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Green Light Given for UK’s Lower Thames Crossing
Green Light Given for UK’s Lower Thames Crossing In a landmark move set to redefine the UK’s transport infrastructure, the government has granted planning permission for National Highways’...
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PERI Highlighting their Construction Innovations at bauma 2025
PERI Highlighting their Construction Innovations at bauma 2025 The global construction industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and PERI is at the forefront, driving efficiency, sustainability,...
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Mecbo America Scorpion Concrete Crawler Boom for Hard-to-Reach Projects
Mecbo America Scorpion Concrete Crawler Boom for Hard-to-Reach Projects Mecbo America, a division of Blastcrete Equipment LLC, has introduced a cutting-edge solution to concrete placement challenges:...
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US$ 970m PPP Finance Driving Santos-Guarujá Tunnel Project in Brazil
US$ 970m PPP Finance Driving Santos-Guarujá Tunnel Project in Brazil Brazil is taking a monumental step toward modernising its transport infrastructure with the National Waterway Transportation Agency...
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Rogfast Tunnel Highlights Norway’s Ambitious Leap into Subsea Connectivity
Rogfast Tunnel Highlights Norway’s Ambitious Leap into Subsea Connectivity The Rogaland Fixed Link, or Rogfast as it’s affectionately known, is poised to redefine the very concept of infrastructure in...
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Lane JV breaks ground on $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project
Lane JV breaks ground on $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project In a major milestone for New York and New Jersey infrastructure, the joint venture of Lane Construction, Schiavone, and Dragados (Lane...
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Japan’s 310 mile Conveyor Belt could revolutionise Freight Transport
Japan’s 310 mile Conveyor Belt could revolutionise Freight Transport The Japanese government has set its sights on a ground-breaking initiative that promises to transform the country’s log...
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The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link – China’s latest Megaproject
The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link – China’s latest Megaproject The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, a mega cross-sea passage in south China that consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges, and two a...
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Illuminating the Future and The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge
Illuminating the Future and The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge The construction of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge is a feat of modern engineering, highlighting China’s continuous advancements in infrastruct...
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Messagemaker Displays designs LED Tunnel Lane Control Signs for TfL
Messagemaker Displays designs LED Tunnel Lane Control Signs for TfL Messagemaker Displays has supplied a bespoke retrofit LED Tunnel Lane Control Signal (TLCS) sign solution to meet the Transport for...
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Ambitious 13km Himalayan Tunnel Project relies on Two Vögele Pavers
Ambitious 13km Himalayan Tunnel Project relies on Two Vögele Pavers India’s most ambitious tunnel construction project is currently in progress in the heart of the inaccessible mountain range: With a...
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HS2 Bromford Tunnel portal completed by Balfour Beatty VINCI
HS2 Bromford Tunnel portal completed by Balfour Beatty VINCI Balfour Beatty VINCI has completed the excavation of the 22 metre deep west portal for HS2, marking a leap forward on work to build the 3.5...
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Georgia celebrates Breakthrough of Gudauri Tunnel
Georgia celebrates Breakthrough of Gudauri Tunnel On April 23, a key tunnel of KK Highway, Georgia’s North-South Corridor, was successfully bored through ahead of schedule, cutting travel time f...
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GHH Mining and Tunnelling Machines now available in Türkiye and beyond
GHH Mining and Tunnelling Machines now available in Türkiye and beyond The German manufacturer of machines for mining and tunnelling industries GHH has agreed a partnership with the Japanese machine a...
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Mammoet showcases sustainability on Tunnel Section Transport Project in Belgium
Mammoet showcases sustainability on Tunnel Section Transport Project in Belgium What began as a standard skidding operation became a unique opportunity for Mammoet to demonstrate how it could lower th...
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Bilbao’s revolutionary €200m Subfluvial Tunnel Project
Bilbao’s revolutionary €200m Subfluvial Tunnel Project In a landmark move set to redefine urban transit in Spain, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia have in...
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Excavation of Fermilab DUNE colossal caverns completed
Excavation of Fermilab DUNE colossal caverns completed Excavation workers have finished carving out the future home of the gigantic particle detectors for the international Deep Underground Neutrino E...
