Implenia is acquiring the Bilfinger Construction GmbH unit from Bilfinger SE. The unit, with production output of around 650 million euros and 1850 employees, offers extensive infrastructure construction services in German-speaking Europe and in Scandinavia. The German Federal Cartel Office has approved the completion of the transaction at the end of January. Closing is scheduled for the period between the start of February/start of March 2015.
The long-standing head of the STUVA Inc.’s group responsible for environmental protection, noise and vibration technology, Dr.-Ing. Friedrich Krüger, celebrated his 70th birthday at the end of...
Within the scope of the “InREAKT” research project (Integrated Assistance Chains of Reaction to increase Safety in Public Transportation), the STUVA staged a second workshop captioned “New...
From December 1 to 3, 2015 it will again be time for the 2015 edition of the STUVA Conference, the international forum for tunnels and infrastructure. More than 1500 participants from over 20 countries will come together at this most important forum for underground construction for an intensive exchange of views on the present and future of the industry. In 2015 the STUVA Conference will broaden its range. For the first time a parallel series of events will deal with “Tunnel Operation” in addition to the series on “Tunnelling”.
Only a few days after bookings opened 100 exhibitors had already reserved 1900 m² of space at the accompanying STUVA-Expo.
In mid-December 2014, one of the world‘s largest tunnel boring machines started its second drive for the large-scale “Waterview Connection” project in Auckland, New Zealand. In the heart of the metropolis, the Herrenknecht EPB Shield S-764 is creating the shell for a road tunnel that will link two of the main State Highways together.
The French company Acimex, specialized in vacuum handling technology, announced its supply of a segment erector system as well as a segment trolley to the EPB TBM made by the French manufacturer NFM...
Siemens has received an order from the Paris transit authority RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) to supply the train control equipment and operational control system for the extension of...
At this year’s Austrian Tunnelling Conference held in Salzburg in October, the Austrian National Committee of the International Tunnelling Association (ITA) presented the “Tunnelling Conference...
The forces of the Niagara River have been used for more than 250 years now. In order to take advantage of the maximum drop in height, Sir Adam Beck planned a 20 km long channel in the early part of...
The 63rd Geomechanics Colloquium staged by the Austrian Society for Geomechanics (ÖGG) took place on Oct. 9 + 10, 2014 in Salzburg’s Congress Centre with about 800 participants from various nations. Prof. Wulf Schubert of the TU Graz, as ÖGG chairman, hosted the Colloquium.
