Underground Space
Diverse applications from industrial plants, research facilities, hydroelectric power stations, recreational facilities, protective structures, storage facilities, waste disposal facilities and quarries have a joint characteristic. They need large areas, which are becoming ever scarcer. The consequences are significant land acquisition costs. If situated near residential areas, resistance to the planned facilities is likely, leading to new legal requirements and delays.
Conditions placed on the environmental compatibility of facilities lead to expensive measures. Some of the facilities need a high level of protection, while others require uniform environmental conditions. Building a facility in an underground cavern can be the optimal solution – underground facilities need less or no land, have less impact on the surrounding countryside, prevent certain obligations, offer uniform climatic conditions and very high levels of protection.
Services
Phase 1 – Planning
- Feasibility studies
- Underground Space Planning Approach
- Visioning
- Existing Data interpretation
- Preliminary and schematic design
- BIM, 2D and 3D models and drawings
- Invitation to tender documents
- Geotechnical and structural analysis
- Safety concepts and evacuation planning
- Approval procedures
Phase 2 - Realisation
- Sustainability Approach
- Detailed design
- Geotechnical Expertise
- Construction technologies
- Logistics planning
- Site supervision
- Quality management
- Stakeholder management
- As built documentation
Phase 3 – Operation
- Benchmarking with other facilities
- Energy efficiency
- Facility inspection
- State assessment
- Asset management
- Conservation of value planning
- Renewal and refurbishment
- Expansion planning
Services in all phases
- Strategic Planning
- Vision and concept development
- Concept analysis
- Project Review
- Project management as client representative
- Risk management
- Planning and Consulting
- Safety evaluations and adaptations
Challenges in developing the underground space
- Finding the right site location
- Site layout for max. utilization of rock mass value
- Minimum but reliable safe distance between caverns
- Layout with the least geomechanical interaction between caverns
- Stakeholder management
- Identifying most suitable construction technology
- Formulating logistics concept for access and muck transport
- Ventilation and cooling systems
- Fire and safety measures
- Smooth integration into existing urban areas
- Sustainable measures
Competence
- Over 50 years of experience worldwide
- Innovative and feasible underground solutions
- Expertise in solving complex non-standard problems
- Advanced modelling and simulation tools
- Interdisciplinary collaboration of underground engineering experts from all fields
Benefits
- A competent partner for the professional evaluation of your needs
- An assessment of the environmental impacts and deriving of optimal design alternatives
- A cost-efficient design and time savings
- Direct access to skilled and internationally trained engineers with solid practical know how
Selected references
Project
Sha Tin Cavern Development Study, Hongkong
Services
Quantitative Risk Analysis, Comparison with relevant risk guidelines and the international state-of-the-art through similar projects worldwide
Client
Civil Engineering and Development Department Hongkong
Project
Schollberg Quarry, Switzerland
Services
Feasibility studies, Stability analysis, Ventilation concept, Supervision of quarrying works, Approval procedures
Client
Baustoffe Schollberg AG
Project
Mountainfab Sargans, Switzerland
Services
Feasibility study, Design, Construction supervision
Client
Espros Photonics Corporation (EPC)
Project
Jurong Rock Cavern, Singapore
Services
Design review of the underground caverns as well as the access and service tunnels
Client
Jurong Town Corporation (JTC)
Project
Underground Science City, Singapore
Services
Detailed concept design, Cost estimate, Ventilation and Safety Concept
Client
Jurong Town Corporation (JTC)
Project
CERN. New particle accellerator, Switzerland
Services
Project management for feasibility studies and cost estimate, Initial design and risk analysis
Client
European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
For around 60 years, the renowned Swiss Amberg Group has been a leader in engineering and surveying services for railway, metro, underground and specialised civil engineering.
The family-owned company is an innovative knowledge, engineering and technology provider in the field of logistics and infrastructure for smart cities, hubs and networks. We provide outstanding solutions for our customers through innovatively combining above-ground and underground space utilisation.
Amberg Engineering
Engineering services for the construction of underground infrastructure
Planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of railway, road, utility and metro tunnels, as well as caverns
Amberg Technologies
Systems and solutions for railway and tunnel surveying
Acquisition, evaluation and refinement of measurement data in infrastructure construction
Amberg Infra 7D
Digital services in the infrastructure environment
Geo-monitoring, mobile mapping, digital construction, geomatics and inspection services
Amberg Loglay
Smart city and construction logistics solutions
Sophisticated logistics solutions for efficient and future-orientated construction projects
Amberg Infocon
High-quality design and BIM services
Design, BIM, consulting, PMC and IT solutions for architecture, engineering and construction
VersuchsStollen Hagerbach
The underground future lab
Extensive underground research infrastructure for testing and development, testing laboratory for building materials, training centre and event facilities
QAECY
Intelligent information
Analysing documents and data with artificial intelligence to create a unified view of reality
Your underground experts
- Rail tunnels, including high-speed rail
- Metro lines
- Tunnel and shaft infrastructure
- Caverns with large cross-sections
- Energy storage and utilities
Engineering at its best
- Numerous services for your entire project cycle, from feasibility, planning and construction to renewal of your infrastructure
- Trained specialists and experts in planning and design, geotechnics, and project management
Infrastructure experts
- Rail, metro and tunnels
- Underground spaces
- Mining and shafts
Systems and solutions
- Slab track, tamping, mapping, surveying and inspections
- Tunnel machine guidance
- Tunnel profile measurements and stakeout
- Undulation
- Layer thickness control
- Surface inspection
- Geological predicting during tunnel excavation
- Surveying, data analysis and maintenance
Digital infrastructure experts
- Data acquisition and processing
- Monitoring
- Measurement of geotechnical tasks
- Maintenance and operation
- Process optimisation and digital continuity
Solutions and services
- Geo-monitoring
- Mobile mapping
- Geomatics
- Inspection services
- Digital construction
Smart cities and construction logistics experts
- Manage stakeholders across the value chain
- Improve construction mobility in dense cities
- Unlock up to 50% of the true potential of assets
- Integrate circular economy principles into construction
- Use smart data throughout the supply chain
Solutions for construction sites
- End-to-end digital logistics processes
- Rapid prototyping and smart sensors (IoT)
- Logistics concept and manual (3D/4D)
- Integration of logistics data
- Logistics insights management (LIM)
- Construction logistics management (CLM)
- Management of external hubs and consolidation
Design and construction experts
- Design and BIM integration
- Coordination between different disciplines
- Information workflow setup
- Facility management and BIM integration
- Visualisation
Services
- BIM implementation and creation of models
- Clash detection, coordination and clash resolution
- Construction documentation and shop drawings
- 4D simulation and 5D estimation
- Underground utilities
- Laser scan to as-built models
- IT solutions – BIM integration with FM application
VersuchsStollen Hagerbach - The underground future lab
Recently named a research infrastructure of national importance, we have been providing the space and expertise to turn visions into innovations for over 50 years.
Your analysis and testing requirements
- Real scale test and prototype environment
- Analysis of construction material
- Training facility
- Unique location for your event
Our facilities and services
- Various test sites, test procedures and management
- Concrete and rock laboratory
- Training environment and syllabus
- Seminar rooms, event cavern and restaurant
AI agent as a service for the construction industry
- AI agent dedicated to the AEC industry
- Easy access to complex project information
- Helps in taking confident, informed decisions
- Opens data silos, unlocks all content and uncovers context
- Effortless interaction with your most valuable asset – your collective knowledge
Solution and services
- AI agent as a service
- Strategic consulting and training
- Development of tailored solutions