Tunnels represent important elements of an effective infrastructure for transport and supply,ranging from construction, operation, maintenance and retrofitting, in other words from the planning stage...
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A new construction engineering exhibition is due to take place in Freiburg/D for the first time from October 25 to 27, 2012. In addition to structural maintenance it will be geared to infrastructure,...
The Bulgarian capital Sofia hosted the First International Conference for Geotechnical and Tunnel Construction Geo Projects 2011 between October 12th and 14th, 2011. The conference was organized by...
The 6th Tunnel Fair on “Innovation Underground” (IUT ‘11) [1] (September 14/15, 2011) held in the vicinity of Sargans (some 3,000 visitors) provided a further highlight with its seminar...
Tunnellers caught up with each other at the 2011 STUVA Conference.
Established for many years as the “tunnellers’ get-together” and held in high esteem in expert circles the STUVA Conference...
1 Fixed Fire Fighting Systems (FFFS) in Tunnels
1.1 Introduction
Fixed fire fighting systems (FFFS) are an active way of combating fires in tunnels (Fig. 1). They are a new method of improving fire...
1 Introduction
Prague is the capital and also largest city of the Czech Republic. An important part of the public transportation system is the Prague Metro. The public transportation network...
1 General information on the Brenner Base Tunnel
The Brenner Base Tunnel, according to the new Strategic planning of TEN-T policy (2014 to 2020), is a part of the future TEN No. 5 corridor Helsinki...
The 5th BrennerCongress takes place on February 16 + 17, 2012 at the Innsbruck Fair parallel to the Viatec trade fair. So far the international symposium has taken place at Innsbruck in 2007, 2008 and...
