Welcome dear participants to the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2009, dear professional readers and colleagues. Part of it entails paying a visit to the Hungarian Republic, which is situated in...
The 4-track upgrading of the section between Mainz Central Station and Mainz-Süd belongs to the development of the Mainz-Mannheim route. After the new 2-track Mainz Tunnel was commissioned in October...
Sandvik has unveiled its new tunnelling jumbo series, initially intended for selected markets in Europe, North and South America and the Far East. The DTi series tunnelling jumbos embrace 4 different...
The city of Oslo/N decided in 1983 to improve traffic along its fjord (the bay of Bjorvika)
(Fig. 1). They used this opportunity to give much more room to urban development, but also to create a more...
Formwork exactly geared to the construction scheme cuts down on the construction time and minimises costs. This was no different at the Solothurn site, Bypass West in Switzerland during the production...
The Swiss Tunneling Society (FGU) within the Swiss Engineers and Architects Association (SIA) held its 7th congress (June 11th, 2008) in conjunction with the AlpTransit Gotthard AG with reports on the...
The 5th tunnel fair featuring “Innovation underground”/IUT ‘08 [1] (September 17th/18th, 2008) at the Hagerbach Test Gallery (VSH) close to Sargans provided interested trade visitors with a wide...
Traffic Concept
A 3.4 km long mainline tunnel for the 4-track north-south link for long-distance and regional services was built as the core of Berlin’s central area (ZBB) (Fig. 1). Its manner...
The BCE Joint Venture, consisting of Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Frankfurt am Main/D, and the Dutch BAM construction company, was commissioned to construct the tunnel in summer 2008. The client...
Selecting the Driving Technology
Optimal harmony between the subsoil and the process technology is essential for a successful excavation. In this connection the driving technology must adapt to the...
