On 1 October 2025, work officially began on improving traffic safety in the Landeck Tunnel on the Inntal motorway. ASFINAG is building a 7 km long escape and rescue tunnel there, extensively...
Preparatory work in the western section is in full swing and rescue shaft RS 3 has been completed. Work has begun on excavating the final level E-6 in the central access structure at the Central...
The two parallel 57.5 km long tunnels under Mont Cenis are the key structures of the new railway link currently under construction in the Alpine areas between Lyon in France and Turin in Italy. When...
Autobahn GmbH‘s Southwest branch is currently carrying out comprehensive structural and operational renovations on the Engelberg Tunnel in Leonberg (Baden-Württemberg). Three Fischer BauBots were used for this project. The construction robots drilled more than 9000 holes with a diameter of 20 mm and a depth of 240 mm at a height of up to 7.5 m fully automatically. This increased efficiency and precision in fastening tasks.
Hydropower has been used for flexible electricity generation at the Forbach power plant in the Black Forest for over 100 years. In order to adapt this environmentally friendly energy generation to the...
In early October 2025 Topcon Positioning Systems and Amberg Technologies announced their collaboration agreement to launch fully integrated solutions for rail and tunnel applications. The...
This year‘s ITA Tunnelling Awards were presented at the Southeastern Europe Tunnelling Conference in Belgrade, Serbia, from October 1 to 3, 2025. The Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, and highly...
In August 2025, preliminary work began away from the main carriageway for the replacement of the almost 40-year-old St. Andrä underpass on the A 10 Tauern motorway. Demolition of the first half of the...
The construction of the second tunnel tube through the Karawanken massif on the A 11 Karawanken motorway, which connects Austria and Slovenia, is nearing completion. The contract for the complete...
