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...
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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...
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...
