Tag Archive: The Robbins Company

Robbins TBM
Trenchless Technology Game Changers: Robbins

Over 25 Years of Robbins SBUs Robbins Small Boring Units (SBUs) first came on the scene in 1996 when they were used to s...

The Robbins Company SHEPP
Robbins Brand Acquired by Global TBM Company

Underground construction industry veteran Lok Home recently established the Global TBM Co., and on Feb. 8, announced the...

The Robbins Company SHEPP
Making the Grade: Small Diameter Tunneling at Steep Gradients for...

As infrastructure spending on water tunnels and hydro projects increases, so too will use of mechanized boring technolog...

montreal
Digging Montreal: A Renewed Focus on Upgrading Aging Utilities Has...

As one of Canada’s oldest cities, Montreal is looking to get an underground upgrade. In 2018 alone, the City of Mo...

Midwest Mole
Small but Mighty: Midwest Mole Installs 520-ft Sanitary Sewer Line...

In scenic Bloomington, Indiana, contractor Midwest Mole put its 36-in. Robbins Small Boring Unit (SBU) to work. The mach...

new technologies
Ahead of the Curve: A Look at the Growth of...

In the 1990s, microtunneling was in its infancy in Canada and the projects had mixed results, leading owners and enginee...

Tunnelling Through a Subterranean Valley
Tunnelling Through an Undocumented Subterranean Valley

The West Trunk sewer twinning project consists of approximately 9.34 km of ∅3.023 m rock tunnel located up to 52 m...

Robbins SBU 2017
20 Years Later: Looking Back at the Development of the...

  Much has been written about Small Boring Units — rock cutting attachments that work with auger boring machi...

Case Boring Corp Robbins SBU-RC
Navigating Under New York With a Remote Controlled SBU

  Case Boring Corp. Uses Remotely Controlled Rock Boring Machine with Pinpoint Precision In the suburbs of Buffalo,...

Baltimore Borer: Contractor Bradshaw Tackles Tough Rock

Maryland-based contractor Bradshaw Construction Corp. had a complex recipe on its hands: a series of four tunnels u...

Compact Tunnel Boring Machines Are Major Players in North America

This article is a Q&A based on an interview with Tom Fuerst, Utility Tunneling Manager for The Robbins Company, base...