In summer 2019 the Belgian company Tradecc, specialized in all products regarding water sealing, tunneling and concrete repair, expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of PC Tunnelinject...
A uniform microtunnelling navigation platform for all well-established navigation technologies: That is the idea behind TUnIS Navigation MT from VMT, which for the first time combines machine guidance...
In India‘s metropolis, Mumbai, a new metro line is currently under construction. It is aimed to improve traffic and rail congestion of the city. In this giant project, the Robbins Company has been...
Two jaw-crusher machines and a feeder unit, all supplied by Swiss manufacturer GIPO, are in front-line use on the Austrian side of the largest and most southerly construction sector of the new Brenner...
Microtunnelling has become more and more important in recent decades and is now indispensable, especially in urban areas. The photo shows an Iseki machine of the type TCS Unclemole Super, combined...
On 15 December 2019, the final measures for the commissioning of the Ceneri Base Tunnel were agreed at the station in Lugano by the government president of Tessin, Christian Vitta, and the head of...
He was one of the most outstanding personalities in international tunnel construction in recent decades and a true humanist. On 16 February 2020 Baurat h.c. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. mont. Georg-Michael...
On 15 January 2020, Christian Rhein, M. Sc. was awarded the InfraTech Young Talent Award 2020 for students. The prize, donated by the Institute for Underground Infrastructure (IKT) and endowed with...
Evaluation and Advancement of Safety Concepts for Railway Tunnels
It is half time for the SIKET research project on evaluation and advancement of safety concepts for railway tunnels. It has been running since September 2018, and thus it was time for an interim...
Much has been made of the difference in performance between new and rebuilt TBMs. Worldwide, a bias exists that seems to favor new machines, but is the bias warranted? The reuse of machines can, if...