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First TBM launches for Riyadh Metro Line 1
The first of seven TBMs is launched for US$10 billion construction of Riyadh Metro Lines 1 and 2 (Blue and Green Lines).Earlier this month (July) the BACS construction consortium led by Bechtel (USA),
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Bosphorus Eurasia highway TBM breaks through
Successful breakthrough of the 13.5m diameter Mixshield TBM S-762 at the end of its 3.34km drive under the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey records an achievement of industry significance, reports Shani Wal
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Korea completes record setting rail excavation
It is the third longest railway tunnel in the world - after the 57km Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland and the 54km Seikan Tunnel in Japan - and it took three years and five months in Korea to reach
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Nuclear deal paves way for 11km of subsea tunnels
After more than five years in the planning and negotiation stage French energy supplier EDF says it is ready to announce its final investment decision on the £18 billion nuclear power station at Hinkl
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Seattle Tunnel Partners Resumes Mining on SR 99 Tunnel
Seattle Tunnel Partners has received conditional permission to resume tunneling operations on the SR 99 Tunnel Project. STP resumed mining Feb. 23 afterWSDOT conditionally lifted the “suspension for c
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HCC-VCCL JV awarded Rs 1114 crore project in Manipur
Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) in joint venture with Vensar Constructions Company Ltd (VCCL), has been awarded Rs 1114 crore contract by the Public Works Department (PWD) of Government of Ma
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