Winners of the seven categories of the 10th Anniversary series of the ITA Tunnelling Awards were announced and the Brunel Trophies presented at the Awards gala celebrations in Genoa, Italy.These...
On November 5, 2024, the German Association of Transport Sciences (DVWG) honoured Martin Herrenknecht with the Innovation Award of the German Mobility Industry in the Personality category. The award...
Between Diez and Fachingen, Porr is upgrading the 426 m long, double-track Fachingen Tunnel, which dates back to the 19th century. On behalf of Deutsche Bahn, Porr is working in a consortium with...
On 22 May 2025, the 10th 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 (Arbeitskreis Bautechnik of the Württembergische Ingenieurverein).
After an international search, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) has appointed Helen Roth as its new Executive Director to steer the ITA’s vital work and its...
STUVA has been keeping statistics on tunnelling in Germany for more than 45 years. Based on an annual survey of clients, construction companies and designers, the data is regularly published in consolidated form. The motivation for this was and is a corresponding suggestion by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association [1].
In 2021 the Västlänken project (West Link), a railway tunnel underneath the city centre of Gothenburg, has been presented in tunnel-issue 06/2021. Three years later, several sections of the tunnel structure have been handed over for fitting out and track laying, while other parts of the tunnel are in full production process. This article gives an update on the project status and focuses on selected technical solutions, such as concrete columns supporting large rock caverns and one of the first NATM-drives in Sweden.
The work of the joint venture ARGE Tunnel Hauptbahnhof (ATH) is progressing. The launch shaft for the tunnel boring machines in front of Donnersberg Bridge was completed in summer 2024, work on the RS 3 rescue shaft is in full swing and level E-4 at the main station is being excavated since October 2024
The Elleringhausen railway tunnel, which is more than 150 years old, is being extensively renovated. In order to install a new inner shell, concrete cable ducts had to be removed at the base of the...
The latest superloader from Swiss manufacturer ITC SA, type ITC 315SL, has recently completed its work on the Stockholm metro. The Kungsträdgården project carried out by OHLA for the Stockholm region comprises the construction of two single-track tunnels, a service tunnel and cross-passages; the total length of tunnels is around 4500 m. Find out more in the report in tunnel 1/2025.
In mid-October 2024, SBM Mineral Processing unveiled the new SBM Euromix 1600 Nova mobile concrete mixing plant at its headquarters in Oberweis, Upper Austria. With a production capacity of up to 80...
With more than 230 participants, the fifth Forum on Injection Technology took place in Cologne‘s Maternushaus at the beginning of November 2024. This exceeded the high number of visitors from 2022....
On 7 September 2024, around 15 STUVA-YEPs and 10 speakers travelled to Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the workshop “Smart Tunnels – The Future” and the Kramer Tunnel construction site excursion. As usual,...
