From 10th to 11th September 2012 the Azerbaijan Tunnelling Association (AzTA) invites to join the Baku International Congress “Tunnelling and Underground Infrastructure in Urban Areas” in...
1 Introduction
With this new BBM technology the target is a higher safety standard and minimal drift dimension. Higher production rates can be achieved using the Herrenknecht BBM resulting in...
The Rendsburg Canal Tunnel under the North-Baltic Sea Canal was opened for traffic in 1961. Since then the canal tunnel has been an important, practically indispensable part-section of the north-south...
27th Christian Veder Colloquium, April 12 and 13, 2012 – TU Graz, Geotechnics Group Graz. Edited by: M- Diestel, S. Kieffer, R. Marte, W. Schubert, H.F. Schweiger. 325 pp. (DIN A5) with 220 Ills....
Requirements
The reinforced concrete bars and the rock anchor heads had to be protected for 60 minutes in accordance with the ISO 834 fire curve in the event of fire so that the tunnel inner shell...
The Citybanan is a 6 km long, twin-track S-Bahn tunnel (over 500 trains/day) in the middle of Stockholm and provides the link between Tomteboda on the northern limits of the city with the suburb of...
For the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 the road and rail network between Adler Airport on the Black Sea coast and the Krasnaya Polyana winter sports region in the Caucasus some 50 km away is being...
1 Presentation of the Project
Doha, the capital of Qatar, is a densely populated, lively and fast growing city. One of the world’s most modern Metro and railway systems is to be set up here for the...
Picture this: A mining operation is being expanded on multiple fronts, using TBMs to access ore bodies. Behind the TBMs, concurrent with excavation, modular machines similar to roadheaders bore...
One of the final gaps in the Swiss motorway network is to be closed with the Biel Bypass in the Canton of Berne. The project will link the T6 from Berne with the A16 and A5 and is split into 2...
