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.
The 32.9 km long Koralm Tunnel between Frauental on the Laßnitz in Styria and St. André in Carinthia represents the core of the 127 km long Koralmbahn railway between Graz and Klagenfurt. The...
In the Vienna Lainzer Tunnel scale deposits were a substantial problem in a section of the underground water drainage system. The application of hydro-mechanical cleaning methods was no longer feasible and it would have been complicated to rebuild the drainage system. This section was thus treated with a 10 % hydrochloric acid solution between November 2012 and April 2014. In this way, it was possible to remove the scale deposits to such an extent that the drainage system could be purged by conventional means. These tests were accompanied by extensive monitoring, camera inspections and water analyses. It was proved that the application of hydrochloric acid had no harmful effects on the runoff ditch.
At the end of a public tender procedure published at the European level, BBT SE awarded the contract for executive planning and works for the Isarco River Underpass to the temporary consortium made up by Salini Impregilo S.p.A., as representing company, Strabag AG, Strabag S.p.A., Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni CCC Società Cooperativa e Collini Lavori S.p.A.
