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Drill and blast: How Shetland's £1.5bn inter-island tunnel network will be built

Excavated rock could create reclaimed land to extend the islands

Engineers drill 100-metre tunnel beneath South London railway without stopping trains

A novel construction method has been used to drill a tunnel sideways beneath a tram and railway line in South London without closing the line.Read more ›

Scotcast: Could tunnels fix our ferry problems?

Shetland is taking its first step towards replacing some of its ferry routes with tunnels.

Norwegen bohrt für 1,9 Milliarden Euro den tiefsten und längsten Untersee-Tunnel der Welt – durch Gestein, durch das Mee...

Norwegen baut einen Rekord-Unterwassertunnel. Der soll wichtige Regionen miteinander verbinden. Beim Bau gibt es große Hürden.

Trenchless or open cut: how to pick the right method for a utility crossing

Trenchless installation is the right choice for a utility crossing when the combined cost of closing the surface, reinstating it and guaranteeing that reinstatement exceeds the pre...

Plan for tunnels connecting Shetland Islands expected to be backed by councillors

Shetland Islands Council could be about to back plans to connect some of its islands with a system of undersea tunnels.

Mit deutschem Riesenbohrer entsteht sauberster Straßentunnel der Welt unter der Themse

Mit der „Lower Thames Crossing” baut Großbritannien einen der größten Straßentunnel der Welt – fast komplett elektrisch und mit Wasserstoff statt Diesel. Bis zu 70 Prozent CO2 soll...

Tunneling Complete for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

TORONTO - Excavation is complete for twin 500-meter tunnels from Mount Dennis to Jane Street as part of the eastern underground segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension. Th...

Plans unveiled for 2.5-metre-wide tunnels to carry waste heat beneath south London

Two long tunnels could be dug beneath south London to carry surplus heat across the capital, creating a low-carbon heating network that could eventually warm around 300,000 homes.Â...

Norway drills world’s longest undersea road tunnel through risky rocks

Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands

Financing options to be investigated for first two subsea projects that would link Mainland with Yell and Unst Councillors on Shetland have backed plans to build up to four tunnels...

Tunnel Boring Machine Prepared for $360M NH Stormwater Tunnel

Granite Janet, a 281-ton tunnel boring machine, arrived on an oversized truck at a parking lot beside the Queen City Bridge in Manchester, N.H. late last month as the $360 million...

The Migrant Tunnels Burrowing From Belarus Into The EU

When a group of 15 migrants in"sand-stained clothing"were spotted moving through a forest in southeastern Latvia on August 10, border guards could not initially determine where the...

Webuild Team Selected for $922M Genoa Undersea Tunnel

Italy's first planned undersea highway tunnel moved closer to construction as enabling work continued and the project's main tunneling package advanced through procurement.

China's colossal tunneling machine bores AND blasts through raw ground

China has unveiled the world's largest multi-tool as it rolled out the world's first Boring and Blasting Machine (BBM) that combines a tunnel-boring machine with the ability to set...

HS2 completes 'green' tunnel

HS2 has completed its first 'green' tunnel, am 880m cut-and-cover tunnel at Copthall built by SCS (Skanska, Costain, Strabag) using 1.2m cubic metres of material excavated from nea...

HS2’s only single-bore tunnel completed in west London as it prepares to vanish from sight

The newly finished Copthall tunnel near West Ruislip will be covered with soil and planting, reducing the railway's visual impact while avoiding 100,000 lorry journeys.Read more â€...

HS2 Completes First ‘Green’ Tunnel on London Section of High-Speed Railway

HS2 has completed construction of its first cut-and-cover, ‘green’ tunnel, marking a further milestone in the delivery of Britain’s new high-speed railway between London and the We...

Start up targets underground surveys

A new start up, SurveyX (UK), aims to offer surveys of underground tunnels, pipes and drainage systems to the construction sector.

152,4 Meter lange Tunnelbohrmaschinen sollen den neuen Bahntunnel von New York bis New Jersey bohren

New York will einen neuen Tunnel unter dem Hudson-Fluss bauen. Vier Bohrmaschinen stehen dabei vor unterschiedlichen Herausforderungen.

BDA to execute short tunnel at Hebbal under EPC mode in Bengaluru

Officials said that the successful bidder has begun an alignment survey to determine the exact route and engineering configuration of the tunnel, including its entry and exit point...

Giant TBM order puts Lower Thames Crossing tunnel on track

Bouygues TP Murphy JV to launch Europe's largest ever TBM in 2028

Transport chiefs recommended higher rush-hour tolls for Dublin's port tunnel

In internal discussions, Transport Infrastructure Ireland said the volume of tollable traffic using the tunnel to dodge heavy morning traffic was rising by more than 8% a year.

Shetland set to back £1.5bn plan to connect islands with undersea tunnels

The undersea links between some of the UK's most northerly islands could be in place within eight years.