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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...

Drilling for Stuttgart 21 project’s 56km tunnels marks completion

A significant milestone was reached in the Stuttgart 21 project with the final tunneling breakthrough taking place in the city’s airport tunnel on September the 14th. Furthermore, the Stuttgart 21 p...

Drilling for the 5.63-kilometer-long Učka Tunnel in Croatia has been completed

It was announced that drilling for the new 5.63-kilometer-long Učka Tunnel in Croatia has been completed on Monday, September 18. The new Učka Tunnel will be the second road tunnel under the Učka mou...

British company introduces waterless pumped storage hydropower technology

A UK-based company has developed a waterless pumped storage hydropower technology, and recently teamed up to deliver 100MW energy storage capacity projects by 2030. Furthermore, this technology work...

World’s longest railway tunnel will remain closed for months after derailment

Europe’s Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel, is going to remain closed to passenger trains for several months after it sustained damage from a derailment on August 1...

HS2’s Florence and Cecilia TBMs reach Little Missenden

HS2 announced on Tuesday, August 8, that Florence and Cecilia, the two 2,000-ton tunnel boring machines (TBMs) had reached the Little Missenden ventilation shaft. This event marks a significant mile...

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