All Tunnelling Articles

Building inside mountains: Global demand for pumped hydroelectric storage soars
How mountain lakes are being used to store the world’s excess renewable energy
Scheuerle SPMT PowerHoss works for Friderici
Swiss specialist required compact dimensions and maximum manoeuvrability to operate in confined space and several other applications
The engineering challenges of Grand Paris Express, Europe’s largest transport infrastructure project
Société du Grand Paris boss, Bernard Cathelain, tells KHL’s Lucy Barnard about the engineering challenges behind Europe’s largest transport infrastructure project
Moving without cranes at Herrenknecht
Using a specialized transporter’s hydraulic suspension instead of a crane
Hawks crawler cranes on UK tunnel project
A quartet of Kobelco crawlers cranes has been put to work on a road tunnel project in the UK
Ainscough supports HS2 milestone
The company worked on behalf of HS2 joint venture Balfour Beatty VINCI to help construct equipment for the first tunnel dig in the UK
Sennebogen crawler used for deep tunnel excavation
Guan Chuan Engineering & Construction uses 6133 E telescopic crawler for earth retention works on Singapore’s new sewer system
Manitowoc crawler operates continuously on tunneling project
Triad Engineering & Contracting (Triad) received its Manitowoc MLC100-1 in August 2019 and immediately set it to work on the London Road Relief Sewer project, in Ohio
Tunnel mission for Haulotte
An articulating boom is being used to reach lighting and ventilation in tunnels on the Yunnan to Laos railway
Genie lift in radioactive upgrade
Articulated boom used to tranform disused iron ore mine into radioactive waste repository
Elon Musk builds people mover at Las Vegas Convention Center
Autonomous electric vehicle will transport visitors end to end in under one minute in time for ConExpo 2023
Tandem lift using large Liebherr crawlers
Mammoet Germany carries out tandem lift of tunnel boring machine using two large Liebherr crawlers at a long radius
TBM lifted and lowered
Jack-up gantry used on 880 tonne tunnel-boring machine for Paris Metro extension project
Big crane for small tunnels
A Sennebogen telecrawler crane made light work of a micro-tunnelling job in Dubai
Ranger passes tunnel test
Ratchet lever hoists from Ranger pass the tunnels test in Australia
TBM dismantled by Gradito
Gradito Oleodinamica used a Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane to dismantle a tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Sicily
Rotating a TBM
A tunnel-boring machine in Singapore has been rotated underground using a Hydra-Slide skidding system and turntable
Fanger buys largest crawler in Switzerland
With its purchase of a new 750 tonne class crawler crane from Liebherr, Fanger Kran AG opens a new chapter in the history of lifting equipment stationed in Switzerland
Manitowoc cranes in Chilean mine rescue
Several Manitowoc cranes were used in the efforts to rescue 33 miners trapped underground in a mine outside Copiapo, Chile
Elliott boom truck modified for salt mine work
An Elliott Equipment Company 30105R boom truck has been modified to work in salt mining operations 1,550 feet (470 m) below ground in the USA
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