Findings designed to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists when using railway crossings are to emerge from a research project (FE-No. 82.0613/2014). The project was commissioned by the...
A symposium took place in the Southeast Asian metropolis of Singapore on 10 November 2016, organised by the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Society Singapore (TUCSS) who had invited eight...
The first Forum on Tunnelling (Forum Tunnelbau) took place on 18 November 2016 at the RWTH Aachen University. The occasion for the event was the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel – a mammoth...
On December 9, 2016, the Swiss Federal Council appointed Renzo Simoni, CEO of the AlpTransit Gotthard AG (ATG), to represent the state in the governing board of the partially privatised Swisscom tele-...
Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht accepted the Werner von Siemens Ring – one of the most prestigious technical engineering awards – on December 13, 2016 in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Werner von Siemens Ring Foundation highlighted Martin Herrenknecht’s innovative strength in the development of tunnel boring machines and honored his technical pioneering spirit in the realization of groundbreaking engineering projects in mechanized tunnelling.
The ITA Awards from the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association were presented in Singapore on November 11, 2016 for the second time following up 2015 (in the Hagerbach Test...
The following companies joined the STUVA during the second half of 2016:
Rücker und Schindele Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Munich
(Germany)
StekoX GmbH Abdichtungstechnik, Magstadt (Germany)
CTS...
Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht accepted the Werner von Siemens Ring – one of the most prestigious technical engineering awards – on December 13, 2016 in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of...
On December 9, 2016, the Swiss Federal Council appointed Renzo Simoni, CEO of the AlpTransit Gotthard AG (ATG), to represent the state in the governing board of the partially privatised Swisscom...
