History History

TBM Tunnelling Projects Since 1991 (selected)

Slurry-TBM
Tunnelling with Active Face Support with Liquid Support Medium

      
1991 Fehmarn Belt Crossing (3 x 28 km Railway Tunnel), Germany  
1992 Metro Pais Ligne Meteor (4.2 km Subway Tube), France  
1993 Metro Rio Guanabara Bay (2 x 5.6 km Subway Tube), Brazil  
1997 Wesertunnel (2 x 1.6 km Road Tunnel), Germany  
1997 San Vito, Galleria San Giovanni (1 km Railway Tunnel), Italy  
1999 Zimmerberg Basistunnel (9 km Railway Tunnel), Switzerland  
2000 Machu Picchu HEPP (0.5 km Tailrace Tunnel), Peru  
2001 Herrentunnel (2 x 0.8 km Road Tunnel), Germany  
2003 Brightwater Conveyance Scheme (total 26.6 km Water Tunnel), USA  
2005 Hallandsas Tunnel (2 x 5.6 km Railway Tunnel), Sweden  
2005 Elbetunnel Dedesdorf (2 x 6 km Road Tunnel), Germany  
2006

Inntal Brixlegg Tunnel H3-4 and H8 (5.4 km Railway Tunnel), Austria
 

 

EPB-TBM
Tunnelling with Active Face Support with Earth Paste

   
1993 St. Clair River Tunnel (1.8 km Railway Tunnel), Canada  
1994 Metro Lissabon Lot 1 (4 km Metro Tunnel), Portugal  
2000 ECIS-NEIS (total 26.5 km Water Tunnel), USA  
2001 Metro Porto (7 km Subway Tube), Portugal  
2002 Airside Road Tunnel T5 (2 x 1.3 km Luggage Tunnel), Great Britain  
2003 Nodo Bologna Lotto 5 (2 x 6.3 km Railway Tunnel), Italy  
2003 Beacon Hill (2 x 1.6 km Subway Tube), USA  
2005 Metro Thessaloniki (2 x 7.5 km Subway Tube), Greece  
2006 Hobson Bay Tunnel (2.9 km Water Tunnel), New Zealand  
2008 Gautrain Rapid Rail Link (2.8 km Railway Tunnel), South Africa  
2008 Metro Barcelona (total 37.3 km Subway Tube), Spain  
2010

Port of Miami Tunnel (2 x 0.8 km Road Tunnel), USA

 

 
     

Hard Rock-TBM
Tunnelling Construction with Passive Face Support

   
1993 Singkarak HEPP (8 km Headrace Tunnel), Indonesia  
1998 Yellow River Diversion Project (98 km Water Transfer Tunnel), China  
1999 SSDS Hong Kong Lot D (8 km Water Transfer Tunnel), Hong Kong (SAR)  
1999 Casecnan HEPP (21 km Headrace Tunnel), Philippines  
1999 Achelos HEPP (16 km Headrace Tunnel), Greece  
2000 Karahnukar HEPP (40 km Transfer Tunnel), Iceland  
2001 Renun HEPP (19.9 km Headrace Tunnel), Indonesia  
2007 La Linea – Estrutura (8 km Road Tunnel), Columbia  
2009

Gasoduto Túnel Gastau (5 km Transfer Tunnel), Brazil
 

 

Conventional Tunnelling Construction

   
1994 Liverpool Street Station (Mined Metro Station),
Great Britain
 
1997 Musi HEPP/Merangin HEPP (Water Transfer Tunnel), Indonesia  
1997 Nathpa Jhakri HEPP (Tunnel, Caverns, Banks), India  
1999 Dhauliganga HEPP (Tunnel, Caverns, Banks), India  
2002 Parbati HEPP Stage II (Tunnel), India  
2007 Teesta HEPP Stage V/Sewa HEPP Stage II (Tunnel), India  
2007

Inspektionsprogramm PHARE 2005 (Railway Tunnel), Romania
 

 

Special Projects Underground and Tunnelling Construction

1993 Development Excavation Machine Neptun 1000, Germany  
1995 Project Deflation of Crater Lake, Gallunggung, Indonesia  
1997 Enhancement and Tender Calculation Extruded Concrete, Netherlands/Germany  
1997 Concept TBM mined Station with Minimal Space, Netherlands  
1998 Design Review Mining Concept for Erection of Ball-Shaped Caverns, ERAM, Germany  
1998 Design Review Technical Concept Mobile TBM for Mine Adoption, Austria  
2004 Anchor Recovery Downtown Leipzig (Slurry Walls, Tunnels, Caverns, Compressed Air), Germany  
2007 Spiral Tunnels Sunrise Cliffs Moab, Utah, USA  
2011 Extension of Passenger Tunnel, Main Station Wolfsburg, Germany