan Construction Co is making good progress on India’s Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydropower project, excavating 431m in January.

TBM launched on Indian hydropower project
25 August, 2023
Tunnel boring has commenced on India’s Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydropower Project.

Terratec TBM starts work on Delhi Metro Line 8
29 January, 2021
Following the delivery and successful site acceptance test of a Terratec earth pressure balance (EPB) TBM, the machine has been put to work by Hindustan Construction Company and Vensar Constructions on Line 8 of the Delhi Metro.

Delhi Metro Line 8 extension works contract awarded
22 January, 2020
India – A joint venture of Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC) and VCCL won a package of works to extend the Delhi’s Line 8.

Breakthrough on Mumbai Metro Line 3
29 August, 2019
India – A TBM has broken through on the UGC-02 contract of Mumbai Metro Line 3. The breakthrough completes the first section of running tunnel for the project. The section is the 3.82km southbound running tunnel between the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal (CST) and Mumbai Central stations.

Final stages
08 June, 2016
With 12km of tunnelling completed on phase three of India’s most advanced metro project, Terratec gives an update from worksites it supplied machines to, as tunnel work enters the final stages

India's growing pains
17 February, 2016
Metro projects and hydropower schemes continue to drive India’s tunnelling market, and more opportunities are yet to come but challenges remain in the competitive market, Bernadette Ballantyne reports

Multiple Delhi breakthroughs for Terratec
05 November, 2014
INDIA - TBM manufacturer Terratec has announced four new breakthroughs on its Delhi Metro worksites. The contracts concerned are CC-24 and CC-34 for the metro’s third phase. The breakthrough details were as follows:

Delhi Metro awards third contract to HCC
21 May, 2014
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) Ltd has been awarded a USD 64M contract by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the design and construction of 1.54km long twin tunnel on Dwarka-Najafgarh metro corridor of phase III of Delhi Metro. This is the third contract for underground metro received by HCC since October 2012 under the phase III development of Delhi Metro.

Last two TBMs for Phase III of Delhi Metro delivered
07 January, 2014
Terratec delivered the last two of eight TBMs for Delhi Metro towards the end of November, the company announced recently. The TBMs were officially unveiled at a ceremony that included representatives from the client, a JV between Hindustan Construction Company of India and Samsung Engineering & Construction Group of Korea.

Delhi Metro Phase III design consultancy awarded
23 July, 2013
Mott MacDonald has been appointed detailed design consultant by the Hindustan Construction Company­ - Samsung joint venture for Phase III of Delhi Metro in India.

Third phase of Delhi Metro contract awarded
20 February, 2013
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded a contract for design and construction of the 4.4km long tunnel for the third phase of Delhi Metro. Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in joint venture with Samsung C&T won the contract worth INR 86.6bn (USD 1.6bn).

Delhi Metro awards twin tunnel contract
25 October, 2012
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded its third contract to Hindustan Construction Company (HCC). The latest contract is worth INR 3,730M (USD 69M).

Butan headrace progress
07 September, 2012
Excavation was completed last month on the headrace tunnel for the Punatsangchu 1 hydropower project in Bhutan. The 8.9km tunnel was excavated by Gammon India, for approximately 7.5km and Hindustan Construction Company for the remainder, around 1.5km.

India faces metro challenge
05 June, 2012
With a metro project in every major city, save Hyderabad, for now, India’s furious investment in infrastructure is just the beginning as its still largely rural population urbanises. However, difficulty securing construction permits is not the only damper on Indian tunnelling. Alex Conacher reports

Daylight follows Indian firsts at Pir Panjal
18 October, 2011

Alstom to provide 1293MW Indian hydropower boost
27 July, 2011

In the mix on site
11 February, 2011
There are many considerations when deciding how to supply the concrete necessary for lining and support in most tunnelling projects. Not least of these are how to source large volumes of material on site, and to deliver it to the location of use. With usually restricted surface space, and often long transport distances, this is no easy task. Maurice Jones checks on some developments to make it easier

Long bores in remote India
02 June, 2010
Freak monsoons, remote jobsites and hard rock are testing the limits of the machines boring the hydration scheme in arid Andhra Pradesh, India. Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis reports

HCC completes Malad restoration
24 May, 2010