Search Results: 'Robbins'

In the pink
24 November, 2015
A treacherous under passing of an historical gate in Jaipur is the key challenge on the city’s first venture into underground mass rapid transit. Alex Conacher speaks to Chris Cooper of contractor CICI and Jim Clark of manufacturer Robbins

Seattle sees more milestones on LRT project
10 November, 2015
USA - One of the TBMs bored through the wall of Sound Transit’s future U District light rail station on Friday, November 6, completing the third segment of the twin 3.5-mile (5.6km) tunnels that will serve light rail trains from Northgate Mall to the University of Washington starting in 2021.

TAC Reports
03 November, 2015
Every October the four Tunnel Association of Canada (TAC) regional directors provide anoverview of the market in their annual reports

IOM3 Hong Kong Branch conference on Underground Design and Construction draws international attendance
29 September, 2015
HONG KONG - On the 11th and 12th of September, over 350 Delegates converged on Hong Kong to partake in the second IOM3 Underground Construction Conference organised by the Hong Kong Branch (www.UDCC2015.com), the last one being held over 5 years ago.

TBM launch on TEP II wastewater project
24 September, 2015
MEXiCO - The TBM was launched on the Túnel Emisor Poniente II (TEP II) Project in Mexico City in August. The wastewater project will be undertaken by a joint venture of Aldesa, Proacon and Recsa. The 5.9km will be excavated through variable ground conditions consisting of sections ranging from fairly competent to weathered volcanic rock, soft sands and clays. The TBM was manufactured by Robbins and is an 8.7m-diameter dual mode Robbins Crossover machine.

The move to mechanisation
23 September, 2015
It is in base tunnels that the TB M can really come into its own. Adrian Greeman reports

Stillwater Mining gets go-ahead for new tunnel
18 September, 2015
USA - The US Forest Service and Montana Department of Environmental Quality signed off on September 1 on construction of the Benbow Exploration Portal and Support facilities for Stillwater Mining Co. (SMC), at Custer National Forest, near Dean, Montana.

Harbour rescue
13 August, 2015
Despite damage by Superstorm Sandy, crews are smoothly wrapping up a successful tunnel project in New York. The journey to TBM breakthrough this January, however, was anything but smooth. Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis reports.

TBM launch on Hawaii’s longest tunnel
09 July, 2015
USA – TBM launch has taken place on the Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewater Conveyance Tunnel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 3.96m Robbins Main Bean TBM has begun excavation of the 4.6km sewer tunnel. Tunnelling through the local basalt bedrock was kicked off by contactor Southland-Mole JV from a 23m-deep launch tunnel, and as Tunnels and Tunnelling went to press, the machine had bored approximately 300m.

Chennai challenge
30 June, 2015
Can India’s coastal city get its subway on track to deal with ageing infrastructure and a rapidly expanding population Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis investigates.

What lies beneath
24 June, 2015
The WTP4 project in Austin, Texas, is now providing clean drinking water to Austin area residents and businesses. With more than two million man hours worked on WTP4 and with the project completed, technical journalist Rhian Owen looks at the two separate contracts during the last year of construction and what led to the successful execution.

When the ground gets tough
27 May, 2015
Rhian Owen explores TBM cutter options with a focus on mixed ground

Harbour Rescue
20 May, 2015
At a harbour-side jobsite in New York, USA crews are smoothly wrapping up a successful water tunnel project. The journey to TBM breakthrough in January 2015, however, was anything but smooth. Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis reports

Mobilising Latin America
24 March, 2015
Major infrastructure projects across Latin America will mobilise both people and freight and provide much needed energy and utilities and the tunnelling sector is set to benefit. Technical journalist Sally Spencer reports

Rolling, Rolling
24 March, 2015
Conveyor use as a mucking system is spreading almost to the point of ubiquity, according to manufacturers. Technical journalist Keren Fallwell reports

Tunnelling complete on Grosvenor Project
10 March, 2015
AUSTRALIA - A TBM broke through on the Grosvenor Project, a coalmine, in Queensland last month. This marked the end of tunnelling works at the mine, which was the first in Queensland to use TBM technology.

Tunnel construction starts on Honolulu wastewater project
03 March, 2015
Hawaii - Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced the start of tunnel construction for the City and County of Honolulu’s Kaneohe-Kailua Gravity Sewer Project, on February 13.

Tunnelling complete on Harbor Siphons
03 March, 2015
New York - TBM mining some 35m below New York Bay completed on January 28, on the 2.9km-long tunnel for the New York City Harbor Siphons Project.

Future writ large
25 February, 2015
Desiree Willis, Robbins technical writer takes a look at the changing face of large diameter Earth Pressure Balance Machines.

Banking on it
30 January, 2015
Work on an EPA-mandated tunnel will clean up an urban Ohio waterway. Desiree Wills, technical writer for The Robbins Company reports on the construction, TBM and the severe winter weather of the Black River tunnel project.