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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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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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BTS October 2023 Meeting - Highway 401 & 409 Rail Tunnel Project, Toronto
Event Date: Thursday 19th October 2023 at 18:00 hrs
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Tunnel Building for cutting-edge research
A particle accelerator called FAIR is being built in Darmstadt on the site of the GSI Helmholz Centre for Heavy Ion Research.
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ITA Unveils Shortlist Of Finalists For The 2023 Tunnelling Awards
The 9th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards are due to take place on November 24th in Mumbai, India.
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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
