In April 2019, a 3.5 m diameter open-type Main Beam TBM and its crew broke through at the Galerie des Janots Tunnel in La Ciotat, France. The 2.8 km long tunnel, excavated in limestone known to have...
Together with Porr Bau GmbH, MC Bauchemie has developed a new TBM backfill grout based on a geopolymer that is suitable for use in swelling rock formations. This cementless annular gap filler prevents...
The Brenner Base Tunnel is a mega project within the TEN-T (Trans European Network-Transport) undertaken to expand and improve Europe’s infrastructure. The altogether 64 km long Brenner Base Tunnel...
Dubai International Airport is the hub of air traffic in the Persian Gulf: nearly 90 million international passengers are handled here each year. The operators are constantly investing in capacity...
For the redevelopment of the Maroggia Tunnel in Switzerland, the Multiripper 220 multifunctional machine fitted with a hydraulic hammer ensured that the amount of time needed to remove the existing...
Reducing the time it takes to get between destinations within the metropolitan region while increasing the rail transport capacity – the Danish capital Copenhagen is expanding its metro system with...
From June 4 to 6, 2019, the Swiss Tunnelling Society (STS) staged the 18th Swiss Tunnel Congress in the concert hall at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre. Around 700 visitors took part in the...
International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) and ITA-AITES (the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) have teamed up to...
In April 2019, a 3.5 m diameter open-typ, Main Beam TBM and its crew broke through at the Galerie des Janots Tunnel in La Ciotat, France. The 2.8 km long tunnel, excavated in limestone known to have...
