1 Introduction
Despite the high present-day level of automation and mechanization, mechanized tunneling begins to encounter its limitations in shield-machine operations with no active rockface...
The 9,500 m long Filder Tunnel with two single-track bores built as an S-Bahn tunnel to Stuttgart Airport within the scope of the Stuttgart 21 Project can also be used for main line trains. The...
Readers wishing to get the latest information, any time, any place, on ongoing preparations for the IUT ’11, again to be held at the Hagerbach Test Gallery near Sargans, Switzerland, on September 14...
The two-track Lichtenholz Tunnel with a length of 931 m located in the District of Lichtenfels is part of the 107 km long new railway line between Ebensfeld and Leipzig (with a total of 22 tunnels),...
The 107 km long Deutsche Bahn AG new line from Ebensfeld to Leipzig is part of the new and upgraded route from Nuremberg to Berlin, the German Unity Transport Project No. 8, which will become...
Prof. Heinz Wind died, after a severe illness, on August 20, 2010, shortly before his 80th birthday.
During his thirty-seven years in the construction industry, Heinz Wind played a definitive role as...
For generations Silvaplana has represented an important traffic hub between North Bünden and the Engadin. Transit traffic is increasingly being seen as a burden. At the end of 2007 an outline project...
The tunnels of the 1,800 km Swiss national road network are among the safest in the world. However, standards and guidelines evolve continuously. The Swiss Road Authority (ASTRA) is addressing this...
Metro construction in Sofia is being expanded by means of the new Line 2; a 17 km long route is planned from the Obelya Terminal for Line 1 via Nadejda, the Central Station and the National Art...
After the fires in the Mont Blanc, Tauern and Gotthard, in the interim safety regulations have been introduced to protect motorists and emergency services. For example smoke is to be removed quickly...
