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Blending operational safety codes on the link 22 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
In the past six years, the design of the planned bi-national Mont d'Ambin baseline rail tunnel on the proposed new rail connection between Lyon and Turin has seen several drastic changes due to heavy ...
WTC2014 abstracts exceed expectations 22 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
Organisers of the 2014 WTC Congress in Igassu Falls, Brazil, report a rush of submissions of technical paper abstracts for consideration by the event's Scientific Committee.
Video - Face-to-Face interview with Dick Robbins 22 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
After presenting the prestigious Sir Alan Muir Wood Memorial Lecture at the ITA World Tunnel Congress in Geneva, Switzerland in June, Dick Robbins, former president of The Robbins Company, sat down wi...
Driving Stuttgart-21 high-speed rail progress 22 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
Herrenknecht is selected to supply the EPBM that will excavate the major section of the longest tunnel on the Wendlingen-Ulm high speed rail link in Germany.
Impact reduction for Bay Delta mega project 22 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
Major project changes, including shortening the length of the tunnels and reducing the size of an intermediate forebay, are to be incorporated by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to ...
From the Editor's Desk - 22 Aug 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
Robbins metro move into Brazil 17 Aug 2013 | 08:32 am
As part of Brazil's massive metro program, Metro Fortaleza will be the first to utilize Robbins TBMs in the country. Four 6.92 m Robbins EPBMs have been purchased by the Brazilian Government's Secreta...
Mixshield delivered for Bosphorus highway 15 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
A 13.6m Mixshield has been factory tested and accepted by the client for excavation of the single-tube, double-deck highway tunnel beneath the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. The new highway tunnel wil...
Underground advance for Lyon-Turin rail link 15 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
After a long and uncertain period, due to the Euro Zone economic crisis, project protests and political issues, the much debated Mont d'Ambin rail tunnel might finally see a ground-breaking within two...
