The Austrian Art of Tunnelling in Construction, Consulting and Research

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I. Associations IV. Tunnelling in Austria - Railway Tunnels

Wolfgang Stipek Franz Bauer Introduction ...... 9 ÖBB's Investments in Infrastructure and Tunnel Robert Galler Construction ...... 38 Austria's Activities in Tunnelling in 2007/2008 11 Kar! Czapak Robert Galler & Wulf Schubert Lainzer Tunnel- Lot LT 33 41 The Austrian Society for Geomechanics (ÖGG) ...... 13 Manfred Öffer! Rudolf Hörhan Lainzer Tunnel - Lot LT 44 . . 44 Guideline-oriented Activities of the Martin Diewald FSV Tunnel Work Group ...... 14 Wienerwald Tunnel- Austria's First TBM-driven Railway Michael Pauser Tunnel 47 Austrian Society for Concrete and Construction Manfred Köpf Technology (ÖVBB) ...... 16 The Perschling Chain of Tunnels ...... 50 Wolfgang Stipek Gerhard Harer Austrian Tunnel Association (ATA) ...... 16 Koralm Railway Tunnel ...... 54 Harald Wagner Markus Bitschnau Activities of the Austrian Society of Engineers and Paierdorf Investigation Shaft - Planning of Excavation Architects (ÖIAV) 17 Methods 57 Wolfgang Stipek Hannes Hagenhafer Austrian Construction Technology Platform (ACTP) . . . . 18 Investigation Tunnel Mitterpichling ...... 60 Wolfgang Stipek Jahann Herdina D-A-CH Meetings...... 18 Tunnel Projects on the New Lower Valley Railway Line .. 62 Karl Czapak Tunnel - Lot H2-1 64 11. Recommendations Bernd Raderbauer Michael Pauser The Lower Inn Valley Railway Line - Main Lot H3-4 Austrian Guidelines for "Customised Concrete" between Münster and 67 in.Tunnels ...... 20 Christian Gamper Manfred Eder Jenbach Tunnel Project 70 Recommendations for the Planning and Implementation Kanrad Bergmeister of a Health and Safety Concept in Underground The 72 Worksites ...... 23

V. Tunnelling in Austria - Road Tunnels 11I. Universities Michael Steiner Robert Galler The Importance of Tunnel Construction for Austria's Chair of Subsurface Engineering...... 26 Major Road Network 75 Hans Georg Jodl Walfgang Pacher Main Activities Related to Tunnelling at Vienna University PPP Eastern Region - Tradenberg Tunnel 78 ed of Technology ...... 28 gu­ Hans Gaulhafer 11 Eckart Schneider A10 - Tauern Tunnel Second Tube 82 Main Activities Related to Tunneliing at University Gerhard Brugger of ...... 30 Roppen Tunnel Second Tube 84 Wulf Schubert Franz Weidinger Graz University of Technology - Institute for Rock Ganzstein Tunnel 87 Mechanics and Tunnelling 33 Helmut Westermayr Robert Galler & Wulf Schubert The Achrain Tunnel - A Bridge Going Underground 90 University Certificate Programme ­ NATM Engineer 35 d Narbert Reichard GemotBeer Expansion of the Brucker Schnellstraße S35 94 European Project: Technology Innovation in Hans Gaulhafer Underground Construction ...... 36 Gfäll Tunnel -A Logistics Chalienge ...... 98

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VI. Tunnelling in Austria - Subway Tunnels Sweden Günter Steinbauer Norbert Fügenschuh Vienna Underground - The Extension of the Tröingeberg Railway Tunnel in Falkenberg, Sweden ..... 151 Subway Line 2 100 Croatia Christof Haberland Robert Pavlik Vienna Underground Lot U2/1 - Schottenring 102 The Development of the Croation Road f\letwork 2002 Georg Puntigam to 2008 154 Vienna Undergorund Lot U2/2 - Traborstraße 105 Christof Haberland Hans Köhler Sopac Tunnel in Croatia 156 Vienna Undergorund Lot U2/5 - Stadion 108 Hungary Dietmar Kerbis & Andreas Krimmer VII. Tunnelling in Austria - Hydro Power Projects The Tunnels on the New Motorway M6 in the Szekszard-B6ly Section in Hungary 158 Helmut Westermayr & Michael Tergl Construction of the Powerhouse Cavern Kops 11 110 Ju/ius Hirscher Metro 4 Line Budapest - Contract No. 2 162 Rupert Rohrmoser Limberg II Pumped Storage Power Station 114 Canada Ernst Gschnitzer & Pedro Rojas VIII. Tunnelling in Austria - Utility Tunnels Niagara Tunnel Facility Project - NTFP 164

Norbert Hörlein India North West District-Heating Line - Phase 2 119 Wolfgang Gütter Arthur Göbl Parbati HEP Project Stage II 166 Wiental Collector 121 Gerhard Brugger Modaksagar Tunnel - Potable Water for a Cosmopolitan City 168 IX. Activities of Austrian Construction Companies Abroad China Meik Müller Germany Yellow River Diversion Project - Lot IV of Tunnel No. 1 Günther Rudigier on the North Main Line 171 Construction of the Katzenberg Tunnel by Two Tunnel Boring Machines 124 X. Consulting Engineers Christian Späth Josef Dal/er Leipzig City Tunnel, Section B: A Complex Inner-City Design of Wienerwald Railway Tunnel Project 174 Project ...... 127 Andreas Goricki Friedrich Neureiter Difficult Tunnel Projects - Egnatia Odos, Northern Upgrading The "Alte Mainzer" Tunnel 130 Greece 176 Klaus Axhausen Harald Wagner German Unity Transport Projects - Finne Tunnel 132 River Crossing Tunnel in China - Mixed Soils for TBM Andreas Karlbauer Tunnelling 178 The Schaala By-Pass 134 Nejad Ayaydin Switzerland Metro Kadiköy - Kartal, Istanbul 180 Manfred Eder Thomas Aschwanden Linz Commuter Traffic Hub - Tram Underpass for Gotthard Base Tunnel - Lots Erstfeld and Amsteg 136 Central Station 182 Arthur Göbl Rudolf Pött/er & Paul Bonapace Biel Motorway By-Pass - East Branch 140 Sir Adam Beck f\liagara Power Generating Complex .... 184 Alfred Paul Wolfgang Holzleitner Chienberg Tunnel- Remdial Measures Against Heave ... 142 The Dagachhu Hydropower Project, Bhutan 187 Reinhard Bukowsky, Wolfgang Poschacher & Gernot Jedlitschka & Bernhard Stacherl Robert Wachter CERN LHC Project - Civil Works Package 02 190 Uetliberg Water Transfer Tunnel - High Performance TBM Heading from Launching Shaft 144 Appendix List of Authors ...... 192 Great Britain List of Associations and Universities 196 Christian Neumann List of Companies 197 King's Cross Underground Station Phase 11 Tunnels ..... 148 Advertisers' Index 199

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