On 14
December 2017, the SCAUT consortium under the leadership of the Elkuch Group
introduced the project ‘Crosscut Closure Module’ to an expanded SCAUT audience.
Michael Lierau, Elkuch managing director, gave a brief review of the
development of the project and the collaboration with SCAUT. Afterwards, the
placement of the closure module was demonstrated to the participants at a scale
of 1:1 in the VSH. In less than 6 minutes, a fully equipped closure wall for a
crosscut can be assembled in the tunnel from a transport vehicle so it is ready
for operation.
In his final remarks concerning the perspective for
the future, M. Lierau stated that starting in February 2018, the closure
module concept would be presented by the consortium to various interested clients
and tunnel operators throughout Europe. This is slated to take place in the
context of the ‘Crosscut of the Future’ SCAUT project that is currently in
development.