Following the successful premiere held in September 2014, the bui – Brünig Underground Innovation – trade fair is to be repeated on February 4–5, 2016. The organizers are issuing an invitation...
Hochtief Solutions Middle East Qatar W.L.L., together with Al Sraiya Strabag for Roads and Infrastructure W.L.L. and Petroserv Limited, signed a contract for construction of the central section of the new sewerage network IDRIS (Inner Doha Resewerage Implementation Strategy) under the capital of Qatar. The client is the Public Works Authority (ASHGHAL).
SKF introduces its new Lincoln P212 multi-line pump for use in multi-line lubrication systems or as a centralized pump in large progressive systems. The P212 is suitable for applications including...
If fire breaks out in a tunnel, the heat has scarcely any possibility of escape, and the temperature increases to more than 1000 °C in a short time. The heat can lead to explosive spalling from the concrete and weaken the stability of the structure. This can be hindered by the addition of polypropylene (PP) fibres. But what actually happens inside the concrete? Engineers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have found a way to measure this.
Already for the seventh time, the BASt Tunnel Symposium took place on the 28th and 29th April 2015 in the offices of the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) in Bergisch Gladbach. More...
The starting shot for driving the first bore of the Brenner Base Tunnel was fired on March 19, 2015 in the Innsbruck Ahrental Valley. EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc took over the patronage of...
The Nuevo Necaxa-Tihuatlan highway in Mexico covers a distance of 85 km through the states of Puebla and Veracruz. It was built by Connet, a joint venture of FCC Construcción (Spain) and the Mexican...
Journalist Roland Herr discussed the market, margins and tunnellers with Dr. Klaus Rieker, Managing Director of the tunnelling division, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The father of three in his early fifties has been engaged in tunnelling and foundation engineering since 1989 and looks back on international experience in underground construction.
We would like to heartily congratulate our colleague Dr.-Ing. Helmut Grossmann who turned 70 in March 2015. After studying civil engineering at the Hanover TU, Helmut Grossmann embarked on his...
The Esslingen Technical Academy is staging a seminar on June 17 and 18, 2015, involving STUVA’s Dr. Friedrich Krüger, who will also chair it. The seminar will deal with the topic “Protection...
