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Shanghai Metro works site sealed after sinkhole opens at Qixin Road
- Feb, 12, 2026
- Settlements Tunneling Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China, Shanghai
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A large sinkhole opened on the morning of 12 February 2026 at the junction of Qixin Road and Li’an Road in Shanghai’s Minhang District, swallowing part of the roadway near an active metro constructio...
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Hong Kong issues tender for 3.6km East drainage tunnel
Hong Kong’s Drainage Services Department (DSD) has invited tenders for the Hong Kong East Drainage Tunnel (Contract No. DC/2026/04), marking the next phase of a major stormwater infrastructure schem...
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Blasting completed on Stockholm Metro Service Tunnel linking Hagastaden and Arenastaden
- Jan, 26, 2026
- Tunneling Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry
- Sweden, Stockholm
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Blasting works have been completed on a new service tunnel forming part of the Stockholm Metro Expansion programme, marking a key underground construction milestone beneath the Swedish capital. The f...
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Dubai Municipality invites bids for $8.2bn strategic sewerage tunnels project
- Jan, 19, 2026
- Underground Structures Geoenvironmental Engineering Tunneling News On Projects / Industry
- United Arab Emirates, Dubai
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Dubai Municipality has formally invited bids for the Phase II Links Package of the Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels (DSST) project, advancing one of the emirate’s largest public private partnership...
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China’s TBM rescue beneath the Yangtze
- Jan, 12, 2026
- Tunneling Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry
- China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
During construction of the Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel, a 6.4 km road tunnel beneath the Yangtze River, a 16 m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) suffered a catastrophic failure approxi...
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16,000 m continuous TBM drive sets new overseas tunnelling record in Sri Lanka
On 25 December 2025, a double-shield tunnel boring machine developed by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation achieved a continuous excavation exceeding 16,000 m at the Upper Elahera–...
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1.5-km MT-5 tunnel breakthrough marks milestone for India’s bullet train
- Jan, 03, 2026
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
India’s high-speed rail corridor recorded a milestone on Friday with the breakthrough of the 1.5-km Mountain Tunnel-5 (MT-5) in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtu...
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Mechanised excavation accelerates Battipaglia–Romagnano rail section with Four Active TBMs
- Dec, 12, 2025
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics Deep Excavations News On Projects / Industry
- Italy
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
All four tunnel boring machines planned for Lot 1A of the Salerno–Reggio Calabria high-speed and high-capacity railway are now fully operational, marking a critical construction milestone in Southern...
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LTA begins wtrengthening of circle line tunnels to counter ground deformation
- Dec, 10, 2025
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Settlements News On Projects / Industry
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has initiated a targeted strengthening programme for two Circle Line tunnels where progressive ground deformation, known as tunnel squatting, has been iden...
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Delhi Metro’s precision tunnelling: A major engineering breakthrough beneath an operating corridor
- Nov, 30, 2025
- Tunneling Ground Improvement News On Projects / Industry
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has completed one of its most demanding underground works to date as part of the Phase 4 expansion. Engineers successfully advanced a Tunnel Boring Machine (TB...
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