In the middle of December 2021, the TBMs, which are going to excavate the tunnels for the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension in Toronto, reached the ports of Oshawa and Hamilton. Transporting on a massive cargo ship, called Jumbo Vision, on 26 November 2021 the intended machine, that is due to […]
It is the end of tunneling process on Line 15 of the Grand Paris Express. Locating among Île de Monsieur shaft at Sèvres and the Noisy-Champs station, the Line 15 South with 37 km length is one of four new metros lines being extended by Société du Grand Paris on the Grand Paris Express project. […]
Following completion of its ultimate tests, the largest tunnel-boring machine (TBM) to be used in the UK is being surrendered for the Silvertown Tunnel project. Having 11.91 meters’ diameter, the intended TBM is larger than those used on Tideway (8.85 meters), Cross rail (7.1 meters), and HS2 (10.26 meters), while on 2 December it has […]
Strata Worldwide was chosen as Traylor Bros. monopolized distribution partner in generating their Boraid® line of TBM products to the greater tunneling marketplace. Commencing from North America, the Boraid® line of soil conditioners, polymers, and shield sealant, which formerly not sold directly, currently is due to be available to tunnel builders everywhere. According to Chris […]
Liebherr has made a huge, near 8m-diameter main bearing for one of the world’s greatest TBMs due to bore in the city of Foshan, China. The huge component is the mega tunnel boring machine main bearing made by Liebherr till now. It weighs over 47 small city cars. The 44t roller bearing has been manufactured […]
A great landmark has been achieved in Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project on 18 October 2021.TBM Dame Whina Cooper dug 32 m beneath the ground into the Karangahape Station construction site at the end of its 860-m-long journey from Mt Eden. This project’s cost and scheduled timeline have been affected by pandemics seriously. In […]
