Fault zones represent a major challenge in tunnelling for planners, geologists and contractors. It is not always easy to identify and localise fault zones quite apart from obtaining significant sample...
On October 12th, 2016 the Austrian national committee of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) staged its 10th Tunnel Day at the Salzburg Congress Centre in conjunction...
Worldwide there is a quest for urban space driven by increasing urbanization. According to the ITACUS white paper (2010), more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas.
The...
The upgraded Hanau–Nantenbach line is part of the Main Spessart route between Hanau and Würzburg. The route has been operational since the middle of the 19th century and is numbered among the...
Traffic safety, relieving congestion and maintaining the existing infrastructure represent the aims of the Austrian state-owned motorway operator ASFINAG. This year the company is investing no less...
The Administrative Council of the AlpTransit Gotthard AG (ATG) elected Dieter Schwank as its new board chairman in mid-February 2017. Currently Dieter Schwank is in charge of the department for legal...
The Hamburg HafenCity is the biggest inner-urban development project in Europe. On behalf of the Hamburg Hochbahn AG the Metro Line U4 is currently being extended in the direction of the bridges over...
Executing a tunnel drive beneath an existing railway line allows the tracks very little room for settling. The excavation must be devised in keeping with these marginal conditions. Furthermore, continuous checking of the track settlement must be assured for control purposes. By installing a corresponding monitoring system, it is possible for the driving operations to be monitored permanently by all those involved and adapted to the given situation.
In 2017 and 2018 work on several new metro line and extension projects will either be started or are currently underway in Bangkok. Services of these new lines and extensions will commence between 2017 and 2023. The additional network will be constructed underground as well as on elevated tracks.
After spending several years with MC-Bauchemie in Brazil, Nicolaus Müller (31), son of Dr.-Ing. Claus-M. Müller, Managing Partner of MC-Bauchemie Müller GmbH & Co.KG, has been appointed Managing...
