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National Grid’s London Power Tunnels breakthrough completes £1 billion project’s tunneling activity
National Grid’s £1 billion London Power Tunnels (LPT) project has achieved a major milestone with its final tunneling breakthrough at…
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TBM breaks through at London’s Silvertown Tunnel
To counter chronic congestion in the Blackwall Tunnel, which dates back to Victorian times, London is building the Silvertown Tunnel…
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Silverton Tunnel bores completed
Tunnel boring for London’s Silvertown Tunnel has been completed, with the tunnel boring machine (TBM) breaking through on the north…
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Environmental
HS2 Tunneling team celebrates breakthrough at Long Itchington Wood Tunnel
The HS2 tunneling team of Balfour Beatty/VINCI (BBV JV) celebrated the breakthrough of its tunnel boring machine (TBM) of the…
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Two TBMS pass milestone on HS2 project
Two Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines (TBM) have passed the 8.8-km (5.5-mile) mark of their 16-km (10-mile) drive under the Chilterns…
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Digital
Fifth tunnel boring machine launched at London’s HS2 project
The fifth tunnel boring machine (TBM) to be put to work on London’s HS2 tunnel project has been launched from…
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Industry News
First TBM breaks through at HS2 in London
London’s High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project celebrated its first tunnel breakthrough with the 2 kt (2,200 st) tunnel boring…
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HS2’s London Tunnels program nears launch date as first TBM’s arrive
The first two Earth pressure balance tunnel boring machines (TBM) arrived on site for the HS2 London Tunnel program.…
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TBM completes first mile of HS2 tunnels under the Chilterns
The first mile of tunneling on the HS2 high-speed railway linking London, the Midlands, the North and Scotland was completed…
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Thames Tideway breaks new ground as supersewer moves one step closer to completion
Tunnel boring of the final 7.6 km (4.7 miles) central section of the main tunnel of the Tideway Project in…
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