Protective Objectives and Fire-Scenarios
Fire-safety in tunnels has always posed special challenges to planners and tunnel operators. Depending on the length of the tunnel section, it is, as in so...
A time horizon extending from 2020 to 2025 is planned for this work, which will include, on the one hand, refurbishing and structural renewal and, on the other hand, provisions to assure conformity...
Amendments and modifications to DIN 1045 Parts 1/3 and DIN EN 206-1, Guideline of the German Steel Reinforced Con-crete Committee (DAfStb), March 2010 edition, 47 pages, A4, with 23...
The fourth TBM Conference organised by MEYCO Global Underground Construction and tailored specifically to the needs of tunnel-boring machines returned, following the extremely successful event held in...
Europe’s largest artificial lake landscape and a new tourist region are being created where formerly excavators won brown coal by opencast mining: the Lausitz Lake District. Ten lakes in its core...
Safe fire protection is essential in underground transportation facilities. Underground railway tunnels require a balanced concept of technical measures for fire protection on account of the...
1 Introduction
Through the gap closure between the Essen-East junction (A40) and the Essen-North hub (A42), which is at the pre-planning stage, a new continuous north-south link is to be established...
The entry of the central and east European states to the European Union (EU) has expanded their opportunities for financing public transport infrastructure. The co-financing of such projects with EU...
1 Basic concept
The Brenner Base Tunnel is a nearly horizontal rail tunnel with 2 parallel tubes. The tunnel runs for 55 km between the railway stations of Innsbruck and Fortezza and is connected...
The 11th International Conference on Underground Construction Prague 2010 was held in the modern hotel Clarion in the capital of the Czech Republic from 14th to 16th June 2010. The conference...
