The tunnel under construction is part of the extended Schuman-Josaphat S-Bahn network around Brussels/B. This network is intended to improve the train frequencies and speeds on the rail lines up to 30...
Since the introduction of the SSP system, which is highly complicated in its manner of functioning and reacts sensitively to external disturbing influences, it has become a sophisticated and...
Whether in tunneling, mining, hydraulic engineering or road construction, the application of sprayed concrete entails rebound – a significant time and cost factor. For this reason, Wacker Chemie AG...
With approx. 1.4 % of the surface area of South Africa, Gauteng is the country’s smallest province in terms of area. However, the province contains nearly 20 % of the country’s population. Because...
The Berlin U55 has travelled on the Metro section between the Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Central Station (Fig. 1) since the beginning of August 2009. Stepped-up safety precautions prevail in Metro...
Each year Rowa Tunnelling Logistics invites its customers to Wangen/CH to inform them about the company’s latest developments. At the end of September 2009 it was made evident that the company’s...
BASF Construction Chemicals’ business unit MEYCO Global Underground Construction, one of the world’s leading suppliers of technical solutions for TBM in underground construction, held the 3rd...
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...
