Search Results: 'Robbins'

What goes up
19 December, 2013
Ensuring the correct lifting strategy is vital to the success of any tunnelling project, reports technical journalist Bernadette Ballantyne.

One machine, two modes
12 December, 2013
Hybrid machines gain ground in the industry. Desiree Willis, technical writer for Robbins reports on the increase in demand, and asks why.

Canada’s project of the year
12 December, 2013
As tunnels went to press the Tunnelling Association of Canada's annual awards were in full swing. The award for best Canadian tunnelling project for 2013 went to a project that had to endure some of the toughest ground conditions, consistently varying, and continually testing the skills and knowledge of the teams involved.

Growing underground
11 December, 2013
Ever more efficient mine development infrastructure, and geotechnical planning, are key to expanding production at major mines. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Inroads below
04 December, 2013
TBMs, hybrids, and pipejacking technology are finding greater applications and opportunities in mining, reports Patrick Reynolds

TBM in Mumbai achieves record production rate
21 November, 2013
A Robbins 6.25m diameter mean beam TBM excavating the 8.3km Mumbai Water Tunnel has achieved a record-breaking rate for tunnelling in India, the company announced late last week.

Funding Gap
25 September, 2013
Highlights such as the Jubilee Line Extension stand out from the economic mire of the past 50 years. The second half of the 20th century was not kind to a Britain newly stripped of superpower status, or the capital’s metro, which following WW2 entered a half century of neglect and underinvestment

TBMs arrive in Brazil to deliver metro expansion
04 September, 2013
The first two TBMs have arrived in Fortaleza, marking a major breakthrough in the Brazilian market for the US-based company. Four 6.92m Robbins EPBMs have been ordered to construct Line 3 of the Fortaleza Metro.

Invisible options
21 June, 2013
As urban infrastructure moves underground, SEM has proved to be a very flexible tool to construct complex underground structures. With blasting restrictions in many cities, roadheaders are providing reasonable production rates combined with low noise and vibration levels. Enrique Fernandez and Alejandro Sanz, both of Dragados, and Juergen Laubbichler of Dr. Sauer & Partners, explain why the industry should consider SEM in urban environments.

TBMs excavating Moscow Metro make breakthrough
20 June, 2013
Contractor SK Most has achieved breakthrough of the first of three Robbins EPBMs excavating the Moscow Metro late last month, Robbins announced last week.

Massive metros
06 June, 2013
Desiree Willis, technical writer for TBM manufacturer Robbins looks to the logistical changes associated with the rise in grand metro schemes

Milestone breakthrough for Malaysian water tunnel
02 May, 2013
The first of three 5.23m main beam Robbins TBMs broke through at the Pahang Selangor Raw Water Tunnel on 22 March 2013. The breakthrough is a significant step towards the completion of the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia, a 44.6km water transfer route from the states of Pahang to Selangor.

TBM emerges from below Zhanjiang Bay
21 February, 2013
A 6.26m Robbins slurry TBM excavated the Zhanjiang Bay Sub-Sea Tunnel at the end of 2012, the company announced late last week. The tunnel, which runs 56m below water level, is expected to become operational in March this year.

Robbins opens Oz office
20 February, 2013
The Robbins Company opened a Brisbane office in the last quarter of 2012, which will provide coverage for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and Indonesia, the company announced yesterday. The subsidiary, Robbins Asia Pacific, joins a second Asia Pacific office based in Hong Kong.

Seattle Surge
19 February, 2013
The west coast of the US is home to a strong tunnelling market. Tunnels North America looks at Seattle in particular this issue, but let there be no doubt, other cities in the region are just as busy underground, Nicole Robinson reports

TBM LIFTS
19 February, 2013
Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis looks at the pivotal role of cranes in TBM assembly

Indianapolis’ Deep Rock Connector cutterhead arrived
15 January, 2013
The 6.2m diameter rock cutterhead arrived in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, towards the end of November this year, Robbins announced yesterday. Once launched from a 76m deep shaft, the machine will embark on a 12.2 km long wastewater tunnel for the Shea/Kiewit JV.

Swiss safety tunnel makes final breakthrough
09 January, 2013
The TBM for the Milchbuck Safety Tunnel in Zurich, Switzerland, has made its final breakthrough, machine manufacturer Robbins announced last month. The TBM successfully excavated through 400m of compact rock and 600m of fractured zones with over-break.

Niagara gears up for final chapter
09 January, 2013
The Niagara Tunnel Project is expected to be completed this year with the flooding of the tunnel due in mid to late March, Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Strabag and Robbins revealed earlier this month.

Making a place for tunnelling in education
08 January, 2013
Hamed Zamenian, a graduate research assistant of the Construction Engineering Management Technology Program in Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, explains how the Indy tunnel will bring together education and industry through the recently-developed Cuter program