On 21st Oct. 2012, the DMAX TV station broadcast a report on the construction of the Wehrhahn line in Düsseldorf. On the VMT YouTube channel, a clip of this report is available.
The construction of the Wehrhahn line will improve the transportation infrastructure in Düsseldorf. The new line extends the existing local public transport network by providing a connection between the eastern and southern areas of the town.
After completion in 2014, the entire line will have 8 stations (2 above and 6 below ground). Approximately 2/3 of the entire length of the Wehrhahn line were excavated by a Herrenknecht TBM and completed in December 2011. The TBM was navigated using the VMT TUnIS Navigation TBM Laser navigation system, assisted by information and monitoring systems: Grout Pressure Sensor System GPSS, Semi-automatic Tailskin Clearance Measurement System GAPtrix, Ring Convergence Measurement System RCMS ,and TUnIS Ring Sequencing.
At Intergeo 2012 trade fair, we presented our services in deformation monitoring.
VMT can provide a complete system for monitoring of safety critical equipment and structures. Dependent on the customer’s request this may comprise of the necessary hardware, geosensor networks for gathering data and transfer into a database, plus TUnIS Deformation Monitoring software for data analysis, reporting and alarm management.
Over the past 76 years, 301 km of underground railway lines were built in Moscow. City councillors have decided to extend the network by an additional70 km and 37 stations by 2016.
Looking forward, there is also planning between 2016 and 2020 with another 150 km scheduled to follow. Construction of the following underground lines are approved:
- Butovskaya between Starokachalovskaya and Bitsevsky Park
- Spartak and Suvorovskaya Stations
- Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya between Maryina Roshcha and Seligerskaya
- Parts of the lines between Maryina Roshchai, Petrovsko-Razumovskaya, Petrovsko- Razumovskaya, and Seligerskaya
- Mitinsko-Stroginskaya between Mitino and Pyatnitskoye Shosse
- Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya between Tretyakovskaya and Delovoi Centre, Delovoi Centre and Park Pobedy, Park Pobedy and Ramenki
- Parts of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line between Vykhino and Zhulebino
- Zamoskvoretskaya between Krasnogvardeiskaya and Alma-Atinskaya
- Second exit of Baumanskaya Station
In Moscow, numerous architects and construction companies have been contracted to accomplish the design of the underground extension.
VMT is directly involved in this process. The majority of construction companies use our TUnIS navigation systems during tunnel excavation. In June 2012, the first TBM started from Lermontovskiy Prospect toward Vykhino Station.
The next advance in which VMT is involved starts in September 2012.