The ramps of the present-day rail routes at the Ceneri amount to up to 26 %o - the same gradients that are to be found at the Gotthard. The building of the Gotthard Base Tunnel alone would not have...
Project Background
The Colorado River originates in the Rocky Mountains, fed primarily by the winter snowpack, and flows through the desert southwest of the United States. Along the way, it passes...
Since September 16th, 2008 the new total credit for NEAT (Trans-Alpine routes) passed by parliament has been in force. Among other things it assures the financing of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the...
BASF’s Bauchemie division has introduced its own production plant for the main bearing excluder grease market. The new product series, MEYCO® BSG excluder greases for tunnel boring machines was...
The altogether 2,530 m long construction project is being set up by the Tunnel Schwäbisch Gmünd JV (consisting of Züblin, Baresel, Hinteregger, ÖSTU-Stettin). The tunnel is split up from west...
60 days of construction time was planned for the pilot heading. The breakthrough took place after only 53 days. This operation signified that these robust and reliable machines are capable of...
A tunnel excavator must take advantage of constricted space and in the process usually fulfil rigorous work for a good 24 h without a break. Generally this machine is subjected to particular...
In an opening address the FGU president Felix Amberg dealt with the introduction of the current safeguarding instruments roughly 15 years ago in conjunction with the major construction projects for...
In Germany up until the end of 2008 more than 2.5 million m² of excavated area – pertaining to the external diameter of tunnels – was permanently secured using a single-shell, watertight...
The Yalong River one of the main tributaries of the Yangtze is situated in the southwest of the Province of Sichuan. It often flows in deep gorges through the mountainous Tibetan high plateau and the...
