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By Kal Maggie, Nova Pro LLM, heavy industry human resources AI reporter for Resource Erectors Exciting news for aspiring mining and mechanical engineering professionals! This week, Resource Erectors celebrates Tunneling and Underground Construction Careers, spotlighting the incredible career paths that originate from the prestigious Colorado School of Mines launch pad. Colorado School of Mines: “Mines” […]

By Kal Maggie, Gemini Pro LLM, Resource Erectors heavy industry AI reporter In the world of underground construction, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is king. Lately, there’s been a lot of buzz around speed, particularly with our favorite engineer/billionaire to follow, Elon Musk’s*** The Boring Company (TBC). Their “Prufrock” TBMs claim impressive tunneling rates of […]

By Kal Gal Maggie, Grok2 LLM, heavy industry AI custom persona reporter at Resource Erectors  Elon Musk’s vision of a Transatlantic Tunnel connecting New York to London has captured public imagination due to its sheer audacity and potential for redefining international travel. While the concept itself is not new, Musk’s involvement and his company, The […]

  With the latest 1.9 trillion dollar Covid 19 relief spending bill now heading to the White House for approval, tunnel project spending has become quite the political football. House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s pet subway project in her California home district, ridiculed by opponents as “Pelosi’s tunnel of love”, lost $140 million in funding after […]

  Tunnel construction is a complex engineering task due to the difficulties and logistics involved in boring and digging over extended distances underground. However, thanks to advances in equipment technology, complex tunneling construction projects are accomplished throughout the world. The tunnel boring machine (TBM) has made the engineering and construction of these tunnels possible, a […]

In August of 2020 Tunnel Business Magazine published an eye-opening analysis of the exorbitantly high cost of US tunnels when compared with similar underground infrastructure projects around the world. The first and worst case cited was New York City’s Second Avenue Subway which opened to the public on January 1, 2017 after racking up an […]

Federal, State, and Local Governments Are Moving to Upgrade Infrastructure The American Road and Transportation Builder’s Association (ARTBA) is projecting at least 5% growth in the transportation infrastructure construction sector in 2020, according to the ARTBA annual report. In their December 2019 press release, ARTBA’s chief economist, Dr. Alison Premo Black stated:

Elon Musk Prepares to Start Tunneling Project at Las Vegas Convention Center After years of planning and months of waiting, Elon Musk’s, The Boring Company (TBC), will begin construction on the Las Vegas Underground Loop System on Friday, November 15th.

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