Breaking through the wall of the Canal shaft in Grand Paris Express Project, on 1 March 2022 the Bantan tunnel boring machine concluded its journey in Aubervilliers, while the commencing site of its drive was the depths of La Courneuve to excavate the common tunnel for lines 16 and 17. Considering as the final stage […]
As an indication of the end of the excavation process of a first section of the Line 17 tunnel of Grand Paris Express, from the Verdun structure located at Le Bourget, the Dorine tunnel boring machine attained the Rolland structure in summer 2021. At the moment this machine returned to its starting point and is […]
Three consortia have been opted in Sydney Metro’s shortlist for the third of three main construction contracts for the Sydney Metro West line, which is 24 km long and connects the city center with Paramatta and Westmead. Construction of 3·5 km twin-bore tunnels, which stretch from the intermediate station site at The Bays to the […]
Among presented innovations the Société du Grand Paris supports, in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as much as possible during construction of the new metro, the first segments in ultra-low-carbon concrete will arrive on line 18, to Orly Airport station, in the spring of 2022. Restricted by piles of voussoirs, the site of the […]
The digging process of the first section of a tunnel that is going to link two stations on the line 2 metro in Lima, Peru, has been completed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM). Following finishing 720m tunneling, the intended TBM Delia with 10.27m diameter broke through into the future Circunvalación Station. Cooperating with local […]
Another EPB TBM, which has 6.61m diameter and is due to be used on Phase I of Surat Metro Rail Project in India in the first days of the current month once completed its factory acceptance successfully, is delivered by TERRATEC. This indicates all the machines for Phase 1 of the Surat Metro Rail project […]
