The installation of the rail technology in the western bore has begun at the south portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel – between Bodio and Faido. The roughly 16 km long part-section will be...
The two-track Eierberge Tunnel with a length of 3,756 m is a part of the new line between Ebensfeld and Leipzig (with a total of 22 tunnels, altogether 41 km long accounting for 38 % of the route). It...
The worldwide unique underground fair – the IUT ’2011 – will take place from September 14 to 15, 2011 – for the 6th time – at the Hagerbach Test Gallery/VSH) near Sargans in eastern...
The control systems of the PPS GmbH, which keep tunnel boring machines on course, use robust Panel PCs from the Puchheimer Penta GmbH as hardware platforms. These are distinguished by their extremely...
The Brenner Base Tunnel was at the centre of the 2010 BrennerCongress, which took place from Feb. 25 to 27, 2010 in Innsbruck/A. More than 300 congress participants were informed about the stage...
The ADAC and its 15 partner clubs in 14 European countries undertake tunnel tests within the scope of the EuroTAP (European Tunnel Assessment Programme) [1]. Currently there is more building forging...
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Tunnels are often produced in accordance with the shotcrete construction method. Following the completion of the outer shell using a temporary support made of shotcrete generally speaking...
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...
