From June 13 to 15, 2018, the Swiss Tunnelling Society (STS) staged the 17th Swiss Tunnel Congress in the concert hall at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre. Around 700 visitors took part in the lecture programme of the STC. The Swiss Tunnel Colloquium for students, young engineers and technicians on the first congress day attracted 380 participants.
In tunnel issue 3/2018 in the article “Master Formulas and basic Rules for Tunnelling Logistics” (pp. 34–43) the axis labels for two diagrams were unfortunately false. We apologise for reproducing...
André Wyss appointed new CEOAs part of its long-term planning process, the Board of Directors has appointed André Wyss as the successor to Anton Affentranger. The 51-year-old Swiss will take over at...
The DB Projekt Stuttgart–Ulm GmbH completed its second breakthrough during the construction of the Obertürkheim Tunnel on June 21. The tunnel’s west tube had been accomplished back in March 2017....
In early June, the site crew working with tunnel boring machine “Käthchen” has completed the second tube of the Bossler Tunnel. The breakthrough near Mühlhausen im Tale in Baden-Württemberg is another...
The Semmering Base Tunnel (SBT) is currently under construction and is one of the most important major infrastructure projects in the heart of Europe, forming part of the new Austrian Southern Railway...
The InnoTrans will open its gates from 18–21 September for the twelfth time. That signifies four enthralling days for top decision-makers and leading developers from the rail sector as well as for...
Around 1500 tunnellers from 68 countries met from 21 to 25 April, 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The occasion was the 44th Annual Meeting of the ITA (International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) in conjunction with the World Tunnel Congress (WTC) 2018.
In a ground breaking new book “Underground Spaces Unveiled: Planning and Creating the Cities of the Future” urban planner Antonia Cornaro (Amberg Engineering, Switzerland) and civil engineer Han...
On June 7, 2018, the 4th Conference on Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling took place at the WBI Center in Weinheim/Bergstr. The day-long event was staged jointly by the WBI GmbH in conjunction with the DB Projekt Stuttgart–Ulm GmbH, the DB Netze and the civil engineering section of the Württemberg Engineering Association. There was a keen response with around 300 experts taking part in the event thus contributing to its success. For the first time, all lectures were also available in English with simultaneous translation.
