Issue 02/2009

Sandvik has unveiled its new tunnelling jumbo series, initially intended for selected markets in Europe, North and South America and the Far East. The...

A 3.4 km long mainline tunnel for the 4-track north-south link for long-distance and regional services was built as the core of Berlin’s central area...

In the first part of the report (tunnel 1/2009, pp. 25) it was shown that the clogging process does not solely depend on the composition of the...

Currently an approximately 4 km long tunnel is being produced to the west of the town of Emden/D, which will cross the River Ems in the direction of...

Formwork exactly geared to the construction scheme cuts down on the construction time and minimises costs. This was no different at the Solothurn...

The city of Oslo/N decided in 1983 to improve traffic along its fjord (the bay of Bjorvika) (Fig. 1). They used this opportunity to give much more...

The 4-track upgrading of the section between Mainz Central Station and Mainz-Süd belongs to the development of the Mainz-Mannheim route. After the new...

The Swiss Tunneling Society (FGU) within the Swiss Engineers and Architects Association (SIA) held its 7th congress (June 11th, 2008) in conjunction...

The 5th tunnel fair featuring “Innovation underground”/IUT ‘08 [1] (September 17th/18th, 2008) at the Hagerbach Test Gallery (VSH) close to Sargans...