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River diversion by roadheader tunnelling
21 February, 2023
Roadheaders were used for the vital task of opening up river diversion tunnels to enable dam building at Site C hydropower project, in British Columbia, Canada

Varied tunneling challenges in BC
16 January, 2023
Two tunneling projects in British Columbia present Acciona with quite different excavationchallenges – Broadway metro extension, in Vancouver, and BC Hydro’s Site C

Two-Way Tunnelling in Seoul
23 October, 2020
Great Train Express (GTX) is a proposed high-speed commuter line with shared infrastructure that will connect new towns around the greater Seoul Metropolitan Area with the capital. It is the first project in Korea to use a large-bore TBM. Dr Warren Wangryul Jee, chairman and tunnel project manager of GTS-Korea, reports

Final stages
08 June, 2016
With 12km of tunnelling completed on phase three of India’s most advanced metro project, Terratec gives an update from worksites it supplied machines to, as tunnel work enters the final stages

Tunnelling Down Under
16 May, 2016
Transport infrastructure is providing ample opportunity for Australia’s tunnelling industry. Keren Fallwell reports

Sydney gets connected
28 July, 2015
Sydney’s ambitious WestConnex project aims to get the traffic owing freely – and two-thirds of it will be underground. Sally Spencer reports on the project, one of the NSW Government’s key infrastructure projects which aims to ease congestion, create jobs and connect communities, said to be the largest integrated transport and urban revitalisation project in Australia.

Eastern promise
26 August, 2014
Previously driven by the oil and gas sector, tunnelling in the Middle East is enjoying a new boom as metro systems and new sewer networks are developed throughout the region. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

City of expansion
27 June, 2014
By the end of the year there should be three separate tunnelling contracts underway in Los Angeles to expand the region’s public transportation system. Nicole Robinson looks at each project.

Delhi's Belly
26 February, 2014
Supplying eight of the 25 TBMs required for Delhi Metro's Phase III, manufacturer Terratec is heavily invested in the project. In a series of vignettes, Tunnels checks out how the different worksites are being handled in a city crowded beyond capacity.

Qatari coup
23 August, 2013
Qatar is preparing to set new records in tunnelling with 26 tBms simultaneously boring 59km of twin bore tunnels creating the first phase of the vital doha metro. technical journalist Bernadette Ballantyne reports

The sweet spot
26 April, 2013
Canada is a great place for work with projects in nearly every major province and an influx of foreign companies who have taken notice. Tunnels North America spoke with several to see what they are seeking.

Robust ground improvement
27 December, 2012
Innovations on Singapore’s Marina Coastal Expressway have enabled faster, more cost-effective construction while meeting the state’s famously tough safety requirements. Andrew Mylius, technical writer for Mott MacDonald, released this report

Delhi digs
19 June, 2012
With a metropolitan population of over 16 million, a failed foray into privatised bus services and cars choking up one of the densest road networks in India, need for a metro has never been more pronounced. Alex Conacher interviews designer Mohan Gupta and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation spokesman Anuj Dayal to get the jewel of India’s infrastructure crown into perspective

Collapse and recovery in Abu Dhabi
24 August, 2011
A cut and cover tunnel is to be constructed in a congested urban area of Abu Dhabi. During construction of diaphragm retaining walls, some panels experience a sudden loss of bentonite resulting in the collapse of the excavation trench. Tahar Messafer of Parsons International UAE presents this report

Qatar set for next tunnelling boom
22 August, 2011
Mechanised tunnelling is finding favour in the Middle East as infrastructure plans increasingly call for underground development. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

Abu Dhabi’s super sewer
18 January, 2011
Mechanised tunnelling is underway in the Middle Eastern emirate of Abu Dhabi for the first time with a new 40km deep sewer project reports Bernadette Redfern

Riding the boom
17 January, 2011
Recent contract awards are boosting the tunnelling sector in the Middle East including Qatar’s successful 2022 World Cup bid. A number of major projects are underway, Bernadette Redfern reports