Fire protection specialist Wormald, a Tyco Business, has installed comprehensive fire protection solutions in both the Mount Victoria Tunnel and the Terrace Tunnel in Wellington/NZ, as part of upgrade...
This year’s World Tunnel Congress and the 39th General Assembly of the ITA (International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) are taking place between May 31 and June 7 in Geneva/CH. The...
There is frequently an enormous gap between the original plans and reality particularly in conjunction with major projects – the Berlin Brandenburg Airport or the Elbe Philharmonic Hall serve as...
Since December 2011, construction work on the 1.8 km long Branich Tunnel has been forging ahead much to the delight of local residents of Schriesheim in Baden. 1,000 of the 1,800 m had been...
The Eyholz Tunnel between Staldbach and Grosshüs serves the A 9 motorway to circumvent Visp in the Canton of Valais/CH, passing in the south. It consists of 2 bores set some 30 m apart with 15...
Technical Delivery Conditions and Technical Test Regulations for Doors and Gates in Road Tunnels (TL/TP TTT, Cologne: The Road and Transportation Research Association (FGSV), 2012 edition, 12 p. A4,...
Uni.-Prof. Bergmeister, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/A, opened the 6th BrennerCongress in Bolzano/I on February 21, 2013. He chaired the International Symposium jointly...
Starting Position
The Old Schlüchtern Tunnel is a rail tunnel on the main Frankfurt-Fulda line. It is 3,575 m long and was opened in 1914. Plans were made to completely renew the tunnel following...
The approx. 4.8 km long, twin-track Weinberg Tunnel with parallel escape and evacuation tunnel and the underground through station Löwenstrasse [1] has 4 tracks and two 420 m long central platforms...
The A2 motorway, the so-called Gotthard route, is one of the most important north-south transport arteries in Europe and one of Switzerland’s busiest motorways: Thousands of car and lorry drivers...
