In December 2025 the team from Porr Tunnelbau reached a significant milestone in the ElbX tunnel construction project, a central component of the SuedLink expansion by transmission system operator...
Excavation work on the second tube of the Gotthard Road Tunnel has been underway since 14 February 2025. On the north side, mechanised tunnelling is progressing according to plan. The TBM has...
The STUVA Conference 2025 took place from November 25 to 27: two days with an extensive program of lectures and a well-attended exhibition, the STUVA Expo, and one day with numerous exciting...
On 7 April 2025, London celebrated a major milestone in urban infrastructure with the official opening of the Silvertown Tunnel. The 1.4-km twin-bore tunnel, which has been constructed at a cost of...
The conversion of the Rudolf Fettweis plant in Forbach into a modern pumped storage power plant is progressing rapidly. Since the beginning of 2024, Porr Tunnelbau has been modernizing the plant on...
The underground electricity highway for Berlin is taking shape: Within two years and nine months, the “Candela” tunnel boring machine reached its destination at the end of June 2025 after almost 7 km,...
The construction of the second tunnel tube through the Karawanken massif on the A 11 motorway, connecting Austria and Slovenia, is nearing completion. The contract for the renovation of the old tunnel tube has also been awarded and will start at the end of March 2026.
From 24 to 27 May 2026 The Czech Tunnelling Association will host 16th international conference “Underground Construction Prague 2026“. The conferences of this series are held regularly every three...
At the end of October 2025, German Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder and his Danish counterpart Thomas Danielsen held a joint video conference to discuss the status of construction work on...
