2015 STUVA Conference:Record Participation at the Industry’s Meeting

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1) Packed house for the 2015 STUVA Conference in Dortmund with more than 1800 conference participants: there were few empty seats for the opening
addresses on early Tuesday morning |

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2) No language barriers: all German papers are presented with a simultaneous translation in English and vice versa |

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3) Dr. Mario Sommerhäuser, Emschergenossenschaft: the Emscher reconstruction scheme signifies basic realignment for water resources management |

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4) Prof. Dirk Rompf of the DB Netz AG board: 47 billion euros for investments, replacements and maintenance from 2016 to 2020 |

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5) Brian Fulcher discussed the New York Second Avenue Subway |

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6) Screen with format: the giant twin projection provided impressive presentations as well as a good view even from the seats at the rear. The photo shows
Dr.-Ing. Bertram Ostermeier with his lecture on the Danzig Slowacki Tunnel |

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7) The new tunnel operation segment was well attended. The photo shows Undersecretary Karl Goj from the Supreme Building Authority in the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior |

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8) Numerous visitors even outside the conference breaks: the STUVA Expo was well attended during both days |

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9) Enough time and space for talking shop: The STUVA-Expo |

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10) Dinner is served: more than 1300 guests attended the gala evening in Westfalenhalle 1 |

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11) The “aerial dance theatre” in action |

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12) Busy till the wee small hours: the Kellerbarn |

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13) Gary English from the Seattle Fire Department (USA) presenting his paper on real fire incidents in the block of topics devoted to “Personal Security” |

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14) Group of participants at the excursion on upgrading the light rail system station beneath Dortmund Central Station |

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15) See you again in 2017! The next STUVA Conference will be held in Stuttgart |

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16) STUVA board chairman Prof. Martin Ziegler (on far left) and STUVA CEO Dr.-Ing. Roland Leucker (far right) celebrated the award with the Wehrhahn Line winning team (from left): Dipl.-Geol. Ingo Pähler, department manager, Office for Traffic Management, Düsseldorf; Dipl.-Ing. Gerd Wittkötter, project manager Wehrhahn Line; Dipl.-Ing. Andrea Blome, office manager, Office for Traffic Management, Düsseldorf; Dr.-Ing. Stephan Keller, city councillor of the regional capital of Düsseldorf |

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17) Winner of the STUVA Young Engineers Prize 2015: Dipl.-Ing. Nina Wass-
mann from Amberg Engineering AG |

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STUVA’s International Forum for Tunnels and Infrastructure was held in the tradition-steeped Dortmund Westfalenhallen from December 1 to 3, 2015. The outcome was highly impressive – the figures alone speak for themselves, establishing various new records for the STUVA Conference: more than 1800 conference participants and 165 exhibiting companies from the tunnel industry spread over around 6000 m² of display area. However, there was more to it than just records for a genuine innovation was introduced – quite apart from the novelties shown by the exhibiting firms: in addition to the subject area “Tunnelling”, “Tunnel Operation” was integrated in the STUVA Conference for the first time as a new segment with its own two-day long parallel series of lectures. At the same time, something was still preserved as it always was: that really special STUVA Conference feeling!

On December 1, 2015 at 8.00 am on the dot the doors of the Westfalenhallen opened to offer the record number of 1850 tunnelling experts a programme, unparalleled in terms of concentration and diversity. STUVA’s International Forum for Tunnels and Infrastructure, which is held every two years, has gradually developed into one of the most significant gatherings for underground construction and mobility.

The grand lecture hall was practically chock-a-block for the opening papers (Fig. 1); this year participants from 26 countries attended the STUVA Conference (Fig. 2). First of all, STUVA board...

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