Dear Readers,
As already intimated in the last issue of tunnel and in the newsletter, we are jointly taking over the duties of Roland Herr, the long-standing editor-in-chief of tunnel, the official...
Introduction
The technical and economic possibilities for the application of mechanised drives for all possible diameters are constantly growing. Tunnelling measures are consequently being more...
The roughly 50 km long Eurotunnel opened in 1994 forms the rail link between Calais in France and Folkestone in the UK, in other words between the continent of Europe and the British Isles. Up to...
The 6,585 m long, two-lane Pfänder Tunnel on the A14 in Vorarlberg/Austria with an average daily frequency exceeding 30,000 vehicles is being provided with a second bore, which is also 2-lane, to...
The Crossrail project in London is a part of the roughly 118 km long regional line between Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west and Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The line will serve a total of...
Overview
The new Wendlingen-Ulm railway line (NBS) is the longest new section of the new/upgraded rail project Stuttgart-Ulm-Augsburg. The Stuttgart-Ulm rail project is part of the European rail...
The 2013 bauma is geared to expansion with an exhibition area of 570,000 m² and in excess of 3,300 exhibitors. Visitors can expect a whole range of innovative developments for the construction,...
One of the highest scientific Awards
On February 1, 2013, a ceremony was held to honour Prof. Konrad Bergmeister, president of the Free University of Bolzano at the invitation of the Faculty for...
Building the 5.78 km long tunnel network for the XFEL (X-Ray Free-Electron Laser) research project extends over 3.4 km from Hamburg-Bahrensfeld to Schenefeld in the Pinneberg district of...
A great deal of building activity is being pursued throughout Europe in order to ensure that the requirements of the EU Guideline on Safety in Road Tunnels [1] are complied with by 2019 at the latest....
