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Robbins TBM makes final breakthrough on Bahçe-Nurdagi railway
18 August, 2023
Boring has been completed on the second tunnel for Turkey’s Bahçe-Nurdaği railway.

Granite wins Ohio tunnel project
16 August, 2023
Granite Construction has been awarded the contract for the Northside Interceptor Tunnel Project in Akron, Ohio.

Nepal diversion tunnel makes good progress
01 August, 2023
More than half of tunnelling has been completed on the Nepal Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Tunnel Project, and construction is five months ahead of schedule.

Sustainability key at bauma Conexpo India
08 February, 2023
Sustainable technologies were a major focus at this year’s bauma Conexpo India.

Nepalese headrace tunnel makes good progress
22 November, 2022
Tunnelling is progressing on the 13.1km headrace tunnel for the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project in southern Nepal.

Big Tex breaks through on North America’s largest water tunnel project
04 August, 2022
The TBM has broken through on the Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel in Texas – the largest water tunnel project under construction in North America.

Tunnelling restarts on St Louis’ Jefferson Barracks
18 May, 2022
A specialised Robbins 4.1m diameter main beam TBM has been launched in St Louis, Missouri, to bore Phase 2 of the Jefferson Barracks tunnel.

Robbins main beam completes extremely challenging drive
01 April, 2022
An 8m diameter Robbins main beam TBM has completed a challenging drive to break through on China’s Yin Han Ji Wei project.

Tunnelling completed on Canada’s largest outfall
25 March, 2022
A 7.95m diameter Robbins single shield TBM has completed a record run below Lake Ontario, on the Ashbridges Bay Outfall project.

Robbins XRE TBM breaks through in the Andes
06 January, 2022
Having bored through challenging variable ground with rock strengths of up to 60MPa UCS, a Robbins Crossover XRE TBM has broken through in the mountainous southern Maule region of Chile.

Robbins TBM hailed as world’s ‘fastest’ over 13m diameter
17 November, 2021
Crews and personnel from Robbins, Kolin Construction and Turkish State Railways (TCDD) have witnessed the breakthrough of what is claimed to be the world’s fastest TBM over a 13m diameter.

Pioneering blast-free technology could have big impact on tunnelling
01 November, 2021
Hillgrove Resources has announced what is claimed to be the world’s first portal to be excavated using blast-free continuous mining technology developed by Komatsu for the Kanmantoo copper mine in Australia.

Robbins unveils rectangular rock-mining innovation
02 September, 2021
Robbins has designed and supplied an innovative machine which bores rectangular tunnels in hard rock, resulting in flat inverts that can be used immediately by rubber-tyred vehicles.

Robbins TBM sets new world records
03 August, 2021
TBM-maker Robbins has announced that one of its machines – a 13.77m-diameter Crossover XRE TBM – has set new world records for best day, week and month performances in the 13-14m-diameter range.

Robbins TBMs in final Mumbai Line 3 breakthrough
20 July, 2021
Robbins has announced that its 6.65m-diameter Crossover XRE TBM (the second of two) recently made its third and final breakthrough on India’s Mumbai Metro Line 3, following its sister machine’s final breakthrough made in late April.

TBM undergoes in-tunnel diameter conversion
14 July, 2021
US-based TBM maker Robbins announced recently that its 11.6m-diameter Main Beam TBM (‘Big Tex’) – the largest rock machine ever to bore in the US – has recently undergone a diameter change during tunnel excavation.

Robbins TBM launched to bore Turkey high-speed tunnel
26 May, 2021
Robbins has announced that one of its TBMs – a 13.77m-diameter Crossover XRE machine – was launched in the spring to bore the Eşme-Salihli rail tunnel in western Turkey.

Robbins hybrid TBM launched on Pearl River project
01 April, 2021
A 9.16m-diameter Robbins Crossover TBM – the largest such machine in China – has begun boring Lot PZH-1 of the 2.5km (1.6mi) Pazhou Line of the Pearl River Delta Intercity Railway Project in Guangzhou.

It’s business as usual for Robbins
09 February, 2021
Having only recently been formed by industry veteran Lok Home, Global TBM has now purchased all the assets of former TBM-maker The Robbins Company.

Next BTS Lecture not to be missed
19 January, 2021
Lok Home, president of US-based TBM maker The Robbins Company will give the next British Tunnelling Society (BTS) lecture to take place online (via YouTube) on 21 January 2021 at 18.00 (UK time).