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Webuild Launches Europe’s Largest Tunnel Boring Machine for Excavation of Saginara Tunnel on High-Speed Rail Line

(IN BRIEF) Webuild has begun the excavation of the Saginara Tunnel using Europe’s largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), “Partenope,” as part of the Salerno Reggio Calabria high-speed rail project. This TBM, marking a significant milestone, will work 24/7 to dig … Read the full press release

VERBUND’s Kaprun 2029 Project Reaches Major Milestone with Tunnel Boring Machine Launch

(IN BRIEF) On February 18, 2025, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for VERBUND’s Kaprun 2029 project began its 5.6-kilometre journey from the Limberg valve chamber to the surge tank beneath Maiskogel, marking a key milestone in the project’s modernization efforts. … Read the full press release

Webuild’s Largest Tunnel Boring Machine Begins Salerno-Reggio Calabria Rail Project, Pioneering New Innovations in Sustainable Infrastructure

(IN BRIEF) Webuild has received its largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in Europe to work on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria High-Speed Rail Line. The 13-meter wide machine, equipped with 18 motors and 10 Megawatts of power, will excavate tunnels for Lot … Read the full press release

VINCI Construction-led consortium awarded €320M worth contract to execute the underground works for Line B of the Rennes metro in France

Rueil-Malmaison, France, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The consortium led by Dodin Campenon Bernard (VINCI Construction) and including GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France, as well as Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie Fondations and Legendre Génie Civil, has been … Read the full press release