Costain has successfully tested a real-time digital assurance system to help improve the on-budget and on-time delivery of tunnel installations.

A consortium involving Costain and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has developed a prototype robot to make tunnel infrastructure installation more efficient and safer.

HyperTunnel has signed a deal allowing AmcoGiffen exclusive use of its breakthrough robot tunnelling construction tech in the UK rail sector.

Network Rail is using a start-up to test the use of digital twins, robotics and 3D printing to provide non-disruptive repair and maintenance of its Victorian tunnels.