In August 2025, preliminary work began away from the main carriageway for the replacement of the almost 40-year-old St. Andrä underpass on the A 10 Tauern motorway. Demolition of the first half of the...
At the end of October 2025, German Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder and his Danish counterpart Thomas Danielsen held a joint video conference to discuss the status of construction work on...
The construction of the second tunnel tube through the Karawanken massif on the A 11 motorway, connecting Austria and Slovenia, is nearing completion. The contract for the renovation of the old tunnel tube has also been awarded and will start at the end of March 2026.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association ITA) met in Vienna at the end of September 2025 to explore a future collaboration in the development of Geological Disposal Facilities (GDFs) for higher activity radioactive waste.
On 1 October 2025, work officially began on improving traffic safety in the Landeck Tunnel on the Inntal motorway. ASFINAG is building a 7 km long escape and rescue tunnel there, extensively...
From 24 to 27 May 2026 The Czech Tunnelling Association will host 16th international conference “Underground Construction Prague 2026“. The conferences of this series are held regularly every three...
The underground electricity highway for Berlin is taking shape: Within two years and nine months, the “Candela” tunnel boring machine reached its destination at the end of June 2025 after almost 7 km,...
The conversion of the Rudolf Fettweis plant in Forbach into a modern pumped storage power plant is progressing rapidly. Since the beginning of 2024, Porr Tunnelbau has been modernizing the plant on...
Preparatory work in the western section is in full swing and rescue shaft RS 3 has been completed. Work has begun on excavating the final level E-6 in the central access structure at the Central...
The two parallel 57.5 km long tunnels under Mont Cenis are the key structures of the new railway link currently under construction in the Alpine areas between Lyon in France and Turin in Italy. When...
For around 30 years, Austrian manufacturer SBM Mineral Processing has been a major player in the premium segment of mobile concrete mixing plants with its Euromix series. According to the...
Autobahn GmbH‘s Southwest branch is currently carrying out comprehensive structural and operational renovations on the Engelberg Tunnel in Leonberg (Baden-Württemberg). Three Fischer BauBots were used for this project. The construction robots drilled more than 9000 holes with a diameter of 20 mm and a depth of 240 mm at a height of up to 7.5 m fully automatically. This increased efficiency and precision in fastening tasks.
Building the new INELFE power line between France and Spain has taken years to get underway. Dewatering is crucial in the challenging environment, where the line runs entirely underground and...
Hydropower has been used for flexible electricity generation at the Forbach power plant in the Black Forest for over 100 years. In order to adapt this environmentally friendly energy generation to the...
Pressure differences between tunnel areas or technical equipment rooms can make it considerably more difficult to open escape and service doors, especially when the pressure difference is high....
The extension of the U5 underground line from Laimer Platz to Pasing is an important infrastructure project for Munich, Germany. The large dimensions of the pile foundations for three new railway...
In early October 2025 Topcon Positioning Systems and Amberg Technologies announced their collaboration agreement to launch fully integrated solutions for rail and tunnel applications. The...
This year‘s ITA Tunnelling Awards were presented at the Southeastern Europe Tunnelling Conference in Belgrade, Serbia, from October 1 to 3, 2025. The Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, and highly...
