50th Anniversary of STUVA - Programme

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Opening

Prof. Martin Ziegler, Chairman of the Board of STUVA Inc., Cologne

Young Forum "Fascination Tunnel"

Introduction and Chair: Dipl.-Ing. Andrea Blome, Head of the Office for Transport Management, regional capital of Düsseldorf

Thrusting Concept for Tunnelling Machines given Advance Construction of the Hood # Structures at the Finne Tunnel
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Frank Ryll, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Frankfurt am Main

Technical Process Controlling for Shield Driving
Dipl.-Ing. Marc Comulada, Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Wingmann, IMM Ingenieurbüro Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Maidl - Dipl.-Ing. R. Maidl, Beratende Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG, Bochum

New Investigations for Conditioning loose Ground for EPB Shields
Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Budach, Chair for Tunnelling, Pipeline Technology and Construction Management, Ruhr University Bochum

Station Passages of the Wehrhahn Line - Proof of Stability for the steel-fibre reinforced Segments
Dipl.-Ing. Marc Kemmler, Bilfinger Berger Ingenieurbau GmbH, Wiesbaden

Geothermal Use of TBM-driven Tunnels
Dr.-Ing. Jan-Niklas Franzius, Ed. Züblin AG, Stuttgart

Geodetic Challenges within the Scope of the "Koralm Tunnel" Project
Dipl.-Ing. (TU) Johannes Fleckl, ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG, Graz/A

A determining Evaluation Method for local and global Stability of Tunnels in the Event of Explosions
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Nöldgen, Schüßler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf; Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Stolz, Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach Institute for Short-Term Dynamics  Freiburg

Festive Ceremony Part 1: "Underground Construction for the Future"

Introduction and Chair: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler, Chairman of the Board of the STUVA Inc., Cologne

The Significance of the Alpine Base Tunnels for European Transport in Future
Andreas Meyer (approached), Chief Executive Officer, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, Berne/CH

Future Possibilities and Limits of mechanised Tunnel Driving Technology
Dr.-Ing. E. h. Martin Herrenknecht, Chairman of the Board of the Herrenknecht AG, Schwanau

Underground Construction - Aspects seen from the Angle of Urban Development
Martin zur Nedden, Mayor and responsible for Urban Development and Building for the City of Leipzig; Chairman of the Building and Transport Committee of the German Conference of Cities (DST)

Completely automatic unmanned Trains - Perspectives for Tunnel Operation in Future
Dr. rer. nat. Rainer Müller, Board Markt und Technik, VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nuremberg

Future Safety Requirements for Constructing and Operating long Tunnels
O. Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Dr. phil. Konrad Bergmeister, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna; Member of the Board of the Brenner Base Tunnel SE, Vienna/A

Festive Ceremony Part 2: "Review and Prospects"

Introduction and Chair: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler, Chairman of the Board of STUVA Inc., Cologne

Welcoming Addresses

Dr.-Ing. Gregor Bonin, Beigeordneter und Leiter des Planungs- und Baudezernates, regional capital of Düsseldorf

State Secretary Rainer Bomba, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs

Prof. In-Mo Lee, Ph. D. PE., School of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Korea University, Seoul, Korea; President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA), Lausanne (Switzerland)

Award of the "STUVA Young Engineers Prize"
For the best paper delivered at the Young Forum

Between Vision and Reality: Recognitions from 50 Years of STUVA
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Günter Girnau, Honorary Member of the Board of STUVA Inc., Cologne

Wind, Sun, Earth - Energy Sources of the Future? - Aspects and Chances of renewable Energies
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf Müller-Hellmann, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen; Honorary Member of STUVA Inc., Cologne

Gala Evening at the Düsseldorf Rheinterrasse (special invitation only).

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Forum Tunnels of the Present: "The Wehrhahn Line Düsseldorf"

Introduction and Chair: Dipl.-Ing. Gerd Wittkötter, Office for Transport Management, Department Bridge, Tunnel and Urban Construction, Project Management Wehrhahn Line, regional capital of Düsseldorf

The Wehrhahn Line - History, Traffic Concept and Design

Dipl.-Ing. Andrea Blome, Head of the Office for Transport Management, regional capital of Düsseldorf

The Wehrhahn Line - Planning, Architecture and Execution

Dipl.-Geol. Ingo Pähler,  Office for Transport Management, Head of Department for Bridge, Tunnel and Urban Construction, regional capital of Düsseldorf; Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Danieli, Office for Transport Management, Department for Bridge, Tunnel and Urban Construction, Project Management Wehrhahn Line, regional capital of Düsseldorf

Building in an urban Built-up Area: Construction Methods in Contract Section 1 of the Wehrhahn Line

Dipl.-Ing. Benno Ferrière, Bilfinger Berger Ingenieurbau GmbH, Project Manager Wehrhahn Line Contract Section 1, Düsseldorf

Undertunnelling Kaufhof: Trenchless Drive using the Freezing Method

Dipl.-Ing. Benno Müller, JV Wehrhahn Line Contract Section 2 (Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Max Bögl Bauunternehmung GmbH & Co. KG), Düsseldorf

Undertunnelling Kaufhof: Examples of special Foundation Engineering Problems and their Solution

Dr.-Ing. Jörg Erdmann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Mark, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Meinsma, Prüfgemeinschaft Wehrhahn-Linie (PGW), Düsseldorf

Discussion

Closing

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