After excavating for more than four years, the first tube of the 7980 m long Solbakk Tunnel, currently the world`s longest subsea tunnel, was broken though at the end of 2017. The tunnel belongs to...
Following a resolution by the Swiss Federal Council dated October 25, 2017, the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO/ASTRA) will draw up a plan for executing the second Gotthard Road Tunnel tube, which will be...
With the extension of the urban railway line U5 past the main station to the west, Frankfurt’s Europaviertel quarter will gain a high-capacity link to the public transport network of the city. The...
Safe and simple emergency lighting in rail tunnels can be a life-saver in case of an emergency. According to the manufacturer, “handraiLIT” from Rhomberg is a long-lived pedestrian guidance system,...
The Stockholm bypass (Förbifart Stockholm) is a new route for the European highway E4 past the Swedish capital. The new link will connect the southern and northern parts of the Stockholm county,...
Since September 2017, a research centre for underground construction has been under construction at the Erzberg in Austria. The supermobile concrete batching plant Euromix 3300 from SBM is producing...
Extreme tunneling conditions call for the most robust TBM cutting tools possible—whether that includes hard and abrasive rock, long-distance tunnels of 15 km or more, or high water pressures. Extreme...
Since the period of industrialisation, waste water in the Ruhrgebiet has been drained into the east-west River Emscher. In order to restore the natural condition of the Emscher and its tributaries,...
The French Tunnelling and Underground Space Association AFTES (L’Association Français des Tunnels et de l’Espace Souterrain) held its international congress from November 13 to 16, 2017 in the Palais...
In Israel, the Züblin-Jäger Joint Venture is constructing a tunnel to supply water to Jerusalem. Tunnel-boring machine (TBM) "Isabel" is chewing its way, with a tremendous din, through the mass of...
