The restrictions on public events due to the coronavirus have affected numerous conferences in the tunnelling sector, which have been cancelled or postponed. The first to react were the organizers of...
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...
In September 2019, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and German Railways (DB) commissioned an in-depth feasibility study for a long-distance tunnel beneath Frankfurt am Main Central Station....
A Hochtief joint venture has been awarded with a 460 million euros contract to deliver the second phase of the London Power Tunnels (LPT2) project.A 32.5 Kilometres Tunnel for the Energy Supply of...
In January 2020, TBM manufacturer Terratec joined workers and officials in celebrating the breakthrough of the 6.39 m diameter S70 EPB machine by contractor Italian-Thai Development PCL (ITD) on one...
In 2018 four organizations of both Belgium and the Netherlands hosted the first European conference on tunnel renovations. After the success of this conference with over 350 visitors and the...
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...
Within the framework of the Stuttgart 21 project, the tunnelling work for the approximately 17 km of tunnels in anhydrite has been successfully completed. The present article is intended to provide a...
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...
The STUVA Research Association for Tunnels and Transportation Facilities in Germany has carried out a study commissioned by and with the assistance of James Hardie Europe GmbH into the use of fire...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
