In April 2026, a consortium comprising Hochtief CZ, Hochtief Infrastructure, Subterra, and BeMo Tunneling was awarded the contract for the next construction phase of Prague’s Metro Line D. Delivered...
After advancing about 3.8 km through rock that was at times extremely hard and at times brittle, the miners working on the northern section of the second tube of the Gotthard Road Tunnel reached their...
In June 2026, Hochtief has appointed Peter Hingott as Chief Executive Officer of Hochtief Infrastructure. He succeeds José Ignacio Legorburo, who has been appointed as Executive Vice President...
ElbX Tunnel Under the River ElbeAt the end of 2025, 50 per cent of the 5.2 km-long tunnel section of the ElbX Crossing has been successfully excavated by the joint venture ARGE Tunnel ElbX, (Porr...
Following the derailment of a freight train in the Gotthard Base Tunnel in August 2023, SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) examined measures to mitigate the impact in the event of an incident. In mid-May...
Construction of the Ibbenbüren mine water drainage tunnel has been underway since October 2021; the tunnel is designed to collect the mine water from the former hard coal mine for treatment. The joint...
The expansion of urban infrastructure poses a considerable challenge, particularly in densely populated areas. The extension of the U5 urban rail line will provide Frankfurt’s Europaviertel with a...
Seequent, headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand, was founded in 2003 and is a worldwide provider of geoscience software solutions. Seequent’s “Leapfrog Works” software enables dynamic 3D...
On June 11, 2026, the 11th Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day took place at the WBI Center in Weinheim, Germany. This year’s well-attended conference focused on the topics “Innovations in Tunnel...
With over 120 participants from 15 countries, the organizers of the first Herrenknecht Geotechnics Day on March 19, 2026, can look back on a very well-attended kickoff event at the Herrenknecht...
Science meets mechanical engineering, theory meets practice, and academia meets industry. And Zurich meets Schwanau. Georgios Anagnostou and Martin Herrenknecht have a good reason to meet: A joint study by ETH Zurich and Herrenknecht AG on the feasibility of a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar has been finalised and concludes that this long-cherished dream is now technically feasible. A conversation among experts.
