Nachrichten | News Denmark

Fehmarnbelt Tunnel: Special Vessel IVY Undergoes Final Tests

The special vessel that will be used to lower the tunnel segments for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is currently undergoing final tests at the working harbour near Rødbyhavn ahead of certification by the Danish Maritime Authority. To this end, the construction consortium Femern Link Contractors (FLC) connected a completed tunnel element to the immersion pontoons IVY 1 and IVY 2 for the first time in March 2026.

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Baumanagement | Construction Management Integrated Project Delivery – Part 1

Partnership-Based Project Delivery in Tunnel Construction

Conventional project delivery models with unit or lump sum remuneration regularly reach their limits, especially in large-scale projects. There are many reasons for this. Integrated Project Delivery...

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Panama

XXL TBM Crosses Under the Panama Canal

Since September 2024, a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been excavating a metro tunnel under the Panama Canal. On February 2, 2026, the construction consortium HPH reached an important...

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Fachtagungen | Conferences Germany | Deutschland

Successful 2nd Cologne Tunnel Construction Day

On 4 March 2026, the 2nd Cologne Tunnel Construction Day took place at Cologne University of Applied Sciences. Around 160 participants attended the German-language event, which featured 11 specialist...

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STUVA-Nachrichten | STUVA News CO 2 Optimisation | CO 2 -Optimierung

BASt Research Project “EINFACH” Launched

In January 2026, the new collaborative research project EINFACH (German acronym for „Single-shell tunnel construction using CO2-optimised fibre-reinforced sprayed concretes – rethinking tunnel shells...

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Nachrichten | News Germany

11th Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day on 11 June 2026 in Weinheim

On 11 June 2026, the 11th Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day will take place at the WBI Center in Weinheim (Germany). The conference will be organized by WBI GmbH, sponsored by the German Railway (DB InfraGO AG) and supported by the German Engineering Association (Württembergischer Ingenieurverein, Arbeitskreis Bautechnik).

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