In September 2023, the SBB started the fundamental overhaul of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel. The tunnel vault and technical installations of the railway tunnel will be renovated. This work will last until autumn 2026, with interruptions in the summer and at the end of the year.
Every two years, STUVA e. V., Cologne, hosts the STUVA Conference. These scientific conferences are fixed dates in the calendar of international tunnelling experts. The accompanying trade exhibition...
Using the largest tunnel boring machine in the UK, miners from Riverlinx CJV completed driving the second tunnel for London’s Silvertown project ahead of schedule at the end of July 2023. London is building the Silvertown Tunnel in the east of the city, the first newly constructed underground road link between the two banks of the Thames in over 30 years.
Munich 2nd Main Line – Marienhof StationWork on the new Marienhof station on the 2nd Munich main line is progressing. The excavation for the station‘s central access structure in the heart of Munich...
In October 2021, construction work began on the new mine water drainage tunnel (MWDT) in the area of Germany’s northernmost coal mine in Ibbenbüren, which was closed in 2018. The costly pumps of the mine water drainage system have now been switched off and the mine water is to rise to a height of +63 m NHN (= meters above standard zero) and then be discharged via the new drainage tunnel to the mine water treatment plant at the Gravenhorst site, which is also to be newly constructed. This article presents the project task and reports on the status of the planning and construction work after a construction period of 24 months.
Jeden Tag stehen sie im Dreck, widerstehen Schlamm und Steinen und laufen dabei noch rund um die Uhr – sogar mehrere Wochen am Stück. Unendliche Kubikmeter Schmutzwasser sind auf Baustellen schon...
Tunnel construction places high demands on reliability and availability. Geologically demanding conditions meet confined space in combination with large and heavy transport goods. All of this is a...
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Prysmian Group as worldwide cable manufacturer #1 has developed extensive know-how over many years regarding the special operational conditions of mining cables.The experience we gain every day – in...
