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 An illustration of the Northern entrance of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing
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Bouygues Travaux Publics - Murphy awarded Lower Thames Crossing contract

The contract to create the UK's largest bored tunnels has been awarded by National Highways

12 December 2023

 A total of four Sandvik roadheaders will be used to excavate 6.5km of twin three-lane tunnels that will make up the Western Harbour Tunnel in Sydney, Australia
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Sandvik machines go to work at Sydney's Western Harbour Tunnel

A selection of Sandvik roadheaders has been chosen to carry out tunnelling work under Sydney harbour

12 December 2023

 STRABAG has reached the 25.8km mark for the world’s longest single tunnel boring machine drive at the Woodsmith project in the UK
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World tunnelling record: STRABAG breaks 25km mark in single TBM drive

A tunnelling world record has been set in the UK by STRABAG using a Herrenknecht TBM

11 December 2023

 The latest breakthrough for a Terratec TBM on the Chennai Metro Rail Phase-II Corridor 3, a 9km twin-tube tunnel in India
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Terratec TBM celebrates breakthrough on Chennai Metro

Breakthrough for a Terratec TBM on India's Chennai Metro Rail Phase-II Corridor 3 project

06 December 2023

 Wassara’s water-powered hammers were used to create the column needed for jet grouting to improve the ground before shaft drilling could start for the Brenner Base Tunnel
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Wassara's involvement in the Brenner Base Tunnel

Water-powered hammers supplied by Wassara used to drill jet grouting columns on Benner Base Tunnel

05 December 2023

 The Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM breaking through at the halfway point of its 14.7km journey underneath Auckland, New Zealand
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Hiwa-i-te-Rangi breaks through at Auckland's May Road B shaft

Tunnelling on New Zealand wastewater infrastructure project reaches halfway point

30 November 2023

 A rendering of the Silvertown Road Tunnel project, which Bachy Soletanche recently finished the ground engineering for
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Ground engineering complete for London's Silvertown Tunnel

Ground engineering work has been completed by Bachy Soletanche on the newest Thames river crossing

27 November 2023

 More than 18km have been drilled as part of ground investigation works for the T2D Project,  the final 10.5km section of the North-South Corridor in Adelaide, Australia
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Early works prepare T2D for start of construction

Preparation work for final section of the North-South Corridor of T2D project underway in Australia

24 November 2023

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