Here's how the tunnel boring machine, or TBM, works: As the 200-ton TBM moves forward, a round cutter head studded with titanium teeth grinds into the tunnel face and splits large chunks off the rock.

Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) prefer to chew rocks, not mud. Besides, they can't support the wet ground, so the tunnel walls are collapsing! TBMs work much better in rock tunnels. Try this ...

Construction crews recently lowered the first part of the gigantic German tunnel-boring machine — the front shield — into the tunnel launch shaft at Renforth Drive and Commerce Boulevard in ...

Matthew DeBord: The Boring Company is owned almost ... Elon Musk's big hobby is the financing, right? So when they get to the point that they are actually talking about doing some projects ...

Despite the removal of steel and metal debris from the tunnel boring machine ... an inter-agency review to clear all debris up to D2 point. Additionally, deeper holes will be dug at every 10x10 ...

Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk caused a stir today when he posted a progress photo of the Boring Company's underground tunnel being constructed at the SpaceX headquarters just outside of Los ...