Newsroom

Stories from beneath the surface.

Company updates and insights into the world of tunnelling — from Dhaka's coming underground era to the machines and people who make it possible.

12th June 2026

Preparing for Dhaka's underground era

Why the next phase of the Dhaka Metro will be built beneath the city — and how Zen Tunnel Engineering is assembling the crews and expertise for it.

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3rd March 2026

Pursuing Singapore's Cross Island Line packages

Together with our affiliates, we are tendering for CR105, CR110, CR116 and CR117 — bringing our crews back to the geology we know best.

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18th November 2025

Affiliation with Yu Sin Engineering and Pro TBM

Two long-standing names in Singapore's tunnel industry join forces with Zen Tunnel Engineering for current and future contracts.

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9th August 2025

Why experienced TBM crews decide the schedule

A tunnel boring machine is only as fast as the people around it. What twenty years at the face teaches you about ring cycles and downtime.

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21st May 2025

Inside a cutterhead intervention

Replacing disc cutters metres below the water table is one of tunnelling's most demanding tasks. How disciplined planning keeps crews safe.

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14th February 2025

From Japan to Dhaka: three careers, one company

The story of how a Japanese tunnelling veteran and two Bangladeshi TBM specialists — colleagues across a dozen projects — founded Zen Tunnel Engineering.

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