China Railway's "Greater Bay Area Xili" Shield Machine Rolls Off Production Line on June 5
On June 5, the "Greater Bay Area Xili" (CREC 1616), an ultra-large diameter slurry shield machine jo...
Transport for London Proposes Two 1.5km Tunnels Under the Thames
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled plans to excavate two 1.5-kilometer tunnels beneath the Rive...
NUCA to Host Trench Safety Stand-Down June 15-19
The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) will host its 10th annual Trench Safety Stand-Do...
New Zealand's Central Interceptor Tunnel Invests NZ$1.66 Billion, Photography Exhibition Documents the Project
A photography exhibition offers a glimpse into the massive Central Interceptor tunnel project being ...
Network Rail Launches Pre-Qualification Tender for Transpennine Tunnel Upgrade
Network Rail has issued a pre-qualification notice for the tunnel and slab track package within the ...
New York's Second Avenue Subway Phase II Breaks Ground with $6.968 Billion Budget
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, along with Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) leadership, e...
São Paulo Metro Discovers Quilombo Site, Adds 3.6 Billion Reais to Budget
During the construction of São Paulo Metro Line 6 (Orange Line), the discovery of a 19th-century fug...
Left-line shield tunneling begins on Shenzhen Metro Line 32 section constructed by China Energy Engineering Group Gezhouba Municipal Company
The left-line shield machine DL1488 "Xingjian Chi" has successfully started tunneling on the Xichong...
Pittsburgh Signs $1 Billion Contract for Combined Sewage Tunnel
Recently, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) in Pennsylvania, USA, announced that it ...
China invests 19.45 billion yuan in Lixian-Xianfeng Expressway, all tunnels completed, aiming for 2027 opening
All 17 tunnels of the Lixian-Xianfeng Expressway have been fully completed, with the subgrade works ...
British Tunnelling Society June Lecture Assesses Pipe Jacking Opportunities
Matthew Donnachie and Max Hepburn, Chief Engineers at COWI UK Ltd, will assess pipe jacking opportun...
Shendun TBM Completes 180° U-Turn Excavation in Guizhou, China
Recently, the "Yuneng Gaoshan" mine full-face hard rock Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), developed by Ji...
China's Changsha 14.57m Shield Machine "Jiaoping No.1" Rolls Off Production Line
On May 29, a super-large diameter shield machine with an excavation diameter of 14.57 meters, named ...
UK invests £113,000 in 2024 to install ACO snake tunnels connecting adders
ACO Water Management has installed two specially designed snake tunnels at Greenham Common and Crook...
First TBM for Sydney's Western Harbour Tunnel Set to Launch
The first tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Sydney Western Harbour Tunnel project is expected to l...
China Gezhouba Group and Guangdong Foundation Group Hold Talks to Deepen Cooperation
On June 5, China Energy Engineering Group Gezhouba Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Foundation Engineering Gr...
CRCHI's Global First Kilometer-Deep Shaft "Steel Spine" Completes 1004-Meter Excavation Task
In June 2026, the world's first kilometer-level hard rock full-face shaft boring machine "Steel Spin...
Taojia Tunnel in Chongqing, China Opens to Traffic on May 31, Spanning 13.5 Kilometers
On May 31, the Taojia Tunnel in Chongqing officially opened to traffic. This key livelihood transpor...
Geophysical Prospecting Technology Reduces Water Inflow by 60% in Tengyue Tunnel of Gaoligong Mountain, Yunnan, China
The Baoshan Command of Yunnan Provincial Ordinary National Highway Construction, in collaboration wi...
Sichuan, China to Implement Highway Tunnel Fire Protection Technical Guidelines on July 1
The Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Sichuan Province, in conjunction with the P...
UK Construction PMI Falls to 38.2 in May, Fastest Decline in Six Years
UK construction output experienced its fastest decline in six years, with the S&P Global/CIPS Constr...
UK CAN launches Folkestone cliff stabilization project, including thousands of soil nails
Challenging-access engineering specialist CAN has initiated a cliff stabilization project aimed at r...
On June 3, China Railway Construction Heavy Industry and Yunnan Communications Investment Group Held Talks on Tunnel Intelligentization
On June 3, He Yongjun, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of China Railway ...
Construction of a 10-kilometer section of the A20 motorway in Germany is about to begin
The next section of the German A20 motorway project is about to start, involving the construction of...
Japan Provides Additional 5.7 Billion Yen Loan for Nepal's Nagdhunga Tunnel
The Japanese government has provided an additional 5.7 billion yen in concessional loans for the con...
China Railway Construction Heavy Industry's First Kilometer-Level Horizontal Directional Coring Drilling Equipment Passes Certification
The first set of kilometer-level horizontal directional coring drilling equipment in China, independ...
Tunnel Boring Machine Completes 100-Meter Excavation in Grade V Rock on Indore-Budni Railway Line in India
On the Indore-Budni railway line project in India, a giant tunnel boring machine has excavated 100 m...
Magellan Strait Undersea Tunnel Between Chile and Argentina Technically Feasible, Costing $1.5 Billion
A roughly 3.7-kilometer undersea tunnel project under the Strait of Magellan is technically feasible...
Toulouse Metro TBM Completes Second Breakthrough, Excavating Over 1.65 km
The "Jeanne Marvig" TBM has arrived at the future Fontaine Lumineuse station on the Toulouse metro p...
Systra Türkiye and TYLin Win Design Contract for Three Tunnels in Turkey
Systra Türkiye and TYLin have been selected to design the Dörtyol–Hassa highway and railway tunnels ...