The line being newly built and upgraded between Karlsruhe and Basel is part of the European rail network from Rotterdam to Genoa. Running from the ports of the Netherlands to the Mediterranean, this...
Under the aegis and participation of Dr.-Ing. Friedrich Krüger of STUVA the Technical Academy Esslingen is staging a seminar on “Protection against Vibration and secondary Noise Immissions in Rail...
We at the STUVA should like to congratulate Dr.-Ing. Karl Morgen most warmly after he turned 65 in March 2017. Dr. Morgen is CEO of WTM Engineers GmbH and a member of the STUVA board since 2003; since...
The STUVA has been obliged to say farewell to two long-standing associates. Dr.-Ing. Hans Walter, the former chair of the STUVAtec GmbH administrative council and an honorary member of the
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The STUVA will invite experts from the fields of construction and operation of underground structures for the industry’s most important get-together to be held in Stuttgart from December 6 to 8, 2017. More than 2400 experts from over 20 countries turned up for the last STUVA Conference in Dortmund in 2015. Around 70 papers (with simultaneous German/English and English/German translation) will be presented over two days in Stuttgart. They will deal with tunnelling and tunnel operation. The separate block of lectures on the afternoon of Day 2 and the excursions on Day 3 will provide a greater insight into the Stuttgart–Ulm mega project.
For many people with restricted mobility, electric mobility scooters (E-scooters) are essential for taking part in social activities. It is of great importance that such scooters can be carried on...
The Lee Tunnel in Beckton, London, a MVB JV (Morgan Sindall/Vinci Construction Grand Projets and Bachy Soletanche) joint-venture project, is the first tunnel ever to be nominated and to win the...
The JV contractor responsible for the headrace tunnel, Limak/AGE, opted for a unique type of TBM to bore in ophiolite, flysch, mélange and breccia with suspected water inflows up to 20 bar. The 6.2 m...
Assembled in Schwanau, with a diameter of 15.87 m the tunnel boring machine for the Santa Lucia road tunnel is an impressive sight. In the next three years the 4800 tonne drilling giant will build a 7528 meter tunnel in the Apennines near Florence. It takes over from the existing record holder for size, which was also used in Italy – an EPB shield for the Galleria Sparvo with a diameter of 15.62 m.
Fault zones represent a major challenge in tunnelling for planners, geologists and contractors. It is not always easy to identify and localise fault zones quite apart from obtaining significant sample...
