A new Austrian guideline for tunnel safety documentations

The Knowledge Platform for Tunnel Safety (KPT) asked Nils Rosmuller, lecturer in Energy and Transport Safety at the IFV, to think about the possibilities for firefighting in such tunnels. In consultation with Brandweer Nederland, Rijkswaterstaat and the IFV  Brandweeracademie, resources for officers-in-charge have been developed. This document presents the tools that have been developed (decision diagram and operational capability table) as well as the process of their creation and ideas about the section on 'concrete spalling' in the development of the decision diagram. 

Research commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat has shown that the fire resistance of tunnels made of ROK concrete may be impaired. In response to this, four discussion tables were set up at the end of 2017 under the coordination of the Knowledge Platform for Tunnel Safety (KPT) with the aim of discussing the problems outlined above from various perspectives. These are the discussion tables for Existing Tunnels, New Tunnels, Research, and Emergency Services.  This document was prepared by Discussion Table - Research in response to the request for further substantiation of the final conclusions. The explanations presented here basically reflect the way in which each conclusion was reached and the reasons for it. The conclusions (and the explanations) should, however, be considered as a whole, in view of the order in which they are reached and to safeguard the message.

In dit project is onderzocht hoe een tunnelbeheerder gefundeerd en afgewogen besluiten kan nemen over de instandhouding van de veiligheid van zijn tunnel. Een belangrijke constatering hierbij is dat het onderzoeksresultaat overeenkomt met de verwachtingen van het projectteam.

Degradation of materials used in tunnel construction can cause damage and eventually lead to tunnel closure. To support tunnel owners and their consultants in identifying, preventing, and stopping these failure mechanisms, the COB network has described more than fifteen types of damage along with instructions for maintenance and (non-destructive) inspection techniques.

Een onderzoek naar welke wettelijke kaders worden toegepast bij de besluitvorming over wegtunnels en tunnelveiligheid en hun onderlinge relaties.

In dit document geeft het KPT duiding aan de achtergrond, totstandkoming en opbouw van de Nederlandse tunnelwetgeving. Daarbij worden onder andere de verschillen in wettelijke eisen beschreven voor tunnels tot maximaal 250 meter, tunnels met een lengte tussen de 250 – 500 meter en tunnels langer dan 500 meter. Tevens wordt ingegaan op de verschillen in regelgeving voor rijkstunnels en niet-rijkstunnels.