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Wildly successful Open Tunnel Day at the Brenner Base Tunnel, at the Isarco Underpass construction site

The Open Tunnel Day is a regular event held every year by the Brenner Base Tunnel company, to meet people living in the project area and beyond. This year the event was held in Italy, in Fortezza,…

H53 Pfons-Brenner site: arrival of the first tubbing rings at the construction site

Unlike the neighbouring lot H41 Sill Gorge-Pfons, on the H53 Pfons-Brenner site it is not possible to produce the tubbing rings directly on site. This is precisely why an innovative rail solution was…

Tubbing ring production in the BBT project: a model of environmental sustainability

Tubbing rings are precast concrete elements that form the final lining of the tunnels. Environmentally sustainable production processes were chosen in order to minimise impacts on the environment and…

Construction site H41 Sill Gorge-Pfons: TBM Ida reaches its halfway point

TBM Ida has reached her halfway point: on 22nd July 2024, she completed the excavation of the first 4 kilometres along the west line tunnel as part of the Austrian construction lot ‘H41 Sill…

Emergency management in the BBT project: foundations laid for cross-border cooperation

Emergency response activities in case of rail traffic breakdown play a key role in construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel, and the cross-border nature of the project increases the need for…

First breakthrough of a main tunnel in Austria

Another successful milestone for the Brenner Base Tunnel - breakthrough of the east tunnel - connection of the two Austrian construction lots “H41 Sill Gorge - Pfons” and “H21 Sill Gorge".

"Wilma" and "Olga", the last TBMs of the Brenner Base Tunnel, have been launched

Today’s ceremony marked the start-up of the last two tunnel boring machines to work on the Brenner Base Tunnel. Working in the Austrian project area, “Wilma” and “Olga” will drive around 7.5…

Construction site H41 Sill-Pfons Gorge: TBM Lilia has also completed her first 4 km

TBM Lilia is close to her halfway point: on Sept. 22nd 2024, she completed the first 4 kilometres along the east line tunnel as part of the Austrian construction lot ‘H41 Sill-Pfons Gorge’.

Topography: our TBMs’ best friend

How do we make sure that the TBM is excavating in the right direction and and will meet up with the other tunnel we are excavating from the north? We talked about this with Simone Cappelletto, our…

See you at the autumn fair in Innsbruck… and congratulations to our winners!

From today until Sunday, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the BBT project at our stand at the Autumn Fair in Innsbruck. Meanwhile, some of our most active followers have already won…

Lining segment production for the Brenner Base Tunnel is ending at the Isocell factory in Hinterrigger. And TBM Flavia has almost reached the finish line

The plant just outside Bressanone has produced over 200,000 tubbing segments for both the main tunnels and the exploratory tunnel for the Mules 2-3 lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel. Today, production…

Building Better Together: the Brenner Base Tunnel project and the future of European mobility

On Wednesday 18 September, the start-up ceremony was held for the last TBMs to work on the BBT project, Wilma and Olga. This ceremony was also an opportunity to meet Paloma Aba Garrote, Director of…

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