Seattle Light-Rail Tunnel Likely to Break Ground This Year
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Chancellor Merkel, Premier Wen Tour Herrenchnecht Facility in Guangzhou
The German Chancellor and Chinese Premier toured a Herrenchnecht facility in China’s Guangzhou Province where Tunnel Boring Machines are manufactured for many of China and Asia’s high-profile tunnel projects. Herrenknecht maintains nine locations in China […]
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Crews assembling TBM for first ever tunnel under San Francisco Bay
What about the BART you may be wondering. Well, the Bart is not really a tunnel but a precast tube that was sunk and rests on the bottom of the bay. This water supply tunnel […]
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Bertha tunnel-boring machine arrives in Seattle
The world’s largest Tunnel Boring Machine or TBM just arrived in Seattle last week from Japan. Hitachi Zosen Corp built the 57 foot diameter TBM and tested it before disassembling it for the journey by […]