The annual geomechanics colloquium has developed as an important meeting point for experts in Central Europe. The event with the associated exhibition annually attracts over 800 participants, making it one of the largest events in the field of geomechanics worldwide. Due to the pandemic, the 69th Geomechanics Colloquium in 2020 was held in a virtual format. The board of the Austrian Society for Geomechanics has decided to hold the colloquium again this year at the Salzburg Congress Centre as a physical event
Reliable fire protection plays a particularly decisive role for underground railway stations. This is why DB Station & Service AG, together with the technical inspection agency TÜV Nord, has developed...
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hartwig Beiche, former Head of the Technical Department, Head of the Civil Engineering Office and first Operations Manager of the municipal drainage operations Stuttgart, passed away...
In early July 2021, TELT (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin), the Franco-Italian company responsible for the construction and management of the cross-border section of the new Lyon–Turin rail link, has given...
Mechanized tunneling in difficult geological conditions, such as soils with significant swelling potential due to water uptake by the clay minerals, depends not only on the calibration of the tunnel...
Deutsche Bahn completed half of the excavation for the airport tunnel in mid-July 2021. The tunnel will connect Stuttgart Airport to the long-distance and regional rail network as part of Stuttgart...
The board of the Austrian Society for Geomechanics has decided to hold the Geomechanics Colloquium 2021 as a physical event at the Salzburg Congress Centre. As there might again be some restrictions...
Series 7 of ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards is officially launched. Since 2015, the international competition seeks and rewards remarkable achievements within the tunnelling industry. Candidacies can be submitted until June 30th 2021.
A new transformer station for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel has been put out for tender. Electric trains through the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Denmark and Germany will run on green energy supplied directly from a new transformer station. The contract for the new plant has just been put out for tender. The transformer station will also have sufficient capacity for a largescale charging station for electric vehicles near the tunnel.
Contract Value of around 98 Million EurosStockholm’s blue subway line is being extended from the centrally located Kungsträdgården to Nacka in the southeast of the Swedish capital as well as to...
