Issue 06/2011

May 13, 2011 marked the completion of the world’s largest hard rock TBM drive at Canada’s Niagara Tunnel Project. A well-attended ceremony celebrated...

A specially devised dimpled sheeting was installed in the Gotthard Base Tunnel to collect seepage and crack water over large areas. One of the most...

To make greater use of the still existing hydro power potential for supplying energy various major projects are being tackled in Switzerland. Towards...

This article presents a model to describe the ground for excavation using tunnel boring machines (TBMs) taking process-technical and engineering...

Amsterdam’s historic centre is to be linked to the northern and southern suburbs by means of the new 9.7 km long North/South Metro line. The...

Every year tunnellers meet in a different member country somewhere in the world for their annual meeting and discuss the latest trends and...

In the Gotthard Base Tunnel’s Erstfeld section a fully hydraulic and flexibly adjustable tunnel forming carriage served to execute the inner shell...

The most important route between the Croatian seaports of Split and Makarska is the D8 National Road. This road was built very near to the shoreline...

Is there a link between underground transportation facilities and the events in April 2010 when relatively unexpected a volcano on Iceland erupted...