Issue 04/2010

The inclined shaft for the La Muela II project has been driven by a highly mechanised drill+blast installation since April 2010. Rowa’s newly...

The Tunnelling sector at this year’s InnoTrans in Berlin displays itself as larger and even more international. The exhibition area for Tunnel...

On April 9, 2010 Ministerialrat Dipl.-Ing. Joachim Naumann, the head of the section for bridges, tunnels and other engineering structures in the...

In May 2010 the installation of the rail technical equipment was scheduled to commence in the western bore between Bodio and Faido at the Gotthard...

A high-speed tunnel such as the Gotthard Base Tunnel can only be operated providing there is a correspondingly efficient access route. The northern...

On June 16, 2009, the tunnel boring machine Gabi I passed through the final metres of rock between the Erstfeld and Amsteg part-sections with a...

The Ceneri Base Tunnel (CET) is Switzerland’s third largest rail tunnel project after the Gotthard and Lötschberg Base Tunnels. As the logical...

In June 2010 the Research Association for Underground Transportation Facilities Inc. (STUVA) celebrates its 50th birthday with a series of lectures to...

At the end of March 2010, a total of 144.8 km or 95.4 % of the altogether 151.8 km long tunnel system for the Gotthard Base Tunnel had been excavated....

Following the opening of the STUVA Conference bearing the motto “Tunnels – Key to sustainable Mobility” and the opening speech on “The new HafenCity...