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...
After a construction period of nearly five years, the opening to traffic of the previously missing section of the S35 Bruck Expressway in late May, 2010, now for the first time permits an efficient,...
The worldwide unique underground fair – the IUT ‘2011 – will take place from September 14 to 15, 2011 – for the 6th time – at the Hagerbach Test Gallery /VSH) near Sargans in eastern...
The Cassanawald Tunnel forms part of the northern approach ramp of the A13 motorway close to the San Bernardino Tunnel, and serves as an avalanche shield for the road. It features two-lane contraflow...
A veteran Double Shield completed one of the world’s longest single-drive TBM tunnels, at 25.4 km (15.8 mi), on November 14, 2010 (Fig. 1). The 4.8 m (15.7 ft) diameter machine bored the Pinglu...
EPB shield S-574 for upgrading of the autostrada (motorway) route between Italy‘s cities of Bologna and Florence successfully passed its acceptance inspection by the Italian client at the...
Warmly welcome to Helsinki, Finland 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...
Parallel to the 135-year old, 953 m long two-track Bebenroth tunnel near Witzenhausen on the railway line between Eichenberg and Oberrieder, the new single-track Bebenroth tunnel will be built in a...
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has in the past two years carried out a comprehensive programme of measurements on its new Lower Inn Valley line, in order to research more precisely the propagation...
More than eight hours away from the nearest city sits China’s Qinling Mountain, part of a range soaring up to 3,767 m high. About halfway up the mountainside is the jobsite for the Qinling Rail...
