At the closing ceremony, the participants agreed: It was an excellent World Tunnel Congress 2023 in Athens. In numbers this means: More than 420 presentations from over 45 countries in the lecture sessions and an extensive exhibition of the tunnelling industry.
Following a comprehensive analysis, BBT SE estimates the total project costs for the Brenner Base Tunnel at around 10.5 billion euros. After the cost forecast was approved by the supervisory board,...
On May 2, 2023, the excavation of the east main tunnel from Ahrental southwards began in the H41 Sill Gorge–Pfons construction lot with the start of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Lilia”....
Dr Jan Klügge (47) has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at MC-Bauchemie Müller GmbH & Co. KG as of 1 April 2023.
The project K2D Skøyen–Vækerø in Oslo is part of Fornebubanen – the largest subway tunnelling project in Norway since the 1970s. It will consist of the Skøyen subway station, as well as around 1.2 km of tunnelling below a heavily urbanised area and an escape tunnel (Bestum). In March 2023, Implenia was awarded the contract for construction, and will start its work on K2D Skøyen–Vækerø later this year.
2nd Munich S-Bahn Main Line, Marienhof StationIn the center of Munich, the deepest S-Bahn station in Germany (41 m) is currently being built. Construction of the central access structure has...
Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) began driving the tunnel for the Große Wendlinger Kurve on March 30, 2023. The existing Stuttgart–Tübingen rail line will be connected to the infrastructure being built as part of Stuttgart 21 via the Kleine and Große Wendlinger Kurve (large and small Wendlinger curve).
At the end of April 2023, ASFINAG began extensive rehabilitation work on the nearly five-decade-old roadway in the Arlberg Tunnel. As a result, this most important road link between Tyrol and Vorarlberg will be closed for several months in each of the summer months of 2023 and 2024.
A joint venture (JV) consisting of Implenia (50%) and Demathieu Bard Construction (50%) has been awarded the contract for Lot 3 of future Line C of the Toulouse Metro by Tisséo, the public transport authority for Greater Toulouse.
For roughly 1.5 billion euros, the electric utility company National Grid is building the "London Power Tunnels 2" project – a 32.5 km long power tunnel that crosses two rivers and 15 railway lines. Together with project partner Mott MacDonald, National Grid was looking for software that could effectively accomplish the change to a digital planning process.
