In Switzerland the Gotthard Base Tunnel is being built as part of the new rail routes crossing the Alps (NEAT). Towards this end, Siemens was commissioned to provide the tunnel control system. The technology in the Tunnel Control Centre (TCC) represents the beating heart for monitoring and controlling the electro-mechanical systems and is responsible for all operational processes. The electronic system caters for efficiency and safety in the tunnel. Thus the operator in the TCC receives a complete overview of the status of operational systems at any given time. In addition, the Maintenance Management Tool controls how maintenance operations are planned.
The Stuttgart–Ulm rail project with the new Wendlingen–Ulm route is numbered among the biggest development schemes for public rail transportation in Germany. Altogether 20 tunnels are being...
The Kö-Arch Tunnel in Düsseldorf is the first tunnel in Germany to be completely illuminated by LED technology. The tunnel is part of the complex “Kö-Arch” urban construction concept, which diverts traffic in the city centre underground in favour of green areas and pedestrian routes. The entire tunnelling project at Düsseldorf’s Kö-Arch is due to be completed by the end of 2015.
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The Swiss specialists for optical traffic data collation Sick System Engineering AG have developed a detection system for preventing tunnel fires. The thermal portal system enables potentially...
The Austrian Society for Construction Technology (ÖBV) stages a construction congress every two years for clients, the construction and building materials industry as well as for engineering offices. 1800 participants from twelve countries attended the event in Vienna in April. Numerous papers among the 50 lectures dealing with research and development, practice and project development, which are available in a 122-page set of Proceedings dealt with infrastructure and underground construction.
The required precut in the terrain as well as the working and storage areas for the Albabstieg Tunnel has long been completed. The first 300 m of the 5.9 km long section, over which the trains between...
The Support Association for Structural Engineering of the University of the Bundeswehr (UniBW) Munich staged the 4th Munich Tunnelling Symposium at the end of May in collaboration with the Research...
Deutsche Bahn’s newly built route from Wendlingen to Ulm is a mecca for discerning tunnel builders. This is because half of the route passes through tunnels, which cut through a wide range of different rock strata. A variety of construction methods are required: To create the first tunnel, the Steinbühl tunnel, the shotcrete construction method is used. The 4.8 km long Steinbühl tunnel, together with the Boßler tunnel, will help trains with the difficult climb at Albaufstieg. It is entered at Hohenstadt, at an altitude of 746 metres, close to the A8 Autobahn. In eight years’ time, trains will be racing through it at 250 km/h.
