Tag: TBM

The tunnel boring machine was switched on by HS2’s civils delivery director Mike Lyons, seen with SCS head of tunnelling Michael GreinerTunnel boring machine (TBM) Caroline now joins Sushila on an underground drive from West Ruislip to Greenpark Way in Greenford in northwest London. These...

TBM's Carolina and Shushila on the starting lineTBM Shushila is made by Herrenknecht in Germany and operated by Skanska Costain Strabag JV (SCS JV). She will bore  five miles non-stop for 22 months, except Christmas Day and bank holidays, from West Ruislip to Greenpark Way...

The team celebrates the break through in HurstA 140-tonne Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine began its journey at the London Power Tunnels (LPT) site in Hurst in July 2021. She broke through in Eltham  on 21st June 2022. This is one of four TBMs on the...

The Herrenknecht TBM is is the largest diameter tunnel boring machine to be used in the UKThe first element to be lowered down was part of the TBM shield, followed by the 250-tonne main drive of the TBM. Using a 600-tonne Liebherr crawler crane with...

Breaking throughTBM Annie broke into the shaft at Tideway’s Chambers Wharf site on Tuesday 5th April. This milestone now means that the only tunnelling work remaining on the £4.2bn Thames Tideway project is the final section of TBM Selina’s drive toward Abbey Mills Pumping Station....