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Participation in theWorld Tunnel Congress and the 38th General Assembly of ITA in Bangkok.
Participation in the yearly aux workshops of ITA-COSUF in Madrid on 25-26.10.2012 and in Singapore.
Significant projects under construction in Belgium.
Rail-connexion of the airport of Brussels to the high speed railway network : completion of 2 bored tunnels (one way track) of 1100 m, cut-and-cover section of 1000 m, extension of underground station, installation of equipments going on, in operation since begin 2012.
Railway-tunnel “Liefkenshoek” under the river Scheldt in Antwerp: bored tunnel (5570 m + cut-and-cover sections 500 m and 1075 m): works started in 2009, foreseen opening in 2014.
Railway-tunnel “Schuman-Josaphat” for creating a second North-South link through Brussels and better connecting the European headquarters to the airport : built in-situ, several combined methods : micro-TBMs, (tmbered trenches), underpinning, cut-andcover, total length 1250 m, foreseen opening in 2014.
Significant projects under design in Belgium
Closing of the motorway around Antwerp: tunnel under the river Scheldt: 1000 m (possibly included in a storm barreer) up to 3000 m (under the old docks ant part of the city).
Deep underground disposal of high level radioactive waste: gallery 250 m long, 220 m deep.
Road tunnel under the airport of Charleroi. Section Charleroi-French border of the motorway E 420: section of 13 km including 3 cut-and-cover tunnels (total 1700 m).
Test case for nuclear reactor: 70 x 47 x 43 m
North extension of the metro of Brussels : 6 km and 8 stations, all underground.
Other possible significant projects in Belgium
Shortcut in the motorway around Brussels: bored tunnel (possibly single tube with 2 traffic levels, cars and public transport busses, multimodal approach) : around 10.000 m length.