One of the Austrian Federal Railways’ (ÖBB Infrastruktur AG) biggest safety technical projects is being tackled in the 10.5 km long twin-track Arlberg railway tunnel (built between 1879 and 1894)...
Adalsbanan and Bothniabanan
North Sweden’s link to the south has been substantially improved along the country’s eastern coastline thanks to the development of the railway infrastructure. The Adal...
In the Gotthard Base Tunnel’s Erstfeld section a fully hydraulic and flexibly adjustable tunnel forming carriage served to execute the inner shell for 2 branching structures, which tapered greatly...
May 13, 2011 marked the completion of the world’s largest hard rock TBM drive at Canada’s Niagara Tunnel Project. A well-attended ceremony celebrated the final breakthrough of the 14.4 m diameter...
With investments of some 1.8 b. CHF (1.2 b. euros) the new Nant de Drance pump storage station is being built within the catchment area beneath the 2 dams at Emosson, operational since 1955 and 1975...
1 General
Approx. 1,400 tunnellers from 56 nations met in Helsinki, Finland from May 20 – 26, 2011 in Helsinki, Finland. The occasion: the 37th Annual Meeting of the ITA – International...
North/South Line Project
Amsterdam is engaged in building a new Metro line, the North/South Line (Noord/Zuidlijn). The core of Amsterdam, the historic downtown area, is to be linked directly with the...
1 Introduction
In the case of TBM drives the excavated material is subject to numerous processes of change while being extracted by the cutting wheel right up to being discharged at the portal, which...
The most important route between the Croatian seaports of Split and Makarska is the D8 National Road. This road was built very near to the shoreline of the Adriatic Sea in the 1960s. Today, the road...
Is there a link between underground transportation facilities and the events in April 2010 when relatively unexpected a volcano on Iceland erupted and grounded air traffic throughout Europe and in...
