The Boring Company

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The Boring Company

The Boring Company

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Beat the snail

boringcompany.comIngressou em abril de 2026
Using TBC tunnels to transport freight. The latest Prufrock Liner Truck (using Tesla Model 3 batteries and drive units) has been modified to carry a standard 20’ shipping container. Fits like a glove!
TBC hosted the Las Vegas Metro Police SWAT teams, training/drilling with their advanced capabilities/equipment throughout the @vegasloop system. Thank you to LVMPD SWAT for being great partners and keeping our local community safe!
Prufrock-5 arrives at Morgan’s Inclusion Campus in San Antonio! The 900,000 lb TBM will construct a 0.8-mile tunnel to provide safe, weatherproof and convenient transportation for people of all abilities to move throughout the campus. Work is expected to begin following final…
Friday night tunneling in Nashville! Prufrock-MB2 is boring through the Music City limestone using 1,000,000+ lb of axial thrust, and 4,000,000+ lb of lateral gripping force.
Drone footage of Prufrock-MB1 and Prufrock-MB2 tunneling simultaneously in Nashville. The 10,000+ psi limestone is transported from each boring machine via a continuous conveyor belt, completing its journey to the rock pit via the 2 vertically stacked side belts seen below.
Thank you to @ClarkCountyNV for approving an additional 19 Vegas Loop stations - Vegas Loop is now entitled for 123 stations! Because Loop is point-to-point with no intermediate stops, in the limit, one could have a Loop station in every driveway!
Prufrock builds tunnel rings fully autonomously. Six concrete segments (~3,750 lb each), are lifted, translated and placed into final position. That's the weight of a Tesla Model 3, placed with millimeter precision in < 1 minute, monitored remotely from the Global OCC in Tex…
Introducing Vertical Cassette 7 (VC7), our latest generation of continuous conveyor which transports muck/rock from the TBM to the surface. - Height: 37 ft - Weight: ~220,000 lb - Max muck conveyance rate: 990 tons/hour (w/ 50% loaded belt) - Max supported TBM advance rate: 4 mi…
Introducing Liner Truck 3 — our latest fully electric tunnel vehicle. - Tesla Model 3 battery and drive units - Transports 22,000+ lb of concrete segments to the boring machine - 28 miles of range - 12 mph max operating speed - Remotely piloted from Global OCC in Texas, with ea…
Precast concrete operation at TBC Dubai. The first phase of Dubai Loop will utilize ~25,000 segments, each weighing ~4,000 pounds. Total tunnel weight: ~100 million pounds!
TBC is hiring exceptional mechanical, electrical, civil, software, and field engineers in Bastrop, Las Vegas and Nashville. Apply for the July 1 Boring Factory video tour, and hear directly from the engineers who are designing/building Prufrock and trying to Beat The Snail! www.gem.com/form
Today, the Clark County Fire Department and The Boring Company Tunnel Rescue Team completed a rigorous hands-on technical rescue exercise inside a Vegas Loop tunnel. These joint trainings help ensure first responders are prepared, coordinated, and ready to respond in any scenar…
Prufrock-MB2 is ready to mine in Nashville! MB2 commissioning is complete, including the brief 11 rpm rotation shown here. Will MB2 catch up to MB1, who had quite the head start? And Prufrock-MB3 ships in August!
The view of the rock directly in front of Prufrock-MB1 in Nashville. This shot is only possible when Prufrock-MB1 “shifts into reverse” and backs up from the rock face, allowing detailed inspection of the cutterhead.
Transporting Prufrock-2 across Las Vegas! This TBM section weighs ~465,000 lb and The Monster (beneath the TBM) weighs ~140,000 lb. Prufrock-2 will next re-launch directly off The Monster to build its 5th tunnel.
TBC is excited to announce the first residential Music City Loop station agreement, serving those living at the beautiful Prime, Alcove, and Paramount towers in downtown Nashville. Residents will take an elevator directly to a Loop station within the building, board a Tesla, an…