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Former MBCC Group CTO Sven Asmus joins hyperTunnel

14th December 2021 By Louise

Senior strategic appointment will help hyperTunnel develop a new generation of more sustainable underground chemistry for its 3D-printed tunnels. hyperTunnel has appointed renowned construction chemicals expert, Sven Asmus, as Director of Chemistry & Materials Development, effective January 2022. Sven was formerly Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at MBCC Group. He worked in this business, previously owned […]

Leonard picks hyperTunnel for innovator catalyst programme

20th January 2022 By Louise

New underground construction specialist hyperTunnel has been selected to join a global acceleration and support programme run by Leonard, the foresight and innovation platform of the VINCI Group. hyperTunnel is one of 44 start-ups chosen to participate in Leonard’s acceleration programme in 2022 and one of just 10 in the Catalyst cohort, which is designed […]

Sven Asmus, ehemaliger CTO der MBCC-Gruppe, wechselt zu einem revolutionären Start-up im Tunnelbau

24th January 2022 By propel-admin

Die strategische Besetzung der hochrangigen Position soll das britische Unternehmen hyperTunnel bei der Entwicklung einer neuen Generation nachhaltiger Bauchemie für seine Tunnelwände aus dem 3D-Drucker unterstützen. Basingstoke, Großbritannien, XX. Januar 2022 – Der Tunnelbau- und Untertagebauspezialist hyperTunnel hat Sven Asmus ab Januar 2022 zum Direktor für Chemie und Materialentwicklung ernannt. Der gebürtige Belgier Sven Asmus […]

Mayor visits trailblazing Basingstoke business

6th April 2022 By Louise

The Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane, Onnalee Cubitt, last week visited a local business that is transforming the way tunnels are built and maintained. Headquartered at Basing View, hyperTunnel was recently named as one of the top 50 construction-technology startups in the world. It has developed a high-tech system that uses swarms of robots to […]

hyperTunnel’s growth backed by VINCI investment

13th June 2022 By propel-admin

BASINGSTOKE, 13 JUNE 2022 – hyperTunnel, the British underground construction innovator, has received a financial investment from VINCI, a global leader in concessions, energy and construction businesses. The funds will be used for business expansion and to further develop and test hyperTunnel’s revolutionary construction method in practical situations. The deal further strengthens hyperTunnel’s connections with […]

hyperTunnel to debut at the World Tunnelling Congress and return to BTS

2nd August 2022 By Louise

BASINGSTOKE, AUGUST 2nd 2022 – British underground construction innovator hyperTunnel will exhibit for the first time at the World Tunnelling Congress (WTC), 2-8 September 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark and return to the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) Conference & Exhibition in London on 11-12 October, after formally launching its method to transform underground construction at the […]

hyperTunnel reveals the world’s first underground structure built entirely by robots

19th October 2022 By propel-admin

British start-up’s ‘Peak XV’ tunnel demonstrates the potential of a radical new construction method to transform urban planning – by building underground infrastructure faster, more affordably and more sustainably than current techniques. London, October 19th 2022 – hyperTunnel, the British technology company innovating underground construction, has revealed the world’s first entirely robot-constructed underground structure, built […]

University of Birmingham and hyperTunnel collaborate to change the way tunnels are built

19th December 2022 By propel-admin

Edgbaston – December 19th 2022 – hyperTunnel, a British technology company innovating underground construction, and the University of Birmingham have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to progress completely new methods of underground construction, enlargement, monitoring and repair. New automated construction methods being developed by hyperTunnel are designed to benefit the construction […]

GCRE backs innovative hyperTunnel underpass project

9th March 2023 By propel-admin

A project to build an underpass, trialling advanced technology from underground construction innovators, hyperTunnel, has been awarded funding from the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in Wales. The £25,000 grant will be used to carry out a feasibility study into building an underpass at GCRE using hyperTunnel’s approach which is 10 times faster and […]

hyperTunnel and AmcoGiffen sign UK exclusive distributor agreement

6th November 2023 By propel-admin

BARNSLEY, South Yorkshire – October 10th 2023 – hyperTunnel, a technology company innovating underground construction methods, has signed an exclusive distributor agreement (EDA) with AmcoGiffen for the application of its technologies and systems in the UK rail sector. Under the EDA, AmcoGiffen will have exclusive rights to use hyperTunnel technology – including digital twins, […]