IUT-Seminar

Tunnel Rehabilitation, Maintenance and Renovation – a Topic for the Future

Typical redevelopment measures in a rail tunnel (Quelle: Jordi/Chabot)
Typical redevelopment measures in a rail tunnel
(Quelle: Jordi/Chabot)
Maintenance and renovation activities for the Simplon Tunnel – 2012 till 2014 (Quelle: Jordi/Chabot)
Maintenance and renovation activities for the Simplon Tunnel – 2012 till 2014
(Quelle: Jordi/Chabot)
Tunnel-in-tunnel driving portal Quelle: Saelhoff)
Tunnel-in-tunnel driving portal
Quelle: Saelhoff)
Clearance space comparison (Quelle: Hartleitner)
Clearance space comparison
(Quelle: Hartleitner)
Power contact line with mounting assembly (Quelle: Hartleitner)
Power contact line with mounting assembly
(Quelle: Hartleitner)
Retrofitting the evacuation doors with active lighting and fields of attention (Quelle: Friebel/Heimbecher/Seeger)
Retrofitting the evacuation doors with active lighting and fields of attention
(Quelle: Friebel/Heimbecher/Seeger)
Criteria for visual perception when travelling in tunnels (Quelle: Bartenbach)
Criteria for visual perception when travelling in tunnels
(Quelle: Bartenbach)

The 6th Tunnel Fair on “Innovation Underground” (IUT ‘11) [1] (September 14/15, 2011) held in the vicinity of Sargans (some 3,000 visitors) provided a further highlight with its seminar “Tunnel Rehabilitation, Maintenance and Renovation” featuring various projects from Germany, Austria and Switzerland concentrating on rail and road.

Tunnelling Seminar

Whereas previous seminars had dealt mainly with tunnel driving methods (IUT ’02), supporting tunnels (IUT ’05) [2] and operating and transport technical equipment (IUT ’08) [3], the IUT ’11 seminar went one step further and dealt with the ever more...

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