Initiator Prof. Dietmar Mähner was able to welcome almost 200 participants to the university centre for the 2nd Münster Tunnelling Colloquium staged by the Institute for Underground Construction, FH...
Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Feldwisch hands over the DB Netz AG’s Major Projects Division to Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Ehrbar
Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Feldwisch turned 65 in June 2013, which would enable him to enter a...
Elevator
The castle’s position high above Altena may be picturesque but it also poses a problem in terms of accessibility. There is no direct link between the town centre and the castle so that...
Under the topic „Safety and operational activities during large-scale emergencies in tunnels and underground traffic systems“, Dräger is organising the 5th International Tunnelforum, which will...
Lucerne Station is numbered among Switzerland’s 5 largest with more than 60,000 passengers per day. This transport hub with 22 trains/hour and direction is already stretched to its limits. The Swiss...
Since 2007 turnover for the German machine manufacturers belonging to the VDMA’s mining machinery sector, to which many makers of tunnelling machines belong, has increased by an average of 13 % per...
1 Introduction
The A 4 federal motorway is one of the most significant east-west links on the Federal Republic of Germany’s highway network. It connects the centres of Rhine-Main and the Ruhr...
Brazil and the Brazilian Tunnelling Committee are getting ready for receiving the biggest congress on tunnelling, the World Tunnel Congress. The 2014 edition will be held in Iguassu Falls, Brazil....
7 Leaks in the Segment Bores of the Finne Tunnel
The Finne Tunnel was built as part of the VDE project 8.2 “New Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig rail route” by the JV Finnetunnel, consisting of the companies...
Experts from the international tunnelling industry will congregate in Geneva from May 31 to June 7, 2013, for the ITA-AITES 2013 World Tunnel Congress and the International Tunnelling and Underground...
