Search Results: 'Strabag'

East European construction resists financial maelstrom
02 December, 2011

Raising the pressure
10 November, 2011
Adding an extra turbine to the Vianden pump storage plant in Luxembourg requires a new vertical pressure shaft. Benjamin Kunstle and Alexander Frey of Herrenknecht explain how the raiseboring is sinking in

Brenner push
19 October, 2011
Excavation and procurement are advancing at the Brenner Base Tunnel with the third exploratory tube contract due to be awarded shortly and planning continuing for the main bores in the Alps. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Strabag records first positive semi annual earnings
06 September, 2011

Strabag scoops Toronto tunnel
30 August, 2011

Strabag nets EUR 76M in Scandinavian construction projects
09 August, 2011

Big Becky’s big day
14 June, 2011
After a 10.4km drive full of ups and downs—literally and figuratively speaking—the TBM mining the Niagara Tunnel has made its final breakthrough. Nicole Robinson was there to see it happen

Mild winter results in early growth for Strabag
02 June, 2011

Strabag buys shield machines for Koralm
20 May, 2011

Big Becky breaks into the light
17 May, 2011

Breakthrough at Niagara Tunnel
21 March, 2011

FCC awarded Bucharest metro contract
15 March, 2011

From the ground up - to project control
14 March, 2011
What happens when underground construction practice doesn’t follow design theory? How can engineers find out what is actually happening with accuracy to reduce risk? The principles of structural monitoring have been known for many years but technical developments in instruments to test ground conditions in situ have increased reliability and reduced cost to such an extent that the wealth of information available has required new thinking in data handling, analysis and presentation. Maurice Jones checks with some leading participants on how data is now collected handled and used, plus how improvements might come about

Europe claws back to black
14 March, 2011
A construction boom in Poland, reduced labour costs and a healthy range of large, challenging tunnelling projects has meant that despite a reduced demand for costly underground construction, the industry remains upbeat. Alex Conacher reports

Strabag enters Swiss big three
07 March, 2011

Smoking tunnels
17 January, 2011
Dr Fathi Tarada, Managing Director of Mosen, raises the question ‘Is smoke ventilation required for tunnels under construction?’ in the light of recent dangerous incidents