Since the 6th Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day could not take place in 2020 due to the Corona pandemic, the event is now planned for 10 June 2021. However, the regulations to be expected due to the...
In March 2021, the Swiss construction group Implenia was awarded the contract for the construction of the Lysaker–Fornebu railway tunnel in Norway. The contract consists of planning and building a...
In the municipality of Fortezza works on the Isarco River Underpass construction site, which is the southernmost construction lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel, are proceeding at full speed. The complex...
The wear of tunnelling tools successively reduces their excavation capability, which slows down the penetration rate of the tunnel-boring machine (TBM) and eventually requires a replacement of the...
The largest ever Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM in China launched in late March 2021 in Guangzhou for contractors Sichuan Jinshi Heavy Equipment Leasing Co., Ltd and CREC Bureau 2. The 9.16 m diameter...
MBCC Group, one of the leading suppliers of construction chemicals and solutions worldwide, and TPH Bausysteme GmbH signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of TPH by MBCC Group in March 2021....
Effective cost and risk management is critical to the success of large infrastructure projects. Significant cost overruns in major projects show that risk management is not being given the importance it should have. In order to be able to measure and control current cost and the schedule against set targets, it is necessary to assess risks in a transparent manner and to consider them appropriately. The insight is not new – every reader will certainly have heard this or similar statements. But why do we get the impression that nothing changes and that we – paraphrasing Einstein – do the same thing over and over again and still expect different results?
MBCC Group, one of the leading suppliers of construction chemicals and solutions worldwide, and TPH Bausysteme GmbH signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of TPH by MBCC Group in March 2021....
On 26 February 2021, DSI Underground SMART, a wholly owned subsidiary of DSI Underground completed the acquisition of the virtual reality training specialist Edvirt.
