For decades, the Gotthard Road Tunnel has played an important role in Europe’s north-south traffic through the Alps. Currently, the existing tunnel is being renovated to enable separate traffic flow in each direction starting in 2033. To accomplish this goal, a second tube measuring 16.9 km is being built through the hard rock. Due to […]
The Alps, the largest mountain range in Europe. At their highest point, Mont Blanc, their rock formations rise more than 4,800 meters into the sky. A mighty border made out of stone between northern and southern Europe, between Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland. Conquering this mountain range by making it safe and quick to cross, […]
The Yangtze River Delta is one of the most vibrant regions in China. The fastgrowing area on the east coast represents more than a tenth of China’s population and contributes about a quarter of China’s economic output. The national strategy of regional integration and high-quality growth is adding further momentum to the region with 27 […]
„Our machines operate in highly diverse geological and hydrogeological conditions“ says Matthias Schwärzel, who has led several tunnelling projects for Herrenknecht in his role as Division Manager, Project Management Traffic Tunnelling. “These conditions pose challenges for clients, planners and contractors that are never the same from one project to the next. Working closely with our […]
Just short of the finish line, there was one anxious moment for “Coline”, as the miners called their TBM: 2.4 kilometers into the highly successful operation on an extremely demanding section of Lyon’s subsurface, the TBM was just a few meters from breakthrough when the monitoring systems flashed up some unexpected values. In the control […]
On the sprawling site of the Nezhinsky mine in Lyuban, Belarus – about a two hour drive south of Minsk – Marcus Winterer climbs into a metal manrider. In the past two years it has taken him vertically underground on countless occasions. Winterer is one of the supervisors for two innovative Shaft Boring Roadheaders (SBR) […]