The underground electricity highway for Berlin is taking shape: In just two years and nine months, the “Candela” tunnel boring machine has reached its destination after almost 7 kilometers 20–30 m...
In late June 2025, the last of two Herrenknecht Single Shield TBMs successfully completed its drive for the new railway line between Rishikesh and Karnaprayag in the Indian Himalayas. The first...
Excavated material from tunnel construction is a valuable resource and by no means waste. It can be used for a variety of construction purposes, for example in traffic infrastructure construction or...
With the breakthrough in the west main tunnel on 31 May, another central section of the "H53 Pfons–Brenner" construction lot was completed. The breakthrough took place just north of the geologically...
The 51st General Assembly of the ITA (International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) took place as part of the World Tunnel Congress 2025 in Stockholm. The representatives of the member...
The German Concrete and Construction Technology Association (DBV) has honored O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. mult., Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult. Konrad Bergmeister with the association's highest award, the...
For more than 20 years, the six tunnels of the Semmering tunnel chain on the S 6 have been the fastest and, above all, safest connection between Styria and Lower Austria. However, it is now necessary...
In the “H61 Mules 2–3” construction lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel, the last of the Italian tunnel boring machines successfully completed the mechanical excavation of the West Main Tunnel on May 2,...
Considering the numerous requests for an extended deadline, the ITA Awards 2025 Organizing Committee has announced that the deadline of abstract submission has been extended to 30 May, 2025. The submission requirements and selection process are stated in the ITA Tunnelling Awards website.
Construction on Germany‘s deepest S-Bahn station has been underway at Marienhof in Munich‘s city center since January 2019. As part of the urgently needed expansion of the S-Bahn network, a 41 m deep...
