Starting Situation
The improving of mobility for the disabled and other persons with impaired movement in public transportation was already regarded as an important task in Germany prior to the...
The 6,969 m Finne Tunnel is the longest on the DB AG’s new Erfurt–Leipzig–Halle route and the sole tunnel on the entire section between Munich and Berlin, whose tubes are being constructed...
1 The TEN Axis from Berlin to Palermo
The trans-border European priority scheme TEN Project No. 1 represents a roughly 2,200 km long high-speed railway route between Berlin/D and Palermo/I. Between...
Around 280 experts from research and practice – almost half of them from abroad – as well as a number of exhibitors – accepted the invitation from Prof. Wolfgang Kusterle from the Technical...
Tunnelling as a very special and sophisticated branch of the engineering sciences is characterised by high risks during project execution. In particular tunnelling in residential areas involves...
Airport Link Brisbane in Australia whilst being a mega project in its own right is actually only 1 part of a 4 tunnel master plan designed to sort out Brisbane’s notorious traffic system and address...
EPB design and assembly are governed by multiple variables, no matter the machine diameter – a sentiment that rings true for a large Robbins EPB TBM currently being assembled at Mexico City’s new...
The Department of Geology and Mineral Resources and the Department of Civil and Trans-port Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have together with SINTEF Rock and...
Two trends have become discernible in the development of mechanised tunnel driving technology in recent years: firstly demands on the engineering technology have risen significantly. Secondly ever...
1 Statistics on Tunnels under Construction 2008/2009
As in previous years, the STUVA also undertook a survey of current tunnelling projects in Germany at the turn-of-the-year 2008/2009. The outcome is...
