{"id":107131,"date":"2022-03-08T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=107131"},"modified":"2022-03-08T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:05:45","slug":"largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/","title":{"rendered":"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uTSLJJ4FtoQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<h2>The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London<\/h2>\n<p>The TBM measures 11.91m in diameter, the equivalent of almost three double decker buses, which compares to 7.1m for the TBM used on the Crossrail project and 8.85m for the Thames Tideway scheme. The TBM is also around 82m long and weighs 1,800 tonnes &#8211; 1,200 tonnes of which being its enormous shield.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/tfl-silvertown-tunnel\/68072\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Silvertown Tunnel project<\/a> will create a 1.4km twin lane road tunnel running beneath the Thames. It is being delivered by the Riverlinux Construction Joint Venture, comprising BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and SK Ecoplant, on behalf of Transport for London.<\/p>\n<p>The Silvertown Tunnel TBM will set off from the Silverton launch chamber, which is currently being excavated, before being rotated and relaunched from the Greenwich Peninsula to excavate a second tunnel, completing a total drive of 2,244m.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to turn the TBM around is a key feature of its bespoke design, which also incorporates the need to navigate stiff clay layers and boulders in this part of London.<\/p>\n<p>When finished, the TBM will have excavated nearly 600,000 tonnes of material to form the tunnel.<\/p>\n<h3>Reduce congestion and toxic air pollution at the Blackwall Tunnel<\/h3>\n<p>Helen Wright, head of the Silvertown Tunnel programme at <a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TfL<\/a>, said: &#8220;This a big moment for the Silvertown Tunnel project, which will reduce congestion and toxic air pollution at the Blackwall Tunnel and allow for more bus routes to cross the river at this location. Everyone working on the project looks forward to this impressive machine starting tunnelling in Spring 2022, so we can remain on course to have this vital new river crossing open in 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,85860,172727,579,947,806,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-107131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-construction-video","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-infrastructure","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-road-improvements","13":"tag-transport","14":"post_format-post-format-video"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-08T11:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-08T11:05:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/maxresdefault-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steph Carpenter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steph Carpenter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/dd16f5e0e89ad310c0ff814f9325eb65\"},\"headline\":\"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-08T11:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-08T11:05:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/\"},\"wordCount\":296,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Construction Processes\",\"Construction Video\",\"Featured\",\"Infrastructure\",\"London\",\"Road Improvements\",\"Transport\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Planning &amp; Construction News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/\",\"name\":\"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-08T11:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-08T11:05:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/dd16f5e0e89ad310c0ff814f9325eb65\",\"name\":\"Steph Carpenter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97a073c56b415b32c4d1d8ee9ef9a0ce42224c6532ccc712f228b71f15b4e650?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97a073c56b415b32c4d1d8ee9ef9a0ce42224c6532ccc712f228b71f15b4e650?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steph Carpenter\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/stephhazlegreaves\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel","description":"The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel","og_description":"The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2022-03-08T11:00:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-08T11:05:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/maxresdefault-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steph Carpenter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/"},"author":{"name":"Steph Carpenter","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/dd16f5e0e89ad310c0ff814f9325eb65"},"headline":"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel","datePublished":"2022-03-08T11:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-08T11:05:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/"},"wordCount":296,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Construction Processes","Construction Video","Featured","Infrastructure","London","Road Improvements","Transport"],"articleSection":["Planning &amp; Construction News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/","name":"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-03-08T11:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-08T11:05:45+00:00","description":"The UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has passed its factory acceptance test and started its journey to the Silvertown Tunnel project in London","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/largest-tunnel-boring-machine-silvertown-tunnel\/107131\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[Video] UK\u2019s largest Tunnel Boring Machine heads to Silvertown Tunnel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/dd16f5e0e89ad310c0ff814f9325eb65","name":"Steph Carpenter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97a073c56b415b32c4d1d8ee9ef9a0ce42224c6532ccc712f228b71f15b4e650?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97a073c56b415b32c4d1d8ee9ef9a0ce42224c6532ccc712f228b71f15b4e650?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steph Carpenter"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/stephhazlegreaves\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-23 00:32:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107131"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=107131"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=107131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}