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  • SME
    The Narragansett Bay Commission's Deep Tunnel CSO Project

    By Gilbert A. Bonforte, Hugh P. Caspe, Tracy K. Lundin

    The Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program is a major effort to address and mitigate discharges from combined sewer overflows in the Providence, Rhode Island area.

    Jan 1, 1995

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    Advanced Planning for Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Clean Lake Program Yields Cost Savings and Reduces Risks - A Case Study in Balancing Hydraulic Performance and Tunnel Engineering Challenges

    By Kevin Vander Tuig, Tim O’Rourke, Rick Vincent, Doug Lopata, Kellie Rotunno, Dan Dobbels

    "The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) was required under the Federal Clean Water Act and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA) Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Policy t

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Mining Applications Of Small Disc Cutters

    By J. E. Friant

    Until 1956, drill and blast was the only way to excavate rock. In that year, a tunneling machine using disc type cutters economically bored a small Toronto tunnel. Its amazing 105 ft/day set a new w

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Egnatia Odos! 60 Miles of Mountainous Road Tunnels in Northern Greece, Europe

    By G. Aggistalis, N. Kazilis, C. Rawlings, N. Rachaniotis, S. Raptopoulos, M. Knights, R. Game

    The Egnatia Odos (Odos meaning road) is one of Greece’s largest ever highway construction projects and one of Europe’s most important. The Highway will assist in the connection of the Greek Ionian/Adr

    Jan 1, 2005

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    A 108-in Storm Tunnel Underneath Active Taxiways and Apron at O’Hare International Airport - NAT2024

    By Tim M. Benson, Adam L. Lamanna, Carolina Martinez-Gutierrez, Mark J. Stephani

    The Lower Concourse C Extension (LCE) 108-in Storm Sewer consists of a 2,797-foot long, 27 to 55-foot deep, 108-in I.D. storm sewer tunnel. Situated beneath active taxiways and a terminal apron at Har

    Jun 23, 2024

  • SME
    Developing an Evaluation Model for Economic Feasibility Analysis of Using Mechanical Boring Machines (TBM vs Roadheader) in one of the Largest Coal Reserves in Iran "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Sadegh Elyasi

    TBMand roadheader are two dominating excavation machines in underground tunnelling projects. The performance of these two tunnelling machines has been reviewed and analysed individually by many resear

    Feb 12, 2021

  • SME
    New Water Supply—Oslo - RETC2023

    By Ingunn Opland, Silje M. Tinderholt

    Drill and blast project in Norway’s capital. The contract consists of 7 rock caverns (350–950 m2), 9.2 km tunnels, and four shafts. With 110 blue-collar and 31 white-collar, the project produces an av

    Jun 13, 2023

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    Lessons Learned at the Trampas Dam Inlet/Outlet Tunnel - RETC2021

    By Todd Kilduff, Paul Wilkinson

    Microtunneling is rarely a straight forward “business as usual” endeavor. More often than not, these projects take twists and turns that require on the fly, out of the box solutions to get the project

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    Tunnel Spitzenberg—Tunnel Drive Hits a Historic Quarry - RETC2021

    By Pafos Busch, Martin Fischer, Johannes Jaeger

    The Spitzenberg Tunnel is a 600 m (1,970 ft) long twin tube motorway tunnel on Germany’s Autobahn A44 between Kassel and Eisenach. Since flexibility was considered to be very important in the continuo

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    Trenchless Utility Relocation Addresses Environmental Impact for Channel Crossing - NAT2022