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Kapsch TrafficCom celebrates major US Tunnel Safety Contract
Kapsch TrafficCom celebrates major US Tunnel Safety Contract In the ever-evolving world of infrastructure and construction, significant milestones often go unnoticed by the broader public. Yet, the re...
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The Future of Autonomous Logistics Networks delivered at Peachtree Corners
The Future of Autonomous Logistics Networks delivered at Peachtree Corners Peachtree Corners, one of the nation’s first smart cities powered by real-world connected infrastructure and 5G – today...
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Golden opportunity for GHH in Bulgarian Mining venture
Golden opportunity for GHH in Bulgarian Mining venture The pursuit of gold has long been a compelling narrative in the annals of mining history, and this narrative continues to unfold with German-base...
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PERI SE’s strategic acquisition of KERN Tunneltechnik
PERI SE’s strategic acquisition of KERN Tunneltechnik In a world where the construction industry constantly seeks innovative and efficient solutions, the recent acquisition of KERN Tunneltechnik...
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GHH LF-10 NEO Mining and Tunnelling Loader proving a great success
GHH LF-10 NEO Mining and Tunnelling Loader proving a great success In a market that seems ever-thirsty for innovation, GHH’s latest brainchild, the LF-10 NEO Load Haul Dump (LHD), has caused qui...
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Liebherr launches R 930 Tunnel Crawler Excavator
Liebherr launches R 930 Tunnel Crawler Excavator The Liebherr tunnel excavator range expands with the new R 930 Tunnel crawler excavator, now launched on the world market. Developed at Liebherr-France...
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Sewage superhighway tunnelling completed by HERRENKNECHT Singapore
Sewage superhighway tunnelling completed by HERRENKNECHT Singapore Milestone for the epoch-making “Deep Tunnel Sewerage System” (DTSS) project in Singapore: the five contractors have compl...
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The Ambitious Quest for a Tunnel Under the Strait of Gibraltar
The Ambitious Quest for a Tunnel Under the Strait of Gibraltar In a seismic revelation, geologists proposed that the Mediterranean Sea was once a vast, enclosed lake, with no apparent exit points in t...
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The Himalayan Marvel – China’s Grand Railway Ambition
The Himalayan Marvel – China’s Grand Railway Ambition In the heart of the Himalayan region, where China’s Tibet meets the borders of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and neighbouring...
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Herrenknecht breaks through 1.4km Silvertown Tunnel
Herrenknecht breaks through 1.4km Silvertown Tunnel Tunnelling at the Silvertown project in London on track for success: using the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the UK, miners from Riverlinx...
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Granite wins $215m Tunnel Project in Akron Ohio
Granite wins $215m Tunnel Project in Akron Ohio Granite has been awarded an approximately $215 million contract by the city of Akron, Ohio to construct the Northside Interceptor Tunnel Project (NSIT)...
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Cleaning the Air in Tunnels with Photocatalytic Concrete
Cleaning the Air in Tunnels with Photocatalytic Concrete The air quality in underground road tunnels tends to be worse than in other road environments due to the poor air circulation. To address this...
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Balfour Beatty wins £1.2 billion Highways Contract for Lower Thames Crossing
Balfour Beatty wins £1.2 billion Highways Contract for Lower Thames Crossing Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been awarded a £1.2 billion contract by...
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Tunnelling improved with ZK 750-Diameter Centrifuge Skid-Mounted System
Tunnelling improved with ZK 750-Diameter Centrifuge Skid-Mounted System ZK supplied four sets of LW750x3200B centrifuge systems for engineering slurry to a construction machinery company, which ensure...
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Herrenknecht wins bauma Innovation Award for Machine Technology
Herrenknecht wins bauma Innovation Award for Machine Technology Herrenknecht AG started bauma 2022 with a highly coveted award and received the bauma Innovation Award 2022 in the category “Machi...
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Air on the side of caution: HVAC for tunnels
Air on the side of caution: HVAC for tunnels Driven by global urbanization, demand for cost-effective, safe tunnels is growing. Reliable, energy-efficient components and systems – such as ventilation...
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Wirtgen 260 SX(i) Cross-Application Miner designed for challenging projects
Wirtgen 260 SX(i) Cross-Application Miner designed for challenging projects Whether for routing operations for railway projects, pipeline laying, or the construction of roads, tunnels, harbours, or wa...
