Five interconnected five-story building sections with roof terraces, courtyards and winter gardens form an overall complex with available rental space of approximately 24,000 m² and around 1,300 workplaces. The building has two basement levels with underground parking for 370 cars. The aim is to achieve LEED certification. Self-supply of electricity via a photovoltaic system combined with the use of district heating ensure an ecologically exemplary solution. The …

By 2028, a new waste incineration plant with a capacity of 120,000 t/a is to be built and commissioned in the eastern part of the KEZO site. The plant is to correspond to the most modern state of the available technology. The construction will be realized while the current plant is in operation. During the construction of the new plant, the operation of the current plant with three kiln lines will be maintained. This means that waste disposal security is guaranteed at …

The reconstruction at the Kaiserlei traffic circle means the end for what was once Europe’s largest traffic circle, which will be replaced by intersections, and is the start for the further development of the entire area. The reconstruction of the Kaiserlei traffic circle will separate the various traffic flows in the future: development traffic in the neighbourhood, traffic between Frankfurt and Offenbach, and feeder traffic to and from the A661 freeway. …

With “The Circle,” Zurich Airport is developing from a traffic hub and commercial centre into a destination in its own right. National and international brands, branches and service companies in the premium segment will present themselves to an international audience on around 200,000 m² of floor space from 2021. The “Circle” employs around 5,000 people and consists of seven different modules that are interwoven throughout the complex. The project …

Construction work for the entire highway section have started already at the Western section of the highway lining. The conversion of a tunnel section into a highway tunnel is in full swing. Geological difficulties had led to uplifting of the roadway in the tunnel section by up to 8 cm, which was clearly noticeable when driving through. With the installation of an invert arch, the existing lining to the ring is closed, which means that this damage is now being …

Four consortia of bidders took part in the tender “Renovation of existing terminals and new construction of Terminal 3” and submitted their tender documents to the Ministry of Transport in Mid-May 2019.

The submission of the extensive bid offer documents included a comprehensive technical description and methodology of over 500 pages as well as a financial offer with a financial model. The preparartion of technical bid offer documents was the main …

The new motorway feeder road is to channel traffic from a national highway at a junction and relief through traffic in several city centres. The city centre cover is 250 m long and will be constructed as an opencast tunnel. The supporting structure is a robust, loosely reinforced closed frame 11.80m wide and 7.40m high. The clear width is 9.92m, the clear height is 5.5m. The tunnel has 2 lanes of 3.80m and two banquets of 1.09m and 1.23m. The route has a 3% cross slope; …

A building complex has been erected on the site of the former Schanzenpost in the Centre of the Swiss Federal City of Berne, which exploits the potential of the prominent location, lends it an appealing image and makes it the new hub between the railway station and the Länggasse quarter. The building complex is divided into four sections: the construction of the new building instead of the former post railway station, the conversion of the existing office tower, the new …

With Schönberg Ost, a new quarter with upscale residential property has been created in Berne.

82 villa apartments followed the generous design concepts of three different architects and appeal to both the upper middle class and the urban vanguard. Each apartment has an individual floor plan and offers a genuine attic ambience from the 2nd floor onwards.

In order to embed the villas aesthetically in an equally high-quality landscape, a landscape architect was …

The Rs 4,500-crore hydroelectric plant, touted as a Bhutan-India friendship project, is a 720MW run-of-river power plant built on the Mangdechhu River in Trongsa Dzongkhag District of Central Bhutan. The project comprises of a 101.5 m high concrete gravity dam from the deepest foundation level, two intake tunnels of 196 m and 150 m length, and a 13.54 km long headrace tunnel capable of discharging 118m3 of water per second. The 152 m high surge shaft has a diameter of …

The Limmern pumped storage plant (HEPSP) is one of the significant expansion projects in recent years. The planning and construction period for the plant took around ten years. With a capacity of 1000 MW, the HEPSP is a huge battery in the Glarus Alps.

The new HEPSP, which is built underground in the rock, can pump water from Lake Limmern back to Lake Muttsee, 630 metres above sea level, and use it to produce electricity again when needed.

• Total project costs: 2.1’ …

The result is one of the most powerful pumped storage power plants in Europe. With a capacity of 900 MW, it will generate around 2.5 billion kWh of electricity per year. Testing of the wet parts will start in 2019 and commissioning will take place gradually from …

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the heart of Switzerland’s new transalpine rail network. The system has the character of a flat track and is designed for speeds of up to 155 mph. It consists of 2 single-track tunnel tubes, each 57 km long. In addition to the two tunnel tubes, underground emergency stops with tunnel changes - so-called multifunction stations - are also foreseen. In order to reduce the construction time, the tunnels were each driven by the portals and …

Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP) is a huge gravity-driven hydraulic wastewater network tunnel currently being constructed by the Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC). The construction activities started in 2009 with the prequalification process commencing earlier in August 2008.

The current project forms a crucial part of Plan Abu Dhabi 2030, which is a comprehensive plan of developing Abu Dhabi to accommodate the increasing population in the city, …

The Mashhad Metro Line 2 adds up to 14 km with 12 stations; the average distance between two adjacent stations is 1’410 m, with the longest being 1’550 and the shortest 799 m. The average depth of the stations is between 15 and 20 m. From the available sketches it appears that only one tube accommodates the two tracks.

All procurement activities were defined, planned and controlled by use of a procurement tracking system. All equipment and bulk material were allocated to …

The project includes both civil works and system related services. When completed, the metro Line 2 will be 11.1 km long with 11 stations and 1 depot; 9.3 km of the line will be underground and 1.8 km will be on an elevated track. Line 2 will be part of a new metro network in Ho Chi Minh City, and significantly improve mobility for the 7 million inhabitants. The line makes a major contribution to the sustainability of Ho Chi Minh City’s public transport; increasing …

Tohid Street Tunnel is a project of Tehran Municipality for the purpose of connecting Chamran and Navab Expressways and also for resolving Tehran’s Northern and Southern traffic ring roads (as the completion of the North Expressway to the South of Tehran) planned the Tohid Road Tunnel as an inner-city twin tube tunnel with the length of 1.98 km and with two ramps of total length of 840 m oriented in a north and south direction to be constructed.

An approximate 300 m² …

Bioethanol is a biofuel of vegetable origin which is obtained through glucose fermentation. The glucose is found either directly in raw materials such as sugar cane and beetroot, or indirectly, as part of the starch chains (e.g. cereal) or cellulose (e.g. straw or any lignocellulosic biomass). In addition to bioethanol, CO2 and a by-product with a high protein and fiber content that is used as animal feed is obtained during the production process.

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