New Transport Routes through the Heart of Switzerland
12/2011: 48 pp. (DIN A4) with 90 Ills. + Tables. Available from: AlpTransit Gotthard AG, Lucerne – www.alptransit.ch
Since driving operations...
Loudspeaker announcements are numbered among the safety facilities, which are essential for the evacuation of tunnel users in the event of a fire or other incident. Acoustic information is not...
The almost 20 km long Simplon Tunnel between Switzerland and Italy was at the time the world’s longest rail tunnel when it was opened with 2 tracks in 1922 and complied with the latest standards (2...
The Research Association for Underground Construction
(STUVA) staged its Conference – held every 2 years – on this occasion from December 6 to 8, 2011 on the Berlin fairgrounds. The topical theme...
Engineering construction is becoming ever more important within the construction branch. It deals with planning and design, production and maintenance of special technical structures. For the first...
The Milchbuck Tunnel (1985) is one of the most important traffic arteries within the bounds of the city of Zurich. It is numbered among the most frequently used single-bore tunnels in Switzerland....
More than 600 experts from Brazil and other countries are expected to participate in the 3rd Brazilian Congress on Tunnels and Underground Structures (3rd CBT) to be held in São Paulo, 20 to 22 March...
At the beginning of February 2012 the German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited the Herrenknecht Works (HTE) in Guangzhou/China. Top technology from...
The 3.7 km long Saas Bypass on the A28 national highway with the 2.6 km long, 2-lane Saaser Tunnel (= 69 % of the route) and the parallel 2.3 km long safety tunnel was opened on October 21, 2011...
The 3.3 km long Gubris Tunnel is located in the Zurich North Bypass (A1/A4 North Ring) between the municipalities of Weiningen and Regensdorf. The road tunnel, which opened in 1985, has 2...
