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Aites Association ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRAVAUX EN SOUTERRAIN ITA INTERNATIONAL TUNNELLING AITES ASSOCIATION IrA newsletter -la lettre de l'Alj N° 25 - FÉVRIER 2003 - ISSN 1267-8422 PROJECT GOTTHARD BASE TUNNEL Attacking the Gotthard. At the beginning of 2003, the first two Herrenknecht Tunnel Boring Machines (0 8.83m) will attack the Gotthard at the South Portal in Bodio. The 2 x 57 km long Gotthard Base Tunnel is a pre-eminent construction. Being the world's longest traffic tunnel with a trailbla zing concept of passing the tunnel on one continuous level requires an intrepid pioneering spirit as weil as a high degree of persistence and reliability. The joint ventures TAT (Tunnel AlpTransit - Ticino) and AGN (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Amsteg) ordered four Herrenknecht Tunnel Boring Machines for this project. They will excavate and secu re approx. 75km of the main tubes. Herrenknecht. Drilling for progress. Contractor 5-210/5-211 J.V. TAT Tunnel AlpTransit-Ticino Bodio heading 554/ Faido heading 452: Zschokke Locher AG, HOCHTIEF AG, Alpine Mayreder Bau GmbH, CSC Impresa Costruzioni SA, Impregilo S.pA Contractor 5-229/5-230 J.V. AGN Amsteg, heading 252 : Murer AG, Strabag AG Gripper TB M, 0 B.B3m Assembly of the Gripper TBM, 0 8.83m Western tube heading Bodio / Faido Easte rn tube heading Bodio/Faido Herrenknecht AG 0 -77963 Schwanau Tel +49 7824 302 0 Fax +49 7824 3403 Herrenknecht Schweiz AG CH-6474 Amsteg Tel +41 41 8848080 Fa x +41 41 8848089 Herrenknecht Ibérica S.A. E-28046 Madrid Tel +3491 3452 697 Fa x +34 9 1 3592 032 Herrenknecht Nederland BV NL-3432 GL Nieuwegein Tel +3 1 306000333 Fax +3 1 306000955 www.herrenknecht.com i) " .... A tunnel is more than just a ho le in the ground. Underground infrastructure projects require deal ing with various aspects like safety, geology, tendering, structures, architecture and installations. Therefore a team of highly motivated specialists from different backgrounds is indispensable for such a challenging job. At ARCADIS we have ail the required expertise available in one company. We have experi ence in ail major tunnel construction techniques, such as eut & cover tunnels, immersed tube tunnels, shield tunnels and NATM. Through its worldwide network ARCADIS combines global expertise with local experience. At the Pannerdensch Cana l Railway Tunnel an international team from ARCADIS was involved in ail project phases of this tunnelling job. This tunnel was driven in record time despite difficult geological and hydrogeological conditions. ARCADIS is a leading, global, knowledge-driven serv ice provider. With our clients' success central to our total business approach, we fulfill project or program needs from concept to completion and beyond. There are 8,500 of us, results-oriented people, continually investing in our ski Ils to maximize value while creating viable solutions that assure your success . Par t of a big ger picture For more information: Phone +31 (0) 33 4604 801 or visit our website Inframucrure, buildi~ ~~roAB~AQJ~ www.arcadis-global.com TRIBUNE ITA newsletter la lettre de l'AITES HSL: The new high speed line willlink the Belgian border and Amsterdam. The line includes four tunnels. SOMMAIRE • CONTENTS TGV: La ligne à grande vitesse reliera la frontière belge à Amsterdam. La ligne comprend quatre tunnels. BUREAU EXÉCUTIF ET COMITÉ DE RÉDACTION L'AITES en Bref 4 ITA in Brief EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND EDITORIAL BOARD Liste des Nations Membres 4 Member Nations List A. Assis Brazil A.M . Muir Wood UK FOCUS ON NETHERLANDS A. Haack Germany H. Parker USA J.P. Godard France J. Hess Czech R. Editorial - R de Boer 5 Editorial - R de Boer A. Nordmark Sweden K.Ono Japan Invitation de l'organisateur 7 Invitation from the organizer H. Wagner Austria F. Vuilleumier Switzerland Travaux souterrains aux 9 Tunnelling in the Netherlands H.Oud Netherlands Pays-Bas J.Zhao Singapore y. Erdem Turkey Le plus long tunnel routier: 10 The longest road tunnel : C. Berenguier le tunnel du Westerschelde the Westerscheldetunnel 3100 copies of this issue have been printed Le tunnel foré du Bored tunnel Directeur de la publication : 12 Claude Berenguier Pannerdensch Canal Pannerdensch Canal ITA-AITES - cio EPFL- Bat GC CH·1015 LAUSANNE HSL: le transport du futur 14 HSL: the transport of the future !D +41-216932310, .