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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

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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Soil nailing identified as key to Swanage Green Seafront slope stability

Technical investigations into Swanage’s Green Seafront have confirmed progressive slope instability affecting Sandpit Field, Weather Station Field, and the Spa beach hut terrace. Monitoring surveys c...

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Satellite data indicate over 2,500 U.S. dams are in poor condition

Dams across the United States are aging and underfunded, with geoscientists reporting that over 2,500 of the more than 16,700 structures in the country are classified as high hazard potentials and in...

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Mechanised excavation accelerates Battipaglia–Romagnano rail section with Four Active TBMs

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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Safeguarding North London’s water supply through ground engineering

The New River aqueduct, commissioned in 1613, remains a critical gravity-fed water transfer system supplying North London with raw water conveyed from the River Lea to downstream treatment facilities...

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USACE tests bedrock anchors for Arkansas river low water dam near Sand Springs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is designing a low water dam on the Arkansas River near Sand Springs, Oklahoma, as part of the Arkansas River Corridor Project, and the Dam Safety Production Center b...

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LTA begins wtrengthening of circle line tunnels to counter ground deformation

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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Stabilisation nears completion as Bridgewater Canal embankment design progresses

The recovery programme for the Bridgewater Canal embankment breach at Little Bollington has moved into a critical new stage, with stabilisation works nearing completion and formal engineering design...

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Delhi Metro’s precision tunnelling: A major engineering breakthrough beneath an operating corridor

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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