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Buenos Aires water project continues to make progress
28 July, 2023
The second of two EPBMs has been launched for the Río Subterráneo a Lomas tunnel in Buenos Aires.

Tunnelling completed on section of Lyon-Turin line
04 May, 2022
A milestone has been reached on the Lyon-Turin high-speed rail line with breakthrough on the Saint-Martin-La-Porte tunnel.

Drill and blast achieves Lesotho double breakthrough
23 August, 2021
Double breakthrough and substantial completion has been achieved on the nearly 1km-long Polihali diversion tunnels of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 2.

Manila Water celebrates fourth aqueduct milestone
16 August, 2021
At a ceremony on August 14, Manila Water celebrated an excavation milestone on the US$108m NBAQ4 project, one of the Philippines' largest water-supply infrastructure schemes.

Excavation progressing on Buenos Aires water supply tunnel
02 March, 2021
Having passed site acceptance testing, ‘Eva’ - a Terratec 4.66m-diameter earth pressure balance TBM - has started excavating the Rio Subterraneo a Lomas tunnel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ceremony marks Terratec TBMs Buenos Aires start
26 June, 2020
Assembly has started in Buenos Aires on the first of two 4.66m-diameter Terratec EPB TBMs that will bore the Argentine capital’s Rio Subterraneo a Lomas tunnel. The 13km-long tunnel will form a key part of the multi-billion dollar Agua Sur water infrastructure project - the country’s largest such undertaking in 40 years - and provide fresh water for 2.5 million people in the Southeast Buenos Aires metropolitan district.

Excavation starts on Lesotho tunnels
05 June, 2020
Following a halt due to Covid 19, work has now resumed on Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project with the start of excavation of two diversion tunnels on the Senqu River. The tunnels will not only enable the construction of the Polihali Dam, but also increase floodwater-carrying capacity and provide the ability to work in one tunnel while the river flows through the other.

Manila Aqueduct
31 October, 2019
At the June 2019 meeting of the British Tunnelling Society, GHD’s practice leader for tunnels, Brendan Henry spoke about the NBAQ 4 project to deliver water to seven million residents in the Manila metropolitan area. Alex Conacher reports

Code red
30 September, 2019
Following the World Tunnel Congress in Naples, Paola de Pascali looks at Italy’s political and economic crisis, which is shared by the construction sector, itself struggling to stay afloat as large amounts of money are being lost

Northern exposure
27 September, 2019
A round-up of tunnel work in the Nordic Forum

Second Terratec TBM delivered to Rio Subterraneo a Lomas
14 August, 2019
Argentina – The second of two new 4.66m diameter Terratec EPBMs has been delivered for a 13.5km potable water tunnel system, in Buenos Aires. Factory acceptance for the TBM, which was manufactured for the Río Subterráneo a Lomas tunnel, took place in July.

Moncalieri extension
08 March, 2019
Paola De Pascali talked with Lombardi Ingegneria technical director, Alessandro Damiani and CMC project manager Lorenzo Fiorentino about the challenges met during excavation of the Metro Line 1 extension in Turin, Italy

Agua Sur TBMs ready
02 November, 2018
Argentina – Two Terratec TBMs bound for the Río Subterráneo a Lomas tunnel have undergone factory acceptance. The 13.5km tunnel will form part of the Agua Sur potable water supply system.

A war against etna
26 July, 2018
Paola De Pascali visited worksites of the Nesima-Misterbianco and Stesicoro metro, which form part of the Circumetnea railway in Catania, Sicily

Squared up
25 April, 2018
Paola De Pascali speaks to engineers working to improve the highway network in central Italy

Ismailia TBMs break through after Suez drives
12 January, 2018
Egypt - Two breakthroughs for the new Ismailia road tunnel project took place in December 2017. The first was on 4 December, while the second machine met daylight on 23 December.

Andean Potential
06 September, 2017
From hydropower and metro systems to mining and road tunnels, Chile’s tunnelling market remains buoyant and some major projects are on the horizon

Valley Girl
26 March, 2014
The Lyon Turin high speed rail connection calls for a base tunnel under Mount Ambin. Personnel from site manager Systra, and client Lyon Turin Ferroviaire discuss plans for La Maddalena exploratory tunnel, the organisational structure of the stretches of line, and problems that have dogged the project since before site handover

Melamchi water project update
17 March, 2014
The newly-appointed Italian contractor, CMC Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti di Ravenna, has constructed 35m of the total 27.5km diversion tunnel of the Melamchi Drinking Water Supply Project in a month, the Melamchi Water Supply Development Board said in a statement issued on 14 March.

Tunnel may be completed by mid-2016 despite teething troubles
14 March, 2014
Much to the dismay of the residents of the water scarcity-hit Kathmandu valley, the Nepal government’s ambitious yet controversial Melamchi project has hit rough weather yet again, sources in Kathmandu said 9 March 2014.