On 13 June 2024, the 9th 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...
On behalf of Wiener Linien, the operator of the Vienna subway, a joint venture between Strabag and Porr is building the extension of subway line 2 from Vienna City Hall to the south. The Austrian...
The Swedish Transport Authority has awarded Implenia the contract for planning and building the Ersmark Tunnel in northern Sweden. The project comprises a 1.6 km long tunnel between Fäboberget and...
Production of the tunnel elements for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be in full swing at the 150-hectare tunnel element factory in Rødbyhavn in 2024. Elements are being concreted on all production lines...
On March 1, 2024, the World Tunnel Congress 2025 has stared the Call for Papers for its upcoming congress to be held in Stockholm from 9 to 15 May, 2025. The WTC 2025 is themed “Tunnelling Into a Sustainable Future”.
For more than 45 years the STUVA has carried out a survey of tunnelling in Germany. Annually collected from clients, construction companies and designers are regularly published in consolidated form....
The German family-owned company Webac-Chemie GmbH has been active in the construction chemicals industry worldwide for more than 40 years. Webac develops, produces and distributes high-quality...
A total of six tunnels along the Lahntal railway line from Wetzlar to Koblenz are being renovated and modernised on behalf of Deutsche Bahn. After just under a year of preparation, tunnelling work...
Risk management should ensure that the project objectives are achieved. Adequate risk management also supports the decision-making process as to which contract model is suitable for the specifics of...
Interview with Emil Nathanson, Innovation Manager at Herrenknecht AGMr. Nathanson, can you give us more details about the development process? How did you get to this idea and to its...
Directional steering of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is a critical process involving the minimization of horizontal and vertical deviations from a designed tunnel alignment. Traditionally, TBM...
Fabian Rauch is the winner of the “Young Forum” presentation competition at the STUVA Conference 2023. The winner of the Young Forum received the winner‘s certificate from Prof. Martin Ziegler for his...
At the STUVA Conference 2023 in Munich, Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Ehrbar was awarded the prestigious STUVA Prize. In recognition and appreciation of his services to tunnelling, Heinz Ehrbar received this...
One thing was already clear during the preparations: the conference in Munich is definitely something very special. After all, the second ever STUVA Conference was held here in the Bavarian capital...
The SMT Scharf Group is the global technology leader for derailment-proof monorails and floor mounted Duorail-vehicles in underground mining and tunnelling. Our portfolio expansions and organic growth...
Together with its associated companies, F. Willich is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction chemicals and chemical products.Since 1882, the company, now in its 5th generation, has...
ZOLLERN offers main drives, screw drives, and erector drives for hard rock TBMs, earth pressure balance (EPB), micro TBMs and multi-mode TBMs up to 400 kW.30% more compact designTorques up to 3 000...
The World Tunnel Congress 2024 is right around the corner: It is going to be held from 19 to 25 April at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, in Shenzhen, China. The congress will encompass...
