The geopolitical situation of Vienna and the surrounding region changed significantly upon Austria‘s accession to the European Union in 1995, and the further expansion of the EU in 2004. The...
Specialist Conference for Underground Construction – Colloquium: Concrete Technology Colloquium on June 9, and specialist conference on June
10, 2010, in Lucerne, Switzerland. Publisher: FGU...
Vacuum lifting systems supplied by Devo-Tech AG, of Ziefen, near Basle, Switzerland, lift and convey the most diverse range of materials. They assure not only cost-efficiency, safety and flexibility,...
The Austrian National Committee of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) was the organiser of the Austrian Tunnel Day 2010, for which nearly seven hundred participants,...
STUVA Conference ´11
The next STUVA Conference is to be held at the Berlin exhibition centre from December 5 to 8, 2011 under the umbrella motto of „Underground Engineering for Sustainable...
It is of great importance for the durability of the inner tunnel lining that the concrete surface achieved should be as homogenous and pore-free as possible. The quality of the concrete is influenced...
A section of the heavily frequented A4 autobahn in Thuringia is undergoing widening via the new twin-bore Jagdberg Tunnel. The client, Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH (DEGES),...
Introduction
Upon the appearance of steel-fibre-reinforced concrete on the European market in the 1970s, neither standards nor guidelines for the design and dimensioning of this new material were...
The rail link from Malmö to Göteborg on the west coast of Sweden is undergoing upgrading to a high-speed line, cutting travelling times between the two cities by two hours. A particular challenge is...
For the Lungern bypass tunnel, a 3.5 km long exploratory tunnel was first driven from north to south in 2000 – 2003 using a tunnel-boring machine (TBM, 4.75 m diameter). The tunnel route was...
