Search Results: 'Strabag'

The sweet spot
26 April, 2013
Canada is a great place for work with projects in nearly every major province and an influx of foreign companies who have taken notice. Tunnels North America spoke with several to see what they are seeking.

Back to Bauma
05 April, 2013
Bauma in Munich, UC in Prague, and thoughts from the largest contractor in Central and Eastern Europe as Tunnels looks to the region in this focus.

Pointing North
28 February, 2013
Alex Conacher speaks to Ari Laitinen, Sandvik area manager for Scandinavia for his impressions of the quirks of operating in Europe’s northern extremity

TBM LIFTS
19 February, 2013
Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis looks at the pivotal role of cranes in TBM assembly

Rohtang praying for rock
17 January, 2013
The Rohtang Pass tunnel in India’s northern Jammu & Kashmir region is an ambitious project to provide year-round access to a remote group of communities. The Strabag- Afcons JV has hit woeful ground conditions and braved the worst the Himalayas can throw at it as work on this infrastructure lifeline slowly progresses. Alex Conacher speaks to Peter Reichenspurner, Strabag’s technical area manager for Asia and Africa, tunnelling division

Which ever way you slice it
08 January, 2013
Increasingly since the 1980s, contracts in the U.S. and Canada are taking on projects with TBMs and precast segments already procured by the owners. Gerhard J. Urschitz, of Strabag and based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, looks at who benefits from client procurement of TBMs