Terratec which is a well-known TBM maker has provided a 6.24m-diameter EPBM (EPB TBM) to BES-Daiho-Okumara Joint Venture for its underground constructions contract on Taoyuan City’s MRT Green Line Contract GC02, Taiwan. The Green Line, one of Taoyuan Metro’s six rapid transit lines, is going to have 21 stations including 10 underground ones, and a […]
All the TBMs excavating the Metro Tunnel project’s 6.3 m-high, twin 9km tunnels have now finished their works after 20 months. Meg was the last TBM to hit the finish line and it arrived at the new Town Hall Station last week. Millie, Alice, and Joan which are the other TBMs –– have arrived at […]
The TBM Dame Whina Cooper, which is going to excavate in Auckland’s City Rail Link project in mid-May, is currently under the final checks. This TBM will dig the first of the two rail tunnels that will entirely change the way people can travel around Auckland. The responsibility of operating the TBM will be up […]
The excavation of this part was started on 19 April 2021, when the construction had been started almost one month ago. The construction activities were commenced beneath the Isarco river for the future Brenner Base Tunnel railway. Excavation under the river was only possible after freezing the soil with liquid nitrogen and then maintaining low […]
Another milestone i.e., the secondary lining completion of the 49m-deep shaft at Albert Embankment, has been achieved by London’s so-called ‘super sewer’, Tideway. In works which have started in the fourth quarter of 2020, nearly 1,800m3 of concrete and 400t of steel reinforcement were needed to produce the 14 ascending shutter lifts. Meanwhile, crews also […]
Tunneling towards success – Boreas Holding launched a new business division dedicated to providing solutions to the tunneling industry. Boreas Tunneling, operating as a division under Dutch-entity Boreas Holding, specializes in providing staff and project management for tunnel projects around the world. Boreas Tunneling, launched in August 2018, is a full-service staffing agency dedicated to […]
