Issue 07/2010

On 4 March 2010 excavation had to be stopped in the west tunnel of the Gotthard Base Tunnel some 9 km from the Faido multifunction station due to a...

Professor Alfred Haack turns 70 In October 2010, Professor Alfred Haack celebrated his 70th birthday. His name is inseparably linked with STUVA, the...

Readers wishing to get the latest information, any time, any place, on ongoing preparations for the IUT ’11, again to be held at the Hagerbach Test...

Prof. Heinz Wind died, after a severe illness, on August 20, 2010, shortly before his 80th birthday. During his thirty-seven years in the...

For underground construction in tunnelling and mining, Putzmeister develops equipment particularly for shotcreting, but as well for material...

At around 50 km, the Channel Tunnel between Co-quelles, in France, and Folke-stone, England, is currently the world‘s longest rail tunnel. It is used...

In tunnelling, geological ground conditions with high-pressure areas caused by weak rock conditions or high layers of loose rock continue to present...

Productivity forecasts are an essential basis for determination of costs and operational planning in construction projects. In tunnel-ling,...

The passage under the Schnecktal valley (the Finne Tunnel), a key element of the new „VDE“ (German Reunification Transport Infrastructure...

Fire-safety in tunnels has always posed special challenges to planners and tunnel operators. Depending on the length of the tunnel section, it is, as...

The 2nd Munich Tunnelling Symposium took place in the Auditorium Maximum of the Armed Forces University in Munich on May 6, 2010. Professors Boley,...

Condat started its lubricants activity for underground works in 1989 when it was awarded by international tender to supply the tail seal grease WR 89...