Issue 04/2011

In autumn 2011 STUVA and tunnel are jointly embarking on a new series of events captioned the “German tunnel-Forum”. We are pursuing the aim of...

The international fair for underground construction and tunnelling – the IUT ‘11 – from September 14 to 15, 2011 at the Hagerbach Test Gallery (VSH) –...

The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) project engineers working on the new Lower Inn Valley line awarded themselves an early Christmas present in late...

In early March 2011, a 6.2 m (20.3 ft) diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM crossed the finish line in Sochi, Russia. The machine completed a 4.5 km...

Something that began ceremoniously at the EXPO World Fair in Shanghai in summer 2010 is to find a glorious conclusion on the Jungfraujoch on August 1,...

The capacity of the pump storage plant Vianden in Luxembourg is to be increased. Part of the structures to be built is a vertical pressure shaft that...

The main headings of the Ceneri Base Tunnel are conventionally carried out starting from the intermediate access Sigirino. The owner and the joint...

More frequent, faster, more direct and even more comfortable: the flat trajectory railway through the Alps will provide better connections on the...

The construction work for the NEAT Gotthard Axis is on schedule. On March 23, 2011 the second main breakthrough for the Gotthard Base Tunnel was...

After the Gotthard Base Tunnel and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel, the Ceneri Base Tunnel is the third biggest construction project undertaken by the...

Parallel to the “Viatec” trade fair the BrennerCongress from March 17 to 18, 2011 took place in Bolzano for the first time. The wide range of topics...

Commissioned by: AlpTransit Gotthard AG, Lucerne 2010: 268 pp (23.5 x 30 cm) with 280 Ills. /Tab.; ISBN 978-3-7272-1211-6. Bound. CHF 59.90. Stämpfi...

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