After several years of thorough preparation, Femern A/S has received a total of 17 tenders from nine international contractors or consortia wishing to participate in the construction of the world’s...
On March 12, 2015, the 22nd Darmstadt Geotechnical Colloquium will take place at the Darmstadt Technical University. Next year’s Colloquium will concentrate on the following topics:
Urban Construction/Infrastructure
International Projects
Research, Development and Innovations
Legal Issues and Standardization in Geotechnics
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By revamping the Schaffhausen South hub on the Swiss A4 motorway, it is intended to link the city of Schaffhausen’s road network with the Klettgau district and relieve Neuhausen at the Rhine...
The Malmö-Göteborg rail line, one of the country’s arteries for passenger and goods traffic, has been upgraded as a high-speed route, which will reduce travelling time between the two centres by two...
The Stuttgart 21 project plans the creation of two additional tracks on the Stuttgart-Ulm-Augsburg route for a top speed of 250 km/h. The altogether 60 km long new route between Wendlingen and Ulm...
Since building officially began in 1993 with the first exploratory tunnel in the geologically tricky Piora Zone, altogether 152 km of tunnels, shafts and headings have been excavated. Tunnel driving...
The Koralm Tunnel KAT2 Project
The Koralm Tunnel is a central project for the ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG on the Baltic-Adriatic rail route. The altogether 32.8 km long tunnel links Styria with Kärnten in...
Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) tunneling in mixed ground conditions is a challenging prospect, as it often includes excavation in boulder fields, sections of rock, and sticky clay. A given tunnel may be...
The Falkenberg Tunnel represents an essential part of the upgraded Hanau-Aschaffenburg-Würzburg route and is being produced to the south of the existing rail line and the Schwarzkopf Tunnel. Work...
The Kennedy rail tunnel running beneath the Schelde to the south of Antwerp was built in 1969 for the Antwerp-Gent link. Owing to enhanced safety measures, which have since been introduced, the tunnel...
