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25/07/2017

Reserve your trade fair stand for STUVA Expo 2017 now, your business platform for the tunneling industry. Take advantage of this opportunity to make new contacts, strengthen business relationships and find out all about the latest trends and news in your industry. Book now. 

STUVA Conference Programme released:

Lectures on the topic of Tunnelling 

International Major Projects

•           First Experiences with Double Shield TBM Tunnelling on the Follo Line Project

•           Metro Line Cityringen Copenhagen

•           Ceneri Base Tunnel

•           Construction of Ismalia Road Tunnels

•           Västlänken Rail Tunnel, New Cross City Link Beneath Göteborg City Centre

•           Semmering Base Tunnel

BIM, Digitalisation, Monitoring

•           BIM Use at Sydney Metro

•           BIM at the Franken Expressway Road Tunnel Project

•           Groundwater Management at the Metro Line Cityringen Copenhagen

•           Holistic Planning Process for Producing a Deep Construction Pit

Updates to Codes of Practice

•           Abrasiveness of Soft Grounds and Establishing Homogeneous Areas

•           In Situ Aged Sealing Membranes for Road Tunnels

Combined Construction Methods

•           Schwarzkopf Tunnel Bypass Link

•           Eppenberg Tunnel: Convertible Rock and Mixshield TBM

•           Oberau Road Tunnel: Drill+Blast Drive, Compensation Grouting, Thallium

•           Caverns at the South Bypass Visp Road Tunnel

Mechanised Tunnelling

•           Innovative Hybrid Shield Application in Rio de Janeiro

•           Gas Pipeline Replacement Project Humber Crossing

•           Special Features of TBM Major Projects in Soft Ground in Miami and Seattle

•           Prognosis of Dispersion of Ultrafine Grain

•           Comparing Variable Driving and Engineering Concepts on the Wendlingen–Ulm Route

New Developments in Segment Linings

•           Thomson Line, Metro Tunnelling in Singapore

•           Steelfibre-reinforced Segmental Lining: Proof of Durability

•           Drained Segment Construction Method with Permeable Annular Gap Grouting

Ground Freezing

•           Rastatt Tunnel

•           Emscher Interceptor: Sealing Block Using Freezing Method

•           U5 Berlin: Disassembling two TBM Shields in the Vicinity of Freezing

•           New Albula Tunnel II

Tunnelling in swelling Soils

•           Gotschna Tunnel: Repairing Unexpected Heaves Induced by Swelling

•           Third Belchen Tunnel Tube: Tunnelling and Structure

•           Stuttgart 21: More than 15 km of Tunnel in Anhydrite

Underground Construction in the Regio

•           Karlsruhe Combined Solution: Trenchless Drive with Shotcreting

•           Stuttgart–Ulm Major Project: Albabstieg Tunnel in Karst Rock

•           Special Features when Building the New Staatsgalerie Urban Rail Station in Stuttgart

•           Tests on Non-Standard Waterstops to Gain an Individual Approval 

Lectures on the topics of Tunnel Operation 

Metro/Urban Railway/Station Operation

•           Impact of Urban Planning on the Design and Operation of Stations and Interchange Hubs

•           Modern Station Architecture and its Influence on User Behaviour

•           Performance Upgrading of Existing Metro Lines and Stations

•           Automatic Metros in Nuremberg and Worldwide

•           Saving of the Energy Regained from Braking Processes

•           Environmental and Climate Protection, Economy During Operation

Safety in Road Tunnels

•           Improved Tunnel Safety Through a Resilient Tunnel Concept

•           Tank Trailer Fire in the Skatestraum Subsea Road Tunnel

•           Application Limits for Release Procedures and Restrictions through Traffic Management Technology in Road Tunnels

•           Assuring Safe Operation of Road Tunnels in Stuttgart

Maintenance and saving Energy

•           Putting the Gotthard Basis Tunnel into Operation

•           Cooling Technical Rooms in Rail Tunnels to Reduce Maintenance

•           Working towards a Zero Energy Tunnel

•           Assessment of the Energy Efficiency of Road Tunnels

Road Tunnel Ventilation

•           Eco-friendly Ventilation for the Central Wan Chai Bypass Road Tunnel, Hong Kong

•           Tunnel Ventilation Dampers – Experiences, Challenges and Development

Tunnel Planning, Rehabilitation

•           System Engineering Methods for Complex Tunnel Projects

•           Status Report 2017 by the STUVA Working Group on Maintenance, Partial Renovation and New Construction

•           Rehabilitation Measures and Necessary Retrofitting for Stations and Tunnels

Tunnel Doors

•           Doors in Tunnels

•           Dynamic Analyses for Developing Tunnel Doors for the ÖBB

Rescue Concepts

•           Fehmarn Belt Tunnel: Safety Concepts and Strategies

•           Depicting human Behaviour in Risk Models for Tunnel Fires

•           Tunnel Fire Heinenoord Road Tunnel, The Netherlands

•           Accessible Self-Rescue in Tunnel according to BOStrab (Light Rail Transit System Regulations)

•           Effects of Electromobility on Self and 3rd-party Rescue from Tunnels

Transport Tunnels and Geothermics

•           Web-based Simulation Application for Economic Feasibility Studies

•           Rosenstein Road Tunnel: Use of heat loss from the operating center in connection with geothermal energy

•           Choosing a Highway Tunnel for Economic Underground Water Utilisation

IT Security

•           Digital Video Technology for Monitoring Road Tunnels

•           Enhancing Cyber Security of Tunnel Control Centres 

The conference programme can be requested from www.stuva-conference.com. Registration is available here.

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