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Atlas Copco Group Marks 140th Anniversary
Atlas Copco CEO Ronnie Leten marked the company’s 140th anniversary by ringing the opening bell…

Load Cell Monitoring in a Tunnel Jacking Operation
Flexible dataTaker DT80 Logs It All for Real-Time Machine Monitoring CAS DataLoggers recently provided the…

Herrenknecht TBM Completes Second Tunnel for Limmern Hydropower Plant
Equipped with a new safety concept for securing the machine, the Gripper TBM was able…

DC Water Christens ‘Lady Bird’
On April 9, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) named its…
DFI Hosts Sixth Annual SuperPile Conference
The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its sixth annual SuperPile conference on May 15-16,…
‘Art and Science of Safe Tunneling’ Course Offered
New technology is allowing tunnel construction through difficult terrain leading to new or changing health…

President Obama Tours Port of Miami Tunnel Project
President Obama toured the construction site for the new Port of Miami tunnel on March…
East Side Access Project Passes Major Milestone as Blasting Concludes Under Grand Central Terminal
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced April 9 that sandhogs working on the East Side…

Herrenknecht TBMs Tunnel Through Wuxi
Eight tunnel boring machines from Herrenknecht excavated almost 16 km of tunnel in only 20…

SR 99 TBM Arrives in Seattle
At 57.5 ft in diameter, the SR 99 tunneling machine’s green, red and yellow cutterhead…

Ground Improvement Course Offered at Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines’ Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education (SPACE) has been…

Rockin’ Through Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio, is famous – perhaps infamous – within water pollution control circles for its…