The management of SKAVA consulting ZT GmbH invests in e-mobility: from personal e-scooters to e-cars: in addition to sustainable use for business trips, this is intended to increase the private mobility of our employees in Austria (for commuting, need for a second car by young families, etc.) in a cost-saving manner.

The management of SKAVA consulting ZT GmbH is pleased to introduce a "4-days working week with full salary" for its employees in Austria from October 2022 onwards. We are taking this step to increase the work-life balance of our employees and to make our Austrian locations even more attractive.

SKAVA's participation in the 5th Munich Tunnelling Symposium: BIM and Sustainability in Tunnel Construction

Presenters: Erich Saurer & Paul Herbst Article: Herbst, P, Lüftenegger R. & Saurer, E. (2022) Seenverlandung und Ihre Heraus-forderungen - Planung und konstruktive Umsetzung von Baugruben in weichen Ablagerungen Anhand von Beispielen in Seekirchen am Wallersee

Publication and presentation by Mr. Maximiliano Vergara Saurer, E. & Vergara M. (2022) Applications of design strategies for sprayed concrete linings. Euro:Tun June 2022, Bochum.

Presentation by Erich Saurer (SKAVA), Greinmeister (S-LINK) and Stoxreiter (IGT): S-Link Salzburg Geotechnical challenges in the underground extension of the regional urban railway.

See details in News/R&D: AIM4MARS a research project funded by the programme "Tiroler Innovationsförderung" ofof Tyrol with the research partners Skava consulting ZT GmbH, the Institute for Construction and Material Sciences (University of Innsbruck) and the Austrian Space Forum (ÖWF).

Vienna: within the framework of the 3rd Young Members Symposium of the ÖGG, Ms Magdalana Sallinger will give a lecture on the topic "Challenges of planning and design in underground construction".

SKAVA's participation in the 16th Tiroler Geotechnik Tag

See details in News/R&D: an FFG project in cooperation with the FH Upper Austria and the TU Graz

Innsbruck/Salzburg (online): Participation of SKAVA at the ATC² Symposium

Participation of SKAVA at the Geoforum in Umhausen

We look forward to welcoming you to our exhibition stand at GMK 2021, which will take place in Salzburg on 14 and 15 October 2021.

Innsbruck (online): Teilnahme von SKAVA consulting ZT GmbH bei der Online-Veranstaltung 10. Stuttgarter Tunnelbaurechtsseminar

Graz (online): Christoph Pletzer will give a podium presentation at the congress. The manuscript " Plausibilisierung der Kohäsion in phyllitischem Material im niederen Spannungsbereich " will be published in the conference proceedings.

We moved into a bigger office:
Bayerhamerstr. 57

We welcome you at our exhibition booth at the GMK 2019 from 10th to 11th October 2019 in Salzburg.

Chicago: Thomas Marcher will give a podium presentation at the congress. The manuscript "SEM - Single Shell Lining Application for the Brenner Base Tunnel" will be published in the RETC 2019 conference proceedings.

Napoli: There will be a poster presentation at the Congress. The manuscript “SEM - Single Shell Lining Application for the Brenner Base Tunnel” will be published in the WTC 2019 Conference Proceedings.

Igls, Tirol: SKAVA consulting will be a silver sponsor for the "3. Interalpine Bautagen". (Flyer)

We look forward to welcome you on our exhibition stand at the GMK 2018 in Salzburg on the 11th and 12th of October.

We would like to inform you that Dr. Thomas Marcher will be appointed to be the chair at the Institute of Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling of the Graz University of Technology from September 1st 2018 onwards. In addition to his future activities as university professor and head of the institute, Dr. Marcher will continue to be available to SKAVA consulting ZT GmbH as main shareholder and consultant (in a reduced time). Through the integration of long-standing and experienced employees into the operative management, SKAVA ZT GmbH will be able to further expand its high technological standards, specialized expertise and quality requirements. Innovative, optimised and sustainable solutions in the field of interaction between soil/rock and structure will continue to be the focus of our services in the future.

At the beginning of july we opened our new branch office in Vorarlberg!

Washington DC:

Thomas Marcher will give a podium presentation at the Congress. The manuscript "Successful Implementation of SEM - Single Shell Lining Concept for the Emergency Tunnel at the Brenner Base Tunnel Project Theory and Praxis of an Innovative Shotcrete Model." will be published in the NAT 2018 Conference Proceedings.

At the beginning of june we opened our new branch office in Graz!

At the congress "Spritzbetontagung" Mathias Schranz will give a presentation together with Mr. Ramsauer (Brugg Contec) on the topic " Der Einsatz von Kunststoffmakrofaserbeton im Tunnelbau und seine technischen und wirtschaftlichen Vorteile".