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SOCOTEC ensures Motorway Structural Integrity during Tunnelling works
SOCOTEC ensures Motorway Structural Integrity during Tunnelling works SOCOTEC is one of the UK’s leading providers of testing, inspection and certification services, provides comprehensive solut...
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Powering through challenges with Hydrodemolition
Powering through challenges with Hydrodemolition In Europe, some of the first signs of infrastructure date back to the late Middle Ages. Early roads, bridges and canals were made with logs driven into...
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Codelco to trial new Komatsu Mining Tunnel Boring Machine
Codelco to trial new Komatsu Mining Tunnel Boring Machine Komatsu Ltd., through its subsidiary, Komatsu Cummins Chile Ltda., has agreed with Codelco, a major state-owned mining company in Chile, to co...
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COWI celebrates completion of tunnels in New York City
COWI celebrates completion of tunnels in New York City COWI in joint venture with CHA Consulting, Inc. as the owner’s engineer, provided quality oversight to support the Triborough Bridge and Tu...
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Engineering and Construction Teams announced for Uinta Basin Railway Project
Engineering and Construction Teams announced for Uinta Basin Railway Project Rio Grande Pacific Corporation through its Rio Grande Pacific Group portfolio company Basin Railway Constructors, LLC annou...
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Invitation to Participate in Dialogue issued for Britain’s longest Road Tunnel project
Invitation to Participate in Dialogue issued for Britain’s longest Road Tunnel project National Highways has today invited shortlisted bidders to participate in dialogue for the £2.3 billion con...
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CIMIC CPB Contractors win Sydney Metro Airport Tunnelling Works
CIMIC CPB Contractors win Sydney Metro Airport Tunnelling Works CIMIC Group’s CPB Contractors, in joint venture with Ghella, has been selected by the NSW Government to deliver the Sydney Metro –...
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Komatsu WA470 Wheel Loader aids automated tunnel construction
Komatsu WA470 Wheel Loader aids automated tunnel construction Komatsu has developed a wheel loader “WA470 tunnel specification vehicle” with an interface function compatible with the autom...
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Brokk boosts confined space safety with shaft and tunnelling tools
Brokk boosts confined space safety with shaft and tunnelling tools Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, offers a range of attachments ideally suited for sh...
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SOCOTEC completes Tunnel Monitoring project on M25
SOCOTEC completes Tunnel Monitoring project on M25 Working on behalf of Align joint venture, SOCOTEC Monitoring used a combination of instrumentation and monitoring techniques to monitor ground moveme...
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Swiss Hyperloop Team wins Pole Position at Not−A−Boring Competition
Swiss Hyperloop Team wins Pole Position at Not−A−Boring Competition The “Swissloop Tunneling” research team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was one of only two teams fro...
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Switzerland’s widest tunnel gets the VÖGELE WITOS Smart Paving treatment
Switzerland’s widest tunnel gets the VÖGELE WITOS Smart Paving treatment The 37 ft 9 in (11.5 m) width paving of the Gubrist Tunnel demanded optimal coordination and maximum efficiency. That’s w...
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Peri Tunnel Formwork enables Werrington Grade Separation tunnel
Peri Tunnel Formwork enables Werrington Grade Separation tunnel For the construction of the Werrington Grade Separation tunnel, the VARIOKIT VTC Tunnel Formwork Carriage and other PERI standard compon...
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Articulated haulers are the perfect choice for tough tunnelling projects
Articulated haulers are the perfect choice for tough tunnelling projects Europe is home to many rail, road, and canal tunnels. With rail travel being a greener mode of transport, the region will see m...
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Ferrovial awarded contract for underground Madrid M-30 beltway
Ferrovial awarded contract for underground Madrid M-30 beltway Ferrovial, via its construction subsidiary, has been awarded the contract to underground Madrid’s M-30 beltway in the vicinity of the Cal...
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VÖGELE and HAMM deliver tunnel paving project with lower temperatures and emissions
VÖGELE and HAMM deliver tunnel paving project with lower temperatures and emissions The paving of a road tunnel under the Kriegstrasse in Karlsruhe was carried out under stringent constraints. To redu...
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