The first Swiss north-south high-speed route between Zurich and Milan including the Gotthard and Monte Ceneri tunnels is some 90 km long. Since 2009 work on installing the rail technology in the...
1 Introduction
2010 represented an outstanding year for the AlpTransit Gotthard AG as the NEAT Gotthard Axis client with the main breakthrough at the Gotthard Base Tunnel. It can also be described as...
1 Introduction
The Ceneri Base Tunnel passes through Monte Ceneri over a length of 15.4 km. The overburdens amount up to 800 m. The route alignment takes the geological and topographical conditions...
In early March 2011, a 6.2 m (20.3 ft) diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM crossed the finish line in Sochi, Russia. The machine completed a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) long section of tunnel that will ultimately...
The Autobahn A5 Biel bypass in the Canton of Bern closes one of the last remaining gaps in Switzerland‘s national road system, and is subdivided into a west and an east link, both around 5 km in...
The Wehrhahn Line, a 300 mill. euro project is intended to relieve traffic in the centre of Düsseldorf considerably once it is opened in 2015. The 3.4 km long Underground line will replace a number...
In recent years ever greater demands have been placed on the surfaces of tunnel inner shells for instance with respect to their ability to be cleaned and their brightness for traffic safety reasons. ...
Parallel to the “Viatec” trade fair the BrennerCongress from March 17 to 18, 2011 took place in Bolzano for the first time. The wide range of topics appealed equally to engineers, scientists,...
1 New capacities for the pump storage plant Vianden
The pump storage plant (PSP) Vianden/Luxembourg was put into operation in 1963/1964 with 9 sets of machines and in the mid-1970s it was extended to...
1 Background
High permeabilities entail the risk that perhaps it is not possible to secure the required support needed for the face during the drive as well as in the case of compressed air accesses....
