On September 25, 2016 Qatar Rail completed tunnelling on the Doha Metro project with the final breakthrough of the “Red Line South” with the seven meter tunnel boring machine “Msheireb”, taking place at Terminal One of Hamad International Airport. It was the last of 76 breakthroughs in the gigantic project Doha Metro. The TBM breaking through marks the finale of one of the most ambitious tunnel structures in the world. Cleverly master-planned by client Qatar Rail, it took just 26 months to provide the capital of Qatar with three city-wide metro lines including 111 km of ultra-modern tunnel systems.
In tunnel issue 4/2016 we informed you about the most important aspects of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) and the 2015 World Tunnel Congress (WTC), held from April 22 to 27, 2016 in San Francisco, USA. In issue 6/2016 you can learn more about the activities of the 13 Working Groups, the four Committees and the ITA Young Members.
Classical music sounded from the loudspeakers down into the site, but could not drown out the chorus and whistling of the demonstrators in the background: scraps of speech were still audible. “Bunch...
September 25, 2016, 10.44 am local time in Doha, Hamad International Airport: with precision the seven meter tunnel boring machine “Msheireb” pierces the final target wall of the “Red Line...
The Swiss Tunnelling Society (STS/FGU) as part of the Swiss Engineers and Architects Association (SIA) staged the 15th Swiss Tunnel Congress at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre from June 15 to 17, 2016. Around 800 visitors took part in the lecture programme. The Swiss Tunnel Colloquium for students, young engineers and technicians on the previous day attracted 400 participants, making the 15th Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC) the one to have attracted the largest attendance figure.
The Herrenknecht AG has been honoured with Germany’s oldest prize for innovation. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Martin Herrenknecht, founder and chairman of the board,
accepted the Diesel Medal in the...
The Samnaunerstraße connects the Lower Engadine with the town of Samnaun in the Swiss canton of Graubünden (Grisons). Particularly at the current Val Pischöt gallery, the road no longer meets...
On November 10 and 11, 2016, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) is presenting the second edition of its ITA Tunnelling Awards. Participation has been highly competitive this year, with 98 entries from 25 countries competing for awards in nine categories. The judging panel with 17 experts, chaired by ITA President Tarcísio Celestino, concluded the review of entries in July; 33 entries have been selected as finalists.
At the end of April 2016, the enlarged and modernised St. Maurice Tunnel in the Swiss canton of Valais was reopened. For this project, which is part of the modernisation and redesign of the Simplon Line, the tunnel profile was enlarged for the passage of double-decker trains.
An agreement between The Robbins Company and the Chinese Northern Heavy Industries (NHI) Group was finalized on June 28, 2016 in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province. This initial agreement is the first step of a three-phase merger process and gives NHI minority interest in The Robbins Company. Based in Shenyang, NHI employs 10 000 people and is among China’s top three heavy machinery manufacturers.
