Anniversary Dr. Martin Herrenknecht turns 70 Dr. Martin Herrenknecht celebrated his 70th birthday in June. He’s able to look back on a practically unparalleled career and could rest on his... more
Germany Workshop for Tunnel Operators A German-language workshop is to be held at the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) in Bergisch Gladbach on November 20, 2012 captioned... more
Trade Fair for Civil Engineering and Building Maintenance Econstra from October 25 to 27, 2012 in Freiburg/D The econstra will be held from October 25 to 27, 2012 in Freiburg/D and will be augmented by the accompanying congress on engineering construction.... more
Söderleds Tunnel Stockholm: General Refurbishment of the Western Tube The Söderleds Tunnel in the swedish capitol Stockholm was built in 1944 and is an important line connecting South to North of Sweden. The following... more
Metro Line 4 in Rio de Janeiro 2012 kicks off a 4 year marathon for Rio, beginning with the Rio+20 Summit on the environment, and running the ’14 World Cup and the ’16 Summer... more
Metro Construction in the Focus of the City The regional capital of Düsseldorf, highly rated among the cities affording the greatest life quality, is engaged in setting further standards in... more
38th Annual Meeting of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association – World Tunnel Congress 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand Every year tunnellers meet in a different member country somewhere in the world for their annual meeting and discuss the latest trends and... more
Applications Enhanced Fire Protection through Plastic Fibres in Concrete Preventive fire protection for tunnels has gained in importance in recent years. Owing to fire disasters in road tunnels new concepts were developed,... more