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....
According to a communication sent by the Administrative Council of the AlpTransit Gotthard AG (ATG) to the NEAT Supervisory Authority (the body responsible for the new Alpine transport routes) the...
With the final breakthrough in the western bore the two 57 km long main bores of the Gotthard Base Tunnel have been completely excavated. On Wednesday March 23, 2011, the tunnellers proudly and...
Project Background
Eastern areas of India’s Andhra Pradesh state receive only 20 cm of rainfall per year - an amount comparable to Africa’s Kalahari Desert. The Andhra Pradesh Irrigation...
New trends in the field of tunnel lining were discussed on the 3rd and 4th of March, 2011 in the Europa Park in Rust. Designers, representatives of construction companies and precast concrete segments...
