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Emscher sewer, lot 40 - Segmental lining with special demands on the concrete The Emscher sewer is for now the largest infrastructure project in North Rhine-Westphalia. The first planning for the project with an actual budget of EUR 5.3 billion began in 1992. This process lasted 16 years until 2008 the building was approved. The Emscher cooperative in conjunction with the Association of the Lippe association is the largest association of water economy in Germany. The first pipe jacking operations for the Bottrop section between the sewage treatment plant of Bottrop and the Bernemündung in the so-called construction section (BA) 20 started in 2011. Work for the production of the largest section between the Nettebach in Dortmund and Bottrop plant known as stage BA 30 began in the spring of 2012. Underground work of the BA 40 from the Bernemündung began as the last part up to the pumping station of Oberhausen in 2014. This was also the conclusion of the underground work on 12 June 2017. In just 5 years, 73 km at depths of between 8 and 40 meters were produced at the main collective as a whole. The BA 40 is a special construction site, because it was not build in the pipe-jacking techniques, but as a tunnel with segmental lining of in total 20 km. As the central sewage system for 2.2 million inhabitants in the catchment area of the Emscher, the Emscher sewer has to be protected especially against chemical attacks, in particular against biogenic sulfuric acid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]