We are happy to host the PLAXIS Workshop "Practical use of PLAXIS 2D for Tunnel Applications in Geo-Engineering" at our place. Find details using following link: https://www.plaxis.com/product/workshop-practical-use-of-plaxis-2d-for-tunnel-applications-in-geo-engineering-2/.

At the congress "Geoforum Umhausen" Mathias Bischof and Steffen Bauer will give a presentation on the topic "Untertagebau in Chile — ein geologisch-tektonischer Abriss aus den Zentralanden (33° - 35°S)".

Wir nutzen die Gelegenheit, die im Laufe der letzten Jahre in Chile gesammelten geologisch-geotechnischen Erfahrungen aus den Anden zu teilen. Unsere beiden Geologen Steffen Bauer und Mathias Bischof referieren über das Thema "Ein geologisch-tektonischer Abriss aus den Zentralanden".

Treffpunkt: Seminarraum neben Schlemmerei, SOHO 2.0 um 18:00 Uhr. Rahmenprogramm: Halbe Stunde Vortrag gefolgt von Diskussion begleitet mit Getränken und Snacks. Um Voranmeldung unter info@skava.at wird bis spätestens 11. Oktober gebeten, damit wir uns entsprechend organisieren können.

We look forward to welcome you on our exhibition stand at the GMK 2017 in Salzburg on the 12th and 13th of October.

In der „Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Kunst und Denkmalpflege“ (LXXI 2017 Heft 2/3) ist ein Beitrag zu unserem Projekt „Kirchenruine Kals“ erschienen: Thomas Marcher: „Die felsstatische Konservierung der Kirchenruine Kals – St. Peter. Eine geotechnische Sicherung des Felssporns als dauerhafte Fundierung für das Peterskirchl“.

We expanded our services and are ZT-licensed for Earth Science (Geology) in addition.

Franzensfeste (ITA): At the "Geo Alp 2017: Störungszonen" Thomas Marcher will present the topic "The significans of geological and hydrological detailed models of fault zones for the geomechanical design of tunnels."

Innsbruck: At the EURO:TUN 2017 Erich Saurer presents two papers:

• The Remaining Challenge of Determining Long-Term Ground Loads of Tunnel Linings
• Single Shell Lined Tunnels – Design Approach and Verification

Our new branch office in Salzburg is opened since the beginning of April!

Innsbruck: At the 14th "Tiroler Geotechnik- und Tunnelbautag" Thomas Marcher will present the topic "Geomechanical challenges in underground construction projects in hydropower and mining".

We moved our office in the same building!

San Francisco: Thomas Marcher will give a podium presentation at the Congress in the session “Future Projects” April 26th 2016. The manuscript “Espejo de Tarapacá - an innovative pumped hydro storage facility in Chile with many challenges from a rock mechanical point of view.” The manuscript will be published in the WTC 2016 Conference Proceedings.

We look forward to welcome you on our exhibition stand at the CVK 2016 in Graz on the 31st of March and 1st of April.

Salzburg: at the ISRM Regional Symposium EUROCK 2015 „Future Development of Rock Mechanics“, which is to be held in conjunction with the 64th Geomechanics Colloquium in Salzburg, Thomas Marcher presents the paper “Valhalla - Innovative pumped hydro storage facilities in Chile – Challenges from a rock mechanical point of view”.

Our contribution has been selected to be published in the Journal ‘Geomechanics and Tunnelling’ of the Austrian Society for Geomechanics. The journal is published by Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, a member of the John Wiley Company.

Issue 5 (volume 8, October 2015) will be a special one featuring selected contributions of EUROCK 2015.

Salzburg: at the ISRM Regional Symposium EUROCK 2015 „Future Development of Rock Mechanics“, which is to be held in conjunction with the 64th Geomechanics Colloquium in Salzburg, Thomas Marcher presents the topic “Special Aspects for Water Tunnels and Caverns”, which contains the presentation of the draft guidelines of the ÖGG:

• Guideline for design of water tunnels.
• Guideline for design of underground caverns

Kartause Mauerbach bei Wien: beim Fachgespräch 2015 „… zum physischen Schutz des archäologischen Erbes“, organisiert durch die Abteilung für Archäologie des Bundesdenkmalamtes, referiert Thomas Marcher am 20.8.2015 zum Thema “Gräberfeld Vomp: von der Bodenuntersuchung zum Geotechnischen Gründungskonzept”.

Die Beiträge des Fachgesprächs „… zum physischen Schutz des archäologischen Erbes“ werden in der Publikationsreihe „Fundberichte aus Österreich/Tagungsbände (FÖTag)“ veröffentlicht.

2021/04: T&T article

2019/04: In die Landschaft modellieren

2016/04: Bright prospects for pumped storage in Chile

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