Gerlinde Kretschmann, the wife of the Baden-Württemberg regional premier, Winfried Kretschmann, as tunnel sponsor officially inaugurated the start of building for the Albabstieg Tunnel at the end of...
The Kurhessenbahn Railway’s Zierenberg Tunnel which opened back in 1897 has a single track and is 816 m long. As renovation is uneconomic a new 937 m tunnel bore is to be set up parallel 13 to 20 m...
There is a great tradition marking the underground construction industry in Switzerland. The branch is to receive a new gathering point at Lungern in the form of the bui – the Brünig Underground...
The VersuchsStollen Hagerbach (Hagerbach Test Gallery) AG staged a deminar (combination of demonstration and seminar) in its test gallery at Flums-Hochwiese/Switzerland in March. It was chaired by Dipl.-Ing. Volker Wetzig and focused on shotcrete. After principles relating to dimensioning and the application of reinforcing concepts experts passed on their findings in conjunction with calculations and application backed up by practical demonstrations.
The Swiss Tunnelling Society (STS/FGU) of the Swiss Engineers and Architects Association (SIA) staged its conference, the Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC), in Lucerne on June 11 and 12, 2014 with reports on the new rail routes crossing the Alps (NEAT) involving the Gotthard and Ceneri Base Tunnels as well as other national and international projects. On the first day of the STC more than 800 participants from 15 nations attended the lectures on the latest findings during the building of topical underground construction projects and visited the exhibition put on by more than 40 companies over an extended area in the Culture and Congress Centre (KKL).
Switzerland is a country of tunnels. It is characterized by the tricky topography with a large proportion of mountains, the high degree of mobility and the effort to provide quantitatively good...
Just how satisfied are you with the EDP-supported data administration after working with it for some 18 months now?
My expectations for using computer-supported processes have been completely...
After its inception on June 15, 2014, the 9.6 km long Zurich Cross-City Link (DML) forms a central part of the west-east axis for Swiss rail traffic. The Geneva-Berne-Zurich Airport-St. Gallen is...
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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