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Rental Solution in Stockholm
Working on two short-term subway tunnel and station projects in Stockholm, Sweden, the Italian construction company Itinera had the challenge of acquiring expensive mining equipment or find another...
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Breakthroughs on Turkey Rail Project
A Robbins single shield machine recently successfully completed its second tunnel in challenging hard rock on the Bahçe-Nurdagi rail project, in Turkey
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AFTES 2023: Gather in Paris
Michel Deffayet, President of the French Tunnel and Underground Space Association (AFTES), outlines the key aspects and packed programme of the major tunnelling conference to be held in Paris, in early October
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National Grid’s £1bn (US$1.2bn) London Power Tunnels (LPT) project has achieved a major milestone with its final tunnelling breakthrough at Eltham substation in Greenwich, south-east London.
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ITA President Arnold Dix Launches Lego Technic TBM Challenge
International Tunnelling Association President Arnold Dix has launched a worldwide Lego Technic tunnel boring machine (TBM) design competition, in partnership with the Lego group, as part the ITA’s ongoing initiative to inspire the next generation of tunnellers and civil engineers.
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Terratec delivers conveyors for Metro Manila project
Shimizu-Fujita-Takenaka-EEI Joint Venture has taken delivery of two Terratec continuously advancing tunnel conveyors for Phase I Contract Package CP101 of the Metro Manila Subway project.
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Fehmarnbelt basins being prepared for the shipping of tunnel elements
The tunnel factory for the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel takes another step towards shipping of the first tunnel element into the Fehmarnbelt. Currently, water is being filled into the three large basins in front of the tunnel factory at Rødbyhavn in Denmark.
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Sustainable design solutions at H41 Sill-Pfons site of Brenner Base Tunnel
The roof of the electrical substation at the H41 Sill-Pfons site of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) will be green in more ways than one.
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Working on two short-term subway tunnel and station projects in Stockholm, Sweden, the Italian construction company Itinera had the challenge of acquiring expensive mining equipment or find another solution. It did so through a rental deal with Sandvik that includes equipment, parts and a full-time service agreement, says Mikael Vallgren
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Breakthroughs on Turkey Rail Project
A Robbins single shield machine recently successfully completed its second tunnel in challenging hard rock on the Bahçe-Nurdagi rail project, in Turkey
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Updated Code on Risk Management
Earlier this year, the ITA and IMIA published the updated, 3rd edition of their Code of Practice for Risk Management in Tunnel Works
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Stronger for the Next 50 Years
To help deliver on the ambitious agenda that got him elected barely 12 months ago, ITA President Arnold Dix has had a whirlwind year of near non-stop global travel. As promised to the organisation’s gathering on the occasion of the World Tunnel Congress (WTC), in September 2022, in Copenhagen, Dix planned to act fast and relentlessly in pursuit of the mission that got him elected, unopposed. Since then, he has built momentum for speedy delivery, barely stopping on the way. Here, he outlines for T&T readers what has been achieved so far and what is coming next
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Helping to See the Way Ahead
Lighting technology has advanced in recent years to bring sufficient cost-effective, environmentally well-performing illumination to underground settings in support of health & safety as well as construction efficiency on projects. Darren Woodhouse, Lighting Director of LMXLED, discusses with T&T the developments and options of using LED systems in tunnel projects
