Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) prefer to chew rocks, not mud. Besides, they can't support the wet ground, so the tunnel walls are collapsing! TBMs work much better in rock tunnels. Try this ...
The tunnel boring machine named Florence had been making slow ... "[On Monday] the contractor commenced work using high-pressure water jets to remove the rock impinging on TBM Florence's shield.
The Metropolitan Water District has a new tunnel boring machine, her name is Rachel Carson. It's the name chosen by Moreno Valley third grader, Jessica Wang. "The name I choose for the new tunnel ...
The Jianghan Ping’an Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) began operations earlier this month on January 5th, on what might not only be China's most ambitious water infrastructure project ever but ...
CAPE CHARLES, Va. (WAVY) — The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at the Thimble Shoal Channel at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Monday, the CBBT ...