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Former tunnel tiger sets off on charity odyssey around Ireland
24 December, 2021
An 80-year-old former ‘tunnel tiger’ is driving around the coast of Ireland on a two-month charity mission which will see him swim at as many of the country’s piers as possible, despite icy, wintry seas.

Young tunnellers invited to enter new industry award
24 December, 2021
The British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM) is inviting entries for the very first Doug Allenby Memorial Medal, to be awarded at the BTSYM Conference in 2022.

Gushing water causes delays to China’s longest tunnel
21 December, 2021
Progress on what will become China’s longest tunnel – and the longest in the world – is being hampered by strong gushing water, despite being located in one of the driest regions on Earth, reported The South China Morning Post.

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.

Agreement will see US$432m to repair East River Tunnels
16 December, 2021
In a deal brokered by New York Senator Chuck Schumer (Democrat), MTA and rail provider Amtrak have reached a deal that will see urgently-needed repairs carried out on the crucial East River Tunnels connecting Manhattan with Long Island.

Lake Huron tunnel explosion workers remembered
14 December, 2021
A ceremony has taken place in Detroit, US to commemorate the 22 tunnel workers killed on December 11, 1971 when a gas explosion ripped through a water intake tunnel under construction beneath Lake Huron, Michigan.

Bechtel selected as delivery partner for Toronto rapid transit
14 December, 2021
Engineering and construction services provider Bechtel has been named as a delivery partner for the Metrolinx Ontario Line in Toronto – Canada’s largest-ever subway expansion programme and the first new subway project in 50 years.

New tunnelling method bores through the hardest of rocks
09 December, 2021
A US-based start-up using new technology has announced the completion of a successful 6m pilot bore at a rate of 25mm/min through tough Sioux Quartzite – a geology usually excavated using dynamite.

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.

Snowy 2.0 project reaches new milestone
06 December, 2021
A second tunnel boring machine has been commissioned for Australia’s Snowy 2.0 pumped storage power plant following the conclusion of a special ceremony in the Snowy Mountains attended by the Prime Minister and other politicians.

Eight winners announced for 2021 ITA Awards
06 December, 2021
The International Tunnelling Association (ITA) has announced the winners of the seventh edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards.

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.

Traylor Bros and Strata partner in Boraid global distribution tie-up
03 December, 2021
Underground construction specialist Traylor Bros has selected Strata Worldwide as its exclusive distribution partner to bring the Boraid line of TBM products to the wider tunnelling community.

Hudson Tunnel gets green light for construction
02 December, 2021
With the US Army Corps Of Engineers having issued the Section 404/10 permit to NJ Transit and Amtrak, the US$12.3bn Hudson Tunnel Project has cleared its final bureaucratic hurdle and is allowed to proceed to full construction.

Work to begin on Baltimore rail tunnel reconstruction
01 December, 2021
Following a ground-breaking ceremony in Baltimore, US on 29 November, work can now start on enlarging the cross section of the 2.7km Howard Street Tunnel to allow double-stacking of rail-borne shipping containers.

Terratec TBMs enroute to Kanpur metro project
30 November, 2021
Australia-based TBM-maker Terratec has announced that it has completed the ex-works delivery of two EPB machines for Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation to work on Corridor-1 of the Kanpur MRTS project in India.

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.

Howden wins major fan contract for Sydney’s Rozelle Tunnel
30 November, 2021
Howden – global provider of air- and gas-handling products, technologies and services – has won a major contract to supply ventilation fans for the WestConnex Rozelle Interchange tunnels in Sydney, Australia.

New work on soft ground tunnelling published
29 November, 2021
November 11 saw the publication of the first-ever comprehensive textbook on soft ground tunnel design.