The new Bözberg Tunnel is part of the so-called “4-Metre Corridor” on the northern access route to the new Gotthard Base Tunnel. After the new tunnel has been completed, freight can be transported in...
Just-in-time delivery of materials and products has long been an everyday requirement in many fields of business. What this means for the working process, how much logistic work and what preparations...
For the third time in a row – after 2015 in Switzerland and 2016 in Singapore – the world of tunnelling celebrated itself and its achievements. The occasion was provided by the AFTES Congress on...
The 17th edition of the Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC) will be held from 13 to 15 June at the Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre. The STC 2018 will take place with its tried and tested format again...
Taking the example of the Boßler Tunnel (Albaufstieg) in the Stuttgart–Ulm rail project, the measurements of surface settlements in the start-up area of the east tube were evaluated and applied to...
Major construction work has begun on Victoria’s multi-billion dollar West Gate Tunnel in Melbourne. CPB Contractors was selected by road operator Transurban and the State Government of Victoria as the...
On 14 December 2017, the SCAUT consortium under the leadership of the Elkuch Group introduced the project “Crosscut Closure Module” to an expanded SCAUT audience in the Hagerbach Test Gallery (VSH)....
Along the majestic scenery of northern Norway, PNC Nordic Construction Norge (PNC) since autumn 2016 are creating a new road that will travel through two mountains and over one lake. It’s the first...
Whoever thinks that the InnoTrans is only concerned with trains and tracks can learn otherwise from 18 to 21 September 2018. The world’s leading trade fair for railway transport technology has now...
Nepal welcomed its first TBM ever in summer 2017: a 5.06 m diameter Double Shield machine for the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project (BBDMP). The Robbins TBM underwent its factory acceptance...
