The Administrative Council of the AlpTransit Gotthard AG (ATG) elected Dieter Schwank as its new board chairman in mid-February 2017. Currently Dieter Schwank is in charge of the department for legal matters. On July 1, 2017, he will take over the duties of CEO in addition to his present responsibilities. He will thus succeed Renzo Simoni and will be directly responsible to the Administrative Council in this function.
The DB Projekt Stuttgart-Ulm GmbH started work in mid-February 2017 at the Rosensteinpark in Stuttgart in the vicinity of the Ehmannstraße employing mining means to produce the intersecting structure for the Bad Cannstatt mainline access and light rail feed. The DB was obliged to switch from the cut-and-cover construction method originally included in the planning process at the Ehmannstraße, after wildlife conservation experts discovered two host trees used by the strictly protected hermit beetle and four other trees possibly containing the insects.
Between Würzburg and Frankfurt, the German railway company Deutsche Bahn has a route section newly built which is to replace passage through the Schwarzkopf Tunnel. The almost 160-year old tunnel no longer meets today’s requirements; passenger trains can only pass through the tunnel with reduced maximum speed. Heavy freight trains however need additional helper engines due to the steep inclination. Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH executed in a joint venture all required special foundation works which could not be constructed by mining method.
Rail traffic represents an essential component of the transport infrastructure. In built-up areas it is immensely important for tackling high transport volumes. Measures designed to reduce its...
Dortmund’s former municipal director Klaus Fehlemann has just celebrated his 75th birthday, and the STUVA wishes to extend hearty congratulations. From 2003 to 2007, the trained architect...
Dipl.-Ing. Nina Wassmann (Fig. 1) presented the best lecture at the 2015 STUVA Conference to clinch the prize for young engineers at the “Youth Forum”. With Amberg Engineering at the time of the...
Incidences of violence and damage to property at stops and in vehicles can lead to passengers feeling insecure or deciding to opt out of public transportation altogether. This applies in particular to...
The Imberg Tunnel is located on the Swabian Alb plateau, which is crossed by the new Wendlingen–Ulm rail link. It is 499 m long, which means it is numbered among the shortest for the Stuttgart–Ulm rail project. The ICE will only need roughly 7 seconds to pass through the tunnel. Topographical marginal conditions define the length of the 220 m central construction section, which is driven by conventional means. Cut-and-cover sections extend the tunnel at both sides. On the south side this is defined by the planned or rebuilt road network; at the north side a highly frequented game pass that crosses the track has to be catered for.
Motivation
The need to modernise and expand the existing line networks of the telecommunications and energy supply companies is growing in keeping with the advance in infrastructural networking of...
The 2017 STUVA Conference, the International Forum for Tunnels and Infrastructure, will be held from December 6 to 8, 2017 at the Messe Stuttgart. The event is one of the most important gatherings for...
