1 Basic concept
The Brenner Base Tunnel is a nearly horizontal rail tunnel with 2 parallel tubes. The tunnel runs for 55 km between the railway stations of Innsbruck and Fortezza and is connected...
The 11th International Conference on Underground Construction Prague 2010 was held in the modern hotel Clarion in the capital of the Czech Republic from 14th to 16th June 2010. The conference...
The Asian city state of Singapore has experienced an enormous economic growth over the past few years. The requirements placed on the transportation infrastructure of this metropolis (5 mio....
Compared to 2-track tunnels, single-track long tunnels with a slab track, which can also be used by emergency vehicles, fulfil the highest demands for a safety and rescue concept. As result since 1998...
On the occasion of the IUT ’11 Underground Fair from September 14 to 15, 2011, an accompanying seminar on “Tunnel Redevelopment and Renovation” will take place. The seminar involving...
Following one and as half years’ preliminary work with 20 possible tunnel routes and 16 bridge variants being scrutinised, the state-owned Danish planning company Fehmarn A/S has proposed a 17.6 km...
Warmly welcome to Helsinki for the ITA-AITES 2011 World Tunnel Congress “Underground spaces in the service of a sustainable society” and the 37th ITA-AITES General Assembly, which will be held at...
The Weinberg Tunnel in Zurich, part of Swiss Federal Railways’ “Diameter Line Project”, was successfully broken through on 22nd November 2010. After boring a total of 4,382 m the convertible TBM...
After an almost 10-year construction period the single-track Engelberg Tunnel between Grafenort and Engelberg was opened on December 12, 2010 coinciding with the introduction of the winter timetable....
Representing the Swiss Underground Community, the Swiss Tunnelling Society picked up the NCE International Tunnelling Award for the Project Gotthard Basetunnel in December 2010, at the Grosvenor House...
