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Alfred Haack

 

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Evaluating safety aspects for underground metro networks

A functioning mass transit system is most important to back…

6 May 2011 | By Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred Haack, former Executive Board Member at STUVA (Research Association for Underground Transportation Facilities) and Past President of ITA (International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association)

A functioning mass transit system is most important to back up mobility in large cities and conglomerations. This has been recognised for nearly 150 years: the first metro worldwide was inaugurated in London in January 1863. It was a steam driven system. The first electrified trains started in November 1890,…

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A European partnership to improve safety

Mobility of people and reliable transport of goods are key…

6 December 2005 | By Dr.ir. C. (Kees) Both, Head TNO Centre for Fire Research, Coordinator of the EU project UPTUN (www.uptun.net) and management team member of the VSH-lead L-surF project (www.l-surf.org), Prof. Dr. Dipl.-ing.Alfred Haack, Executive board member Stuva, former ITA president, chairman ITA Committee on operational safety of underground facilities, and Felix Amberg, CEO Hagerbach Test Gallery Ltd, Coordinator of the EU project L-surF

Mobility of people and reliable transport of goods are key issues in our society. Economic growth and societal development rely heavily upon safe and secure infrastructure, in which road, rail and metro tunnels and other covered infrastructure are important elements. In the aftermath of major disasters in Europe in the…