All Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Articles

Video: HS2 lifts TBM Sushila via gantry crane after completing 5-mile journey
The machine is said to have excavated over 1.2 million tonnes of earth and installed 4,217 tunnel rings
Herrenknecht to showcase mechanised tunnelling tech
The booth will highlight five key thematic areas focusing on forward-looking trends
Optimising drilling and foundations: How updated machines promise greater efficiency
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Technology is making drilling and foundation equipment more sustainable and easier to operate than ever before. Andy Brown drills down into the details
India’s ‘largest’ TBM working on Mumbai project
Herrenknecht secures contract to deliver tunnel boring technology for road tunnels at Mumbai Coastal Road Project North
China’s largest open-type rock TBM
Tunnel Boring Machine has an excavation diameter of 11.93m
High-altitude hydroelectric megaproject in Austria
More than 200 construction machines are working on an Austrian hydroelectric project
China rolls out ‘largest’ diameter shield machine for underwater highway project
A China-made super-large diameter shield machine made its debut in October
Can California’s US$20bn water utility construction curb a climate change catastrophe?
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Can a US$20 billion project in California reverse climate-change effects on the state water system?
South Australia selects five-firm consortium to finish ‘largest infrastructure project’
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South Australia selected a consortium to finish its ‘largest infrastructure project’, which is ahead of schedule
TBM breakthrough at Guangzhou Haizhu Bay Tunnel project
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TMB makes breakthrough at US$1.7 billion Chinese tunnel project 
Cross-border connectivity: What’s the latest in tunnelling projects across Europe?
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Catrin Jones looks at the latest activity at some of Europe’s most complex tunnelling projects
New York’s massive Hudson Tunnel Project awards TBM contract
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The Hudson Tunnel Project in New York has awarded a contract for tunnel boring
TBMs launched for world’s longest subsea high-speed railway tunnel
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Two TBMs have been launched for subsea high-speed railway tunnel that will span a total length of 16.18km
New Webuild factory to regenerate old tunnel boring machines
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Italian construction group Webuild has created a new factory to assemble and regenerate used tunnel boring machines (TBMs)
Balfour Beatty Vinci JV tunnel boring machine starts last HS2 dig
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The equipment will finish off tunnelling for the high-speed rail project
‘Significant breakthrough’ at Bangkok power plant project
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CRCHI developed 914mm ultra-small diameter and ultra-long distance laying and jacking machine for Bangkok project
Bauer working on the construction of Metro Line 3 in Panama
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The new line is expected to significantly reduce traffic congestion in the city after its commissioning in 2026