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Major Tunneling Works of Metro Tunnel Project Finished Once All Four TBMs Reached Final Stop in Melbourne

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 […]

9 August, 2021 58750

Starting Up the Dame Whina Cooper TBM in Auckland

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 […]

2 August, 2021 61600

Brenner Base Tunnel: Breakthrough of First Main Tunnel Below the Isarco River

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 […]

26 July, 2021 62666

Secondary lining completed on Tideway giant shaft

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 […]

19 July, 2021 66379

Boreas Tunneling, A new division dedicated to providing staffing solutions to the tunneling industry

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 […]

12 July, 2021 67609

Completion of TBMs Millie and Joan tunneling journeys

Among four TBMs, which are used for excavating Melbourne Metro Tunnel, two of them have reached their final destination in Melbourne’s CBD. The commencing location of TBM Millie was Anzac Station and it traveled beneath the Yarra River to reach the CBD. The Millie TBM, which was the first TBM of this project, has completed […]

5 July, 2021 61382

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