In the world-wide production of electricity, hydropower is in third place after coal and oil&gas. Therefore it is the most important renewable energy source and makes a significant contribution to the...
In April 2012, work started on one of the most ambitious construction projects of Austria’s ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG: the New Semmering Base Tunnel. Scheduled for completion in 2024, the 27.3 km long...
The 4-lane Nordhavnsvej Tunnel is currently one of Copenhagen’s biggest construction projects and belongs to the Nordhavnsvej-Vej-og Tunnelenterprise major scheme. It underpasses the Danish capital...
Construction was executed accompanied by what must be a unique engineering geology investigation programme – for a project of this magnitude. It comprised rock mechanical lab tests as well as...
In Switzerland since 2009 the Kraftwerk Limmern JV has been involved in setting up a new pumped storage (PS) power station within the scope of the “Linthal 2015” construction project in the...
The 8,385 m long Katzenberg Tunnel was opened after 9 years of construction when the timetable changed on December 9, 2012. A few days previously 2 trains, an ICE and a goods train, passed parallel...
The data relating to the new stormwater section are impressive. The sewer system is designed as a main collector, which is being produced at depths of some 8 to 40 m under the surface by pipe...
After commissioning the 2nd bore in mid-2012, the original 6,585 m long, twin-track bore of the Pfänder Tunnel was closed to traffic to be redeveloped. In late 2012, most of the construction jobs in...
Admittedly replacing shuttering panels takes time and money and in tunnelling this procedure is always especially complicated and expensive. Thanks to the robust alkus solid plastic panel, the Huber &...
The Italian railway operator RFI opened the 2 new high-speed links between Bologna and Florence and Bologna and Milan on June 22, 2012. As a result, regional traffic has been separated from the...
