After excavating for more than four years, the first tube of the 7980 m long Solbakk Tunnel, currently the world`s longest subsea tunnel, was broken though at the end of 2017. The tunnel belongs to...
The population of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries is growing fast: By 2020 its population is forecast to increase by one third, to 53 million people. Accordingly, the demand for better...
With the extension of the urban railway line U5 past the main station to the west, Frankfurt’s Europaviertel quarter will gain a high-capacity link to the public transport network of the city. The...
The 17th edition of the Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC) will be held from 13 to 15 June at the Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre. The STC 2018 will take place with its tried and tested format again...
On February 20, 2018, Peter Jedelhauser (SBB) and Renzo Simoni (former CEO of AlpTransit Gotthard AG) were in Brussels to collect the 2018 European Railway Award on behalf of everyone involved in...
An important milestone for the continuous four-track east/west axis in Switzerland has been accomplished: The tunnel boring machine has finished the 2600 m long tunnel through the Eppenberg in its...
Following a resolution by the Swiss Federal Council dated October 25, 2017, the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO/ASTRA) will draw up a plan for executing the second Gotthard Road Tunnel tube, which will be...
Extreme tunneling conditions call for the most robust TBM cutting tools possible—whether that includes hard and abrasive rock, long-distance tunnels of 15 km or more, or high water pressures. Extreme...
Since the period of industrialisation, waste water in the Ruhrgebiet has been drained into the east-west River Emscher. In order to restore the natural condition of the Emscher and its tributaries,...
The new Bözberg Tunnel is part of the so-called “4-Metre Corridor” on the northern access route to the new Gotthard Base Tunnel. After the new tunnel has been completed, freight can be transported in...
Safe and simple emergency lighting in rail tunnels can be a life-saver in case of an emergency. According to the manufacturer, “handraiLIT” from Rhomberg is a long-lived pedestrian guidance system,...
The 570 m long Katzenberg Tunnel on the German Autobahn A3 near Würzburg is currently under construction by cut-and-cover with a total investment volume of about 44 million euros. The first...
Just-in-time delivery of materials and products has long been an everyday requirement in many fields of business. What this means for the working process, how much logistic work and what preparations...
In Israel, the Züblin-Jäger Joint Venture is constructing a tunnel to supply water to Jerusalem. Tunnel-boring machine (TBM) "Isabel" is chewing its way, with a tremendous din, through the mass of...
Taking the example of the Boßler Tunnel (Albaufstieg) in the Stuttgart–Ulm rail project, the measurements of surface settlements in the start-up area of the east tube were evaluated and applied to...
The „Southern Railway Link Conference“, or Südbahntagung, has been held biennially since 2009, with its venue alternating between Graz and Leoben. The 2017 conference, organised by the University of...
The French Tunnelling and Underground Space Association AFTES (L’Association Français des Tunnels et de l’Espace Souterrain) held its international congress from November 13 to 16, 2017 in the Palais...
For the third time in a row – after 2015 in Switzerland and 2016 in Singapore – the world of tunnelling celebrated itself and its achievements. The occasion was provided by the AFTES Congress on...
Since September 2017, a research centre for underground construction has been under construction at the Erzberg in Austria. The supermobile concrete batching plant Euromix 3300 from SBM is producing...
The Stockholm bypass (Förbifart Stockholm) is a new route for the European highway E4 past the Swedish capital. The new link will connect the southern and northern parts of the Stockholm county,...
