Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur is a humid tropical metropolis with millions of inhabitants, but fresh water is still in demand. A new tunnel was commissioned by the Malaysian Ministry of Energy, Green Technology, and Water (KeTTHA), drawing water from the rainforest river Semantan and into the capital to address projected shortages for domestic and industrial use. In 2014, three 5.23 m (17.16 ft) Robbins Main Beam TBMs successfully completed excavation of the Pahang Selangor Raw Water Tunnel, also the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia. with 44.6 km (27.7 mi), passing through the Titiwangsa mountain range under cover as high as 1246 m (4087 ft).
Some 1400 participants from 52 countries got together from May 9 to 14, 2014 in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil on the occasion of the 40th Annual Meeting of the ITA – International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association – in conjunction with the 2014 World Tunnel Congress. The Congress organized by the Brazilian Tunnelling Committee (CBT) bore the motto “Tunnels for a better Life”. 52 of the 71 ITA member countries were present in Foz do Iguaçu. The quota of 82 % attained at the previous gathering in Geneva last year thus dropped to 73 %.
A specialized EPB broke through on June 11, 2014, marking the completion of twin tunnels at San Francisco’s Central Subway in California, USA. The first of the two machines holed through on June 2....
The Supervisory Board and Board of Management of Herrenknecht AG have initiated a generational change in the top management: With effect from August 1, 2014 the senior management executives Günter Richter (54), Ulrich Schaffhauser (50) and Michael Sprang (36) have risen to the ranks of top management as Deputy Members of the Board of Management.
Every year, the Underground Construction Association of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (UCA of SME) honors an “Outstanding Individual” at its annual awards banquet, held in...
The 3350 m long Küblis Bypass between Dalvazza and Prada in the Canton of Graubünden is intended to relieve the municipality of through traffic on the A28 national highway. The 2255 m long tunnel is...
The leading transport technology fair InnoTrans starts in Berlin on Sept. 23. For four days the global rail industry and the tunnelling branch will present their capabilities and power of innovation...
The long-standing head of the City of Dortmund’s foundation engineering office stepped down from his position on March 14, 2014. Schließler is now semi-retired, having entered the passive phase of...
Just in time for InnoTrans a new publication on light rail systems will appear in the so-called „Blue Series“ of the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV). The overall processing was...
The DIN working group NA 005-01-11-01 “Barrier-free Construction – Public Transportation and free Spaces” of the Building and Civil Engineering Standards Committee (NABau) undertook the final...
