Argentine and Chile have decided to build a railway tunnel through the Andes, which will directly link the Mendoza region in the mid-west of the Argentine with both states. An appropriate treaty was...
The plan approval decision for the construction section from Helsa-East to Hessisch Lichtenau-West of the A44 motorway also marks work starting on the 4.1 km long Hirschhagen Tunnel, the longest on...
Published by: Österreichische Vereinigung für Beton und Bautechnik (ÖVBB) 12/2009: 93 pp. A4 with 32 Ills./Tables and 16 Sources. 45 euros. ÖVBB, A-1040 Vienna, Karlsgasse 5.Fax 0043.1.504.9599.The...
Together with the Heibel GmbH trade agency the JV Katzenbergtunnel developed a novel system for laying cable protection pipes as ready-made parts in “pack form”. This saves time and space, the...
The tunnel under construction is part of the extended Schuman-Josaphat S-Bahn network around Brussels/B. This network is intended to improve the train frequencies and speeds on the rail lines up to 30...
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The moment had arrived on August 27, 2009. Practically almost 9 months after work officially began on the tunnel on September 26, 2008, the official breakthrough of the first of the 2...
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On August 8, 2009, the new Metro section between the Central Station and the Pariser Platz was opened by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (Fig. 1). This means that the first part-section...
The Swiss Tunnelling Society (FGU) of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) once again staged its 8th convention, the Swiss Tunnel Congress in Lucerne/CH on June 17th and 18th, 2009 in...
The new “HafenCity” district being built in Hamburg has necessitated the construction of a new underground railway line to link it to the city centre. The U4 line runs from the existing...
Bypassing the centre of the town of Neckargemünd represents the most extensive project on a county road in the history of the Rhein-Neckar District – work has been in progress here since 1999....