(6 +41-216934153 secretariat@ita-aites.org, www.ita-aites.org Édité par ACROTÈRE : BP1275 - F-31047 TOULOUSE !D +33-561310385, f6J +33-561490522 Nouvelles des Nations Membres 19 News from Member Nations acrotere @aol.com Imprimé par Imprimerie LECHA 51 rue du Pech - F-311 00 TOULOUSE Conférences internationales 20 International Conferences Crédits photos :Nations membres de l'AITES Publicité: ACROTÈRE Dépôt légal : Février 2003 ITA accepls no responsibilily or liability with regard to the mate rial on this newslelter. This male rial: -is information of a general nature only which is not intended to address the specifie circumslances of any particular indivi- dual or en lit y; • is not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurale or up to date; • may net be ITA posilion, specially signed articles are under the responsabilily 01 their aulhors • is not professional or legal advice (if you need specifie advi- ce, yeu should always con suit a suilably qualilied prolessio· nal). TRIBUNE n 0 25 - iTA -AITES - Feb/ï/C//Y 2003 3 I TA I N B RIE F • L'AITES EN B R E F FOUNDED IN 1974 FONDÉE EN 1974 ITA has 52 Member Nations and 280 Affiliate L'AITES compte 52 Nations Membres et 280 Members. Membres Affiliés. The aims of ITA are to encourage planning of the Les buts de l'AITES sont d'encourager l'étude de subsurface and to promote advances in the pre­ l'utilisation et de l'aménagement du sous-sol et de paratory investigations for tunnels and in the promouvoir les progrès dans les reconnaissances design, construction and maintenance of tun­ préalables, la conception, la construction et l'entre­ nels by bringing together information thereon tien des tunnels en rassemblant les informations and by studying questions related thereto. ainsi qu'en étudiant les questions qui s'y rapportent. The Association fulfils its mission: L'Association remplit sa mission : • by facilitating the exchange of information • en facilitant l'échange d'informations entre ses among its members membres • by holding public or other meetings • en organisant des réunions publiques ou non • by organising and coordinating studies and • en organisant et en coordonnant des études et experiments des expérimentations • by publishing proceedings, reports and docu­ • en publiant des comptes rendus, rapports et ments. documents. ITA MEMBER NATIONS AFRIQUE DU SUD' SOUTH AFRICA • South African National Council on ISLANDE • ICELAND • Icelandic Tunnelling Society, Lo +354-5622332, Tunnelling Lo+27 -1164871556, sancotmsm@iafrica.com hrh@vegag.is ALGÉRIE' ALGERIA. Ministère des Travaux Publics Lo+213-2851837 IRAN' Iran Tunnelling Association, .6+98-216014828 ALLEMAGNE • GERMANY • Deutscher Ausschuss für Unterirdisches ISRAEL' Inter Ministerial Committee Lo+972-26223058 Bauen, Lo+49-2215979550, AHaack@stuva.de ITALIE ' ITALY • Società Italiana Gallerie Lo+39-026599758, segretaria@societai­ ARABIE SAOUDITE' SAUDI ARABIA • Ministry of Communications, Lo talianagallerie.it +966-1 4029436 JAPON • JAPAN • Japan Tunnelling Society, Lo +81-3355361 45, ARGENTINE • ARGENTINA • Association Argentina de Ingeneria de jta@sepia.ocn.ne.jp Tuneles, Lo +54-11 49512293, issanoner@arnet.com.ar LESOTHO' Lesotho Tunnelling Society, Lo+266-31 0005 AUSTRALIE' AUSTRALIA • Australian Underground Construction & Tun­ MALAISIE • MALAYSIA • The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia .6+603- nelling Association, Lo+61-262732358, valerieJee@ieaust.org.au 7577678, keith@mtdcap.com AUTRICHE • AUSTRIA • Austrian National Committee of ITA, Lo+43- MAROC' MOROCCO • Association Marocaine des Travaux en Souterrain, Lo 15041596, beton@netway.at +2 12-22234188, Ipee@lpee.com BELGIQUE· BELGIUM • Association Belge des Techniques et d e l'Urba­ MEXIQUE ' MEXICO' Asociacién Mexicana de Ingenieria de Tuneles y Obras nisme Souterrain, Lo+32-22873144, willy.delathauwer@vici.fgov.be Subterràneas, Lo+52-55283611 , amitos01@ienlaces.com.mx BRÉSIL • BRAZIL • Brazilian Tunnelling Committee, Lo+55-1 12687325, NORVÈGE ' NORWAY • Norsk Forening for Fjellsprengningsteknikk (NFFl, .6+47- cbtabms@metrosp.com.br 67565533 , postmaster@nff.no BULGARIE. BULGARIA • Geotechnim-SVS, .6 +359-29526080 NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE' NEW ZEALAND • Works Consultancy Services Lld , .6 CANADA' Tunnelling Association of Canada, Lo+1-4164457107, BGar­ +64-44733017, bill.darnell@opus.co.nz rod@llatchMott.com PAYS-BAS' NETHERLANDS • Tunnelling and Underground Works Division of Kivi, CHILI • CHILE Sociedad Chilena de Geotecnia , Lo+56-22358407, Lo+31-30899608, info@v -o-r.nl ikort@adsl.tie.cI POLOGNE ' POLAND • Podkomitet Budownictwa Podziemnego, Lo+48-22264291 CHINE • CHINA • China Civil Engineering Society, .6+86-168393953, PORTUGAL ' Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia, .6+351-1 8478187, cces.china@263.net jas@dec.us.pt COLOMBIE • COLOMBIA • Comité Colombiano d e Tuneles, rL> +57- RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE ' CZECH REPUBLIC • Czech Tunnelling Committee, 12884531, cospina@ingetec.com.co .6+420-266793479, matzner@metrostav.cz CORÉE' KOREA • Korean Tunnelling Association, Lo+822-22033553, admi­ nistrator@tunnel.or.kr ROUMANIE • ROMANIA • Association Roumaine des Tunnels, Lo +40- 13127780, stematiu@hidro.utcb.ro CROATIE • CROATIA • Croatian Tunnelling Association, Lo +385- 16152685,zvonimir.sever@elektroprojekt.hr ROYAUME-UNI • UNITED KI NGDOM • British Tunnelling
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