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AI-Enabled Tunnel Installations: Ensuring Safety and Efficiency with DATA-IS

In an innovative step forward, an engineering team has successfully trialed a cutting-edge digital assurance system designed to enhance the on-time and on-budget delivery of tunnels. Known as the "Di...

Civil Engineering News Recap of August 2024

You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of August 2024. Namely, these were: 1) Fir...

A Milestone in Mumbai's Sewage Disposal Project

The Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project (MSDP) has achieved a significant breakthrough with the completion of a crucial phase involving tunnel boring machines (TBMs). As part of the city's ongoing efforts...

Breakthrough at Coire Glas: Exploratory Tunnel Marks Major Step Forward

Successful Completion of Exploratory Tunnel The Coire Glas project in the Scottish Highlands has reached a significant milestone with the completion of a 1.2km exploratory tunnel, measuring approxim...

HS2 Northolt Tunnel: Celebrating the Halfway Mark

HS2's Northolt Tunnel project has reached an impressive milestone, with half of the 8.4-mile twin-bore tunnel now complete. This achievement is the result of relentless efforts by four tunnel boring...

A two year Engineering Marvel: The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension has broken through!

The Power of Tunnel Boring Machines The completion of the twin 6.3-kilometre tunnels by tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Rexy and Renny marks a significant milestone in the Eglinton Crosstown West Exte...

High-Speed Naples-Bari: The Dig Using Hyperbaric Pressure Begins

The Project and Its Challenges In an innovative leap for Italy’s high-speed rail network, hyperbaric excavation technology is being deployed on the Naples-Bari railway line. This cutting-edge techniq...

Rexy Completes Its Journey in the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

The end of April 2024 marks a significant milestone for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension as the tunnel boring machine, Rexy, emerges triumphant from the western underground segment. This achieve...

Progress and Challenges of HS2's Northolt Tunnel Project

The Northolt tunnel project under High Speed 2 (HS2) is making significant steps forward, with all four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) now operational. The recent addition of TBM Anne, joining its pre...

Broadway Subway Project’s TBM breaks through Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver, Canada

The first of the two tunnel-boring machines (TBM) digging through the Broadway Subway Project broke through the Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver on October 12, 2023. The news came on Friday, as the Gove...