hyperTunnel Limited
hyperTunnel is an underground construction technology company that is working with the industry to completely change the way underground spaces are built, maintained, enlarged and monitored. Its highly innovative, patented approach greatly reduces the costs, risks and environmental impacts of construction and enables tunnelling projects to be carried out far more quickly, safely and with less project risk than existing methods. This will allow global demand for increased, yet more sustainable transportation solutions, to be met. The company aims to have a significant impact on the ambitious net zero targets within the construction industry.
hyperTunnel’s core concept involves 3D-printing tunnels into the ground and then excavating the spoil. Using a swarm of small robots, work is carried out not just at the face, but throughout the entire tunnel or underground space simultaneously, greatly reducing project timescales. This approach is enabled by the application of technologies proven in other industries, including digital underground surveying, digital twinning, machine learning, 3D printing or additive manufacturing, robotics and swarm construction techniques, all supported by AI and VR.
