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Modern, High-Performance Wet Shotcrete – A Holistic Approach
By Mike Rispin Our European tunneling colleagues prefer to call wet shotcrete “sprayed concrete” and…
Full Speed Ahead
TTC’s Spadina Line Extension Surges Forward Toronto, Ontario, is the capital of Canada’s most populous…
TBM Arrives in Indy for Deep Rock Tunnel Connector
A 20-ft diameter tunnel cutterhead that will be used to drill through bedrock was the…
Milestone for Mine Radio Systems’ Farjow
Mine Radio Systems’ (MRS) Vice President of Engineering Wisam Farjow recently completed his Ph.D. in…
Niagara Tunnel Reaches Another Milestone
Another milestone was achieved Nov. 15 on the 10-km long Niagara Tunnel for Ontario Power…
Powering the Tunneling Market
The construction of a tunnel is an extremely complex and demanding engineering task. It not…
Crossrail’s First TBM Constructs 1,000th Ring
The first of eight Crossrail tunneling machines, Phyllis, is currently tunneling under Hyde Park after…
Robbins Celebrates 60 Years of World-Class Tunneling
In 1952, James S. Robbins was working in the mining industry when he came up…
Seattle Underground
Seattle Underground From world-record-breaking tunnel bores to world-class transit and treatment facilities, the Seattle area…
Focus on Seattle
In this issue we feature tunneling works in the Seattle, Wash., area. Seattle has been…
Omega Morgan Acquires Action Machinery Moving
Omega Morgan, one of the West Coast’s leading heavy equipment transport companies, has acquired Action…
Atlas Copco Announces Distribution Deal for Minova FiReP Rockbolts
Atlas Copco announced an agreement to work with Minova MAI GmbH to distribute its fiber…