North American Tunneling 2004

Proceedings of the North American Tunneling Conference 2004, 17-22 April 2004, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

This publication includes papers from the North American Tunneling 2004 conference, sponsored by the American Underground Construction Association. The theme of the conference is "Underground Construction - the Sensible Solution to Urban Problems" to reflect the increasing importance of locating urban facilities in the United States underground for enhanced security, to build critical infrastructure where it is needed and to improve the function of urban areas.The papers are grouped in four major themes:- Management of Underground Projects- Public Policy and Underground Projects- Advances in Technology- Case Studies: Trials, Tribulation and Triumphs in TunnelingThis work should benefit everyone involved in any aspect of infrastructure, tunneling and underground construction.

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Utgivningsdatum:2004-04-01
Mått:174 x 246 x undefined mm
Vikt:1 252 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:628
Förlag:A A Balkema Publishers
ISBN:9789058096692

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Levent Ozdemir, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword Session 1 – Differing site conditions as applied to design/build contracts Track 1 – Project management Track 2 – Security of critical infrastructure and key national assets: use of underground space Track 3 – Mechanized tunnelling Track 4 – Specialized urban construction Design and construction of an LRT tunnel in San Jose, CA Session 2 – Subsurface investigations and geotechnical report preparation for design/build projects Track 1 – Risk allocation Track 2 – Owners opinion forum Track 3 – Non-mechanized construction Track 4 – Ground modification for underground construction Session 3 – Design/build contracting practices Track 1 – Predicting and controlling cost and schedule Track 2 – Show me the money Track 3 – Investigation, inspection and rehabilitation Track 4 – Machine mining – soft ground to hard rock to everything in between Session 4 – Design/build risk Track 1 – SEM/NATM practices/prescriptive specifications Engineers, contractors, and soft-ground tunneling equipment Track 2 – Transit oriented development – making the case for going underground Track 3 – Analysis and design Track 4 – Conventional underground construction Author Index.