Issue 05/2010

The Project Mexico City Metro Line 12 is a challenging tunnel in difficult geology below downtown areas of the Mexican Capitol. It is the first new...

District heating has been selected as a source of heat in the Danish capital Copenhagen. A 4.1 km long district-heating tunnel was built, for which a...

In June 2010 the Research Association for Underground Transportation Facilities (STUVA) celebrated its 50th  birthday [8]*. The following authentic...

Fire protection, especially in tunnelling, is written with capital letters. There are of course various methods of attaining proper fire protection....

Around 950 tunnellers from all over the world assembled in Vancouver/Canada from May 14 to 20, 2010. The occasion was the 36th Annual Meeting of the...

STUVA turns 50 “Past meets Future” was the theme from June 17 to 18, 2010 in Düsseldorf’s Tonhalle. The STUVA held a special con- ference there to...

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