21.07.2020 (1023 Clicks)
Snowy 2.0: TBM Factory Test Celebration for Webuild's renewable Energy Project in Australia
The most sophisticated tunnel-boring machine (TBM) for the construction of Snowy 2.0, the biggest renewable energy project in Australia, has passed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), making it ready to be shipped to the site where Snowy Hydro Ltd and Webuild (formerly Salini Impregilo) will expand the Snowy Scheme’s network of hydro power stations in the Snowy Mountains and underpin the country’s transition to a low-carbon emissions future.
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21.07.2020 (874 Clicks)
Strabag Consortium building Bulgarian Railway Line
- Modernisation of 11.2Â km section between Elin Pelin and Kostenets
- Strabag with 51Â % stake in consortium
- EU co-financing for Bulgaria’s largest railway infrastructure project
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20.07.2020 (1127 Clicks)
bauma CHINA 2020 will take place as planned
China’s economy is recovering apparently from the coronavirus shutdowns, and trade fairs are key to rebuilding economies.
China unveiled a series of economic stimulus policies and the investment in infrastructure is expected to increase by 10%. Thanks to this, it is estimated that the growth rate of China's construction machinery industry will reach 10% this year. These figures were published by the Shanghai Securities Co., Ltd.
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20.07.2020 (1029 Clicks)
Mighty Breakthrough for Europe's biggest Tunnel Boring Machine in Italy
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In Italy, the largest tunnel boring machine ever used in Europe successfully completed its drive in June. The supersize borer (Earth Pressure Balance Shield, diameter 15.87Â m) made by Herrenknecht in Schwanau, Baden/Southern Germany, dug 7.5Â km of highway tunnel through the Apennines. In cooperation with the customer, Herrenknecht designed a new system for the machine, to protect particularly the site crew from the expected methane gas deposits in the ground.
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17.07.2020 (749 Clicks)
Management Appointment BAM Infra Nederland
The Executive Board of Royal BAM Group nv has appointed Mrs C. (Carla) Rodenburg-Verschuur, MBA as managing director of BAM Infra Nederland bv, effective 1Â October 2020. Currently, Mrs Rodenburg is member of the Global Management team of technical services provider Stork, a Fluor company, as Vice President Europe.
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16.07.2020 (779 Clicks)
Royal BAM Group nominated new CEO
The Supervisory Board of Royal BAM Group nv has decided to nominate Ruud Joosten as CEO and chairman of the Executive Board as per 1 September 2020. Joosten (55) has a long-standing career at AkzoNobel, where he has held numerous leadership positions. The last eight years he was member of the Executive Committee and since 2017 Chief Operating Officer, responsible for business performance.
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16.07.2020 (633 Clicks)
Tunnel Boring Machine Charlotte completes Connection Tunnel Drive in London
The super sewer became one step closer to cleaning up the River Thames as tunnelling machine Charlotte completed her journey to Fulham, finishing a vital connection tunnel beneath the river.
The 1.1 km connection tunnel, created at a depth of around 30 m, will take sewage overflows from King George’s Park into the main 25 km tunnel at Carnwath Road, where it will be transferred to east London for treatment instead of polluting London's waterway.
Charlotte is one of the project’s smaller Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM), measuring three metres wide and more than 70 m long and is named after suffragist Charlotte Despard. She was the first to break through the ground to complete a section of tunnel for London’s new super sewer in October.
Having dug the 500 m southern section of the Frogmore Connection Tunnel, from Dormay Street to King George’s Park, she was then hoisted from the shaft, taken back to Dormay Street and put back into the ground to tunnel the final 600 m to Carnwarth Road.
With the tunnelling now complete, Ciaran McQuaid, Project Manager Shafts and Tunnels, for the western section of the project said: “It’s amazing to see Charlotte finally through into the Carnwath Road reception chamber and a big congratulations to the team for all their hard work.
‘This will probably be the end of my 12 year connection with TBM Charlotte from being a Shift Engineer on her back in 2008 on the Thames Water Ring Main Extension, watching her going through her remanufacturing ready for tunnelling on Frogmore Connection Tunnel and then completing her job in style yesterday. For a TBM that is turning 26 in November and has now completed six tunnel projects, she did a great job.’
Source: Royal BAM Group
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16.07.2020 (655 Clicks)
Virtual Reality Solution receives VDMA Startup Award at the Hannover Messe Digital Days
Six young companies beat more than 50 applicants in the "Startup Speed Pitch". VDMA Startup-Machine awards young companies with the greatest potential for the mechanical and plant engineering industry
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16.07.2020 (607 Clicks)
Queensland’s Resources Companies invest locally
Local businesses across Queensland are receiving a significant financial boost from resources companies with a 16 percent increase in local spending over 12 months.
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16.07.2020 (663 Clicks)
Talpasolutions Presentation at the Hannover Messe # Digital Days
Mirko Liebetrau took the opportunity of making the visitors of the Hannover Messe #DigitalDays aware not to miss the chances of digitalization!
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20.10.2022
Practical Experience and Findings relating to the Preparation of a BIM Model for the Subsoil Foundations of a Tunnel Construction Project
The paper describes the practical experience and findings acquired during the preparation of a BIM model for the foundations of a tunnel construction project....
#Geotechnics #Tunnelling #building foundation #building information modelling (BAM) #BIM
20.10.2022
An Alternative for Mineral Oil in Hydraulic Systems
Mineral oil-free Hydraulic Fluids proving a national and international Success
Current developments pose a risk to our supply chains. Climate change, environment protection and occupational safety are increasingly taking centre stage. This paper presents one potential solution where mineral oil-based media can be replaced by water-based polymer fluids in hydraulic systems. This is one fairly simple way in which companies can contribute to workplace safety, environmental conservation and resource security....
#Fluid Competence GmbH #GTA Maschinensysteme GmbH #Gasser Felstechnik AG #SaarMontan Berg- und Tunnelbau GmbH #SaarGrundbau GmbH & Co. KG #Mining
20.10.2022
How an IIoT Solution for Mining Machines can be successfully introduced into a Quarry Operation
Many mining companies still do not know whether they are ready to implement IIot projects for mobile mining machines – and things often stay this way until they try out digitalisation for themselves in an in-house pilot project. Sometimes it is enough simply to go for it and learn from the experience. But what is actually possible and how can ‘digital transformation’ be applied in-house? The conditions and measures needed for such a successful digital transformation are outlined below from the perspective of a tech company that supplies hardware and software solutions and also supports clients through the introduction and implementation process....
#talpasolutions GmbH #Mining #underground mining #Machinery for Mining and Construction #Digitalisation services #Big Data analytics
06.02.2023 -
Indaba 2023
07.02.2023 - 09.02.2023
UCT 2023 - 28th Annual Underground Construction Technology
20.02.2023 - 23.02.2023
GEOAFRICA 2023
26.02.2023 - 01.03.2023
MINEXCHANGE 2023

World’s longest Railway Tunnel Project – supported by innovative Conveyor Digitalisation and reliable Engineering
17. October 2022 (597 Clicks)
The consortium BTC Brennero Tunnel Construction and the Hosch Group jointly delivered on a world-class tunnelling project by combining excellent engineering with the innovative remote monitoring system Hoschiris Discover.
#Brennero Tunnel Construction (BTC) #HOSCH-Foerdertechnik Recklinghausen GmbH #Tunnelling #Traffic tunnels #Conveyor technology #Digitalisation
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RAG-Technikchronik - Buch 1: Technikentwicklung und Forschung der RAG
27. December 2019 (2689 Clicks)
Das Buch 1 "Technikentwicklung und Forschung der RAG" behandelt zusammenfassend die Ergebnisse der Bücher 2 bis 6 und ergänzt um das Thema Lagerstätte aus dem Buch 7. Das Thema „Forschung und Entwicklung“ wird genauso behandelt, wie der Streckenausbau, die Entwicklung der Technikbereiche, die Bergwerksautomatisierung und die Unternehmensdigitalisierung.
#RAG Aktiengesellschaft #Mining #Digitalisation
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12.01.2023 (296 Clicks)
Europe’s largest Deposit of Rare Earth Metals is located in the Kiruna Area
LKAB has identified significant deposits of rare earth elements in the Kiruna...
#LKAB #Mining #Energy #underground mining
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30.12.2022 (191 Clicks)
Webuild and CSC: "Lilia" TBM ready for mechanical excavation in the Brenner Base Tunnel
The TBM named "Lilia" is ready to start mechanically excavating one...
#Webuild S.p.A. #Implenia Construction GmbH #Galleria di Base del Brennero - Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE #Herrenknecht AG #Tunnelling #Traffic tunnels
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07.01.2023 (184 Clicks)
Masan High-Tech Materials integrates global R&D activities under leadership of H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders
H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders is bringing together the research and developmen...
#H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH #Mining
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07.01.2023 (164 Clicks)
Implenia wins large and complex tunnelling project in Norway – E03 Boknafjord tunnel
- Joint Venture of Implenia and Stangeland Maskin selected to plan and ...
#Implenia Construction GmbH #Tunnelling #Traffic tunnels
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