Shotcrete is a high-performance product, which is placed through spraying at high speed and compacted by the impact: By adding shotcrete accelerator (accelerator) at the nozzle the shotcrete sets...
At the latest since the terrible fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel in 1999 resulting in 39 dead and the Tauern Tunnel fire in the same year with 12 fatalities the topic “removing smoke from tunnels”...
Friedrich Krüger
turns 65
The head of the group for environmental protection, noise and oscillation technology at the STUVA Inc., Dr.-Ing. Friedrich Krüger (Photo) celebrated his 65th birthday at...
On the occasion of the 2009 STUVA Conference the Hilti Deutschland GmbH presented a new multiple drilling system to the public for producing drill holes for anchors and subsequent reinforcement...
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 celebrate its 50th anniversary. With this...
In the End of May 2010, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, along with local authorities and contractor ICA, gathered together to watch the breakthrough of a giant. Those on hand witnessed the...
STUVA’s Beginnings and the Karl Schmitz-Scholl Plan
Towards the end of the 1950s various things occurred at different places, which were to culminate in what became known as the STUVA in June 1960:...
In the historic city of Xian famous for the Terracotta Army the 26.4 km long Metro Line 1 is under construction. It runs from north to south through the centre of the city. In contract section 12 two...
Again in 2010 BASF invites to participate at the TBM Conference, this year from October 28th to 29th, in London. The Conference stands under the impression of the CrossRail project in Great Britain....
The Channel Tunnel, which began operating in 1994, is some 50 km long and forms the rail link beneath the English Channel between Calais in France and Folkestone in England. Up to 450 trains per day...
