A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm",[not verified in body] is a machine used to excavate tunnels. TBMs are an alternative...

5 m) tunnel boring machine built specifically for the Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel project...

first boring machine used by TBC was Godot, a conventional tunnel boring machine (TBM) made by Lovat. TBC then designed their own line of machines called...

The Boring Company in late 2018. The single-bore tunnel was constructed during 2017 and 2018 using a 14-foot (4.2 m) diameter tunnel boring machine, giving...

agreed to a deep-bore tunnel. Construction began in July 2013 using "Bertha", at the time the world's largest-diameter tunnel boring machine. After several...

Boring machine may refer to: Boring machine (carpentry) A machine for boring (manufacturing) holes Tunnel boring machine A machine that is not very exciting...

2013), Chapter 7: Tunnel-boring machines: History of tunnel-boring machine. Hunt, Donald (1994). The Tunnel: The Story of the Channel Tunnel, 1802-1994. Images...

Large Tunnel Boring Machines Started Operation". www.obayashi.co.jp. Retrieved 10 May 2017. "Meet Alice, Auckland's own giant tunneling machine | NZ Transport...

double-tracked along its entire length, with tracks in parallel tubes bored by tunnel boring machines, and central island platforms at all stations. North of 96th...

shotcrete used in the new Austrian tunnelling method, use of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) or tunnelling shield. But still tunnels are constructed which are secured...

The Martina tunnel boring machine (officially named as the S-574.) is a hard rock tunnel boring machine built by Herrenknecht AG. It is the largest hard...

Herrenknecht AG is a German company that manufactures tunnel boring machines (TBMs). Headquartered in Allmannsweier, Schwanau, Baden-Württemberg, it is...

the launch pit before tunnel boring began on July 30—setting a record for the world's largest tunnel boring machine. Tunnel boring was halted at 1,028 feet...

and stored.: 140  The site was reclassified as the Central Subway Tunnel Boring Machine Extraction Site Special Use District in 2013 by the San Francisco...

The Beck tunnel boring machine (alternately Big Becky) was the largest tunnel boring machine in the world, when it was operated by Ontario Power Generation...

of soil to be removed by the tunnel boring machine (TBM) is 500,000 cubic yards (380,000 m3). Concrete sections: The tunnel will consist of approximately...

workface into overlapping portions that each worker could excavate. A tunnel boring machine (TBM) consists of a shield (a large metal cylinder) and trailing...

began in May 2010. The tunnel boring machine began work in November 2011 and completed the second tunnel in May 2013. The tunnel was opened to traffic...

first tunnel boring machine began to be assembled in North Melbourne in June 2019. In February 2020, TBM Joan completed the first section of the tunnel from...

the world's largest tunnel boring machine launched in June 2015 by Herrenknecht in Germany. The TBM was used to drill a 5 km tunnel connecting Tuen Mun...

Street and Shenfield. 21 km (13 miles) of twin-bore tunnels were constructed by tunnel boring machines (TBM), each with an internal diameter of 6.2 m...

one of the six tunnel boring machines in an acceptance test ceremony through a video conference. The first of 25 tunnel boring machines that will be used...

such machines has declined with the advent of the real-world tunnel boring machines, which demonstrate the reality of the boring task. Tunnel boring machine...

driving the tunneling machine, so they have to be remotely operated. Microtunnel boring machines (MTBM) are similar to larger tunnel boring machines (TBMs)...

authorisation to extend the tunnel; however, the case was dismissed on all grounds on 20 May 2025. The two Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines (TBMs) used to construct...

in the world. It was constructed between 2008 and 2019 using a tunnel boring machine. Serving a population of 20 million, it runs from Mexico City to...

Retrieved February 12, 2017. Today Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) Dennis and Lea, boring the western segment tunnels, arrived at Yonge Street having travelled...

factions expressing their criticism over the tunnel decision. Boring of the tunnel by the tunnel boring machine "Bertha" began on July 30, 2013, with the...

2010, the tunnel boring machine reached the church underground under the location of the building's principal façade. Service through the tunnel was inaugurated...

by the end of 2028. The project is using three tunnel boring machines to dig tunnels. One of the machines, called Florence, was stuck for 19 months after...