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Surveying São Paulo’s sewage network

Midway through the third and final phase of São Paulo’s Project Tietê, designed to improve the city’s sewage network for a rapidly expanding population, Trenchless International takes a look at the tunnel boring work going on underneath the city.

Needed: Expert Microtunnel Machine Operator

Tue, 24 April 2012 The Vadnais Corporation, a US-based microtunnelling contractor, is seeking a Microtunnel Machine Operator/Technician to join the company.

Tunnelling under north-west England

United Utilities is utilising a tunnel boring machine to construct a 3.5 km stormwater storage tunnel running under Penwortham to Marsh Lane, north-west England.

Tunnelling experts open office in Chile

Thu, 9 February 2012 A new Robbins office is now operating in Santiago, Chile, to support the local tunnelling market.

TBM fast-tracked for Mexican wastewater tunnel

Thu, 21 July 2011 The first of three Robbins TBMs has been launched in Mexico City for work on a 62 km long wastewater line, to be constructed as part of the Emisor Oriente project.

Microtunnelling through New Jersey

Mon, 18 July 2011 The Borough of Carteret, located in New Jersey, US, has awarded Cruz Contracting a $US2.2 million contract to complete sanitary sewer line upgrades, using microtunnelling.

Tunnelling in Asia

Mon, 4 July 2011 John Holland and Leighton Asia have joined forces to deliver two tunnelling projects in Singapore and Hong Kong, on behalf of MTR Corporation.

TBM assembly underway in Singapore

Fri, 24 June 2011 McConnell Dowell has commenced the assembly of 700 tonne tunnel boring machines on the Beauty World Station and Tunnel project in Singapore.

TBM tackles largest rock at Niagara

Fri, 17 June 2011 The world’s largest hard rock tunnel boring machine drive was completed for the Niagara Tunnel Project, located in Ontario, Canada.

TBM aids hydropower in the North Atlantic

Tue, 16 November 2010 A Robbins Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is being used to create a collector tunnel on the island of Eysturoy, located in the Faroe Islands between Iceland and Norway, in the North Atlantic Ocean.

China gets sub-sea slurry

Tue, 28 September 2010 The Robbins Company is set to supply a slurry tunnel boring machine (TBM) for a sub-sea tunnel using a soft ground machine to bore under high water pressure in China’s Zhanjiang Bay.

Record-breaking boring machine extends highway network in Italy

Mon, 2 August 2010 A major highway between Bologna and Florence in Italy will be extended using a Herrenknecht Earth Pressure Balance TBM to improve safety and accelerate the works.

New Jersey tunnel to use main beam machine

Mon, 2 August 2010 Construction is set to begin on the Palisades Tunnels, the New Jersey portion of the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project stretching from North Bergen, New Jersey to Manhattan in New York City.