Rail and road tunnels have to meet rigorous ventilation standards in terms of air quality and fire safety. Utilising variable frequency drives can help to ensure their maximum uptime and energy...
For the reorganisation of the Stuttgart rail junction, the structural work has progressed so far that the next phase of the project can be started: Deutsche Bahn has now awarded the first contract for...
The Austrian municipality of Serfaus has only about 1000 inhabitants; however, in winter, with the start of the ski season, the small town turns into a lively tourist destination. A tracked hovercraft...
Munich’s Franz-Josef Strauß airport in the Erdinger Moos is increasingly important as an economic factor for the region of Bavaria as well as a transfer location for passengers and freight all over...
According to the German tram regulations BOStrab [1], constructional fire protection for underground transport structures in urban areas has to be paid particular attention. In addition to endangering...
In autumn 2017, excavation of the bypass tunnel around the centre of Küssnacht, Switzerland, had to be stopped due to obstruction of the works by heavy slurry inflow and a cave-in. Intensive...
At the beginning of May 2020, German Railways (DB) reached another milestone in the Stuttgart 21 project: With the breakthrough of the eastern tube of the 9.5 km long Filder Tunnel, the last of four...
The construction of underground infrastructure projects is a complex and lengthy matter. Conflicts between the contracting parties often arise during the planning and especially during the execution...
On 21 April 2020, in order to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 the Senate of Berlin imposed a ban on staging large events, in particular trade fairs with an attendance of more than 5000 visitors,...
In December 2019, the Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) examined the implementation project for the construction of the second Gotthard tube and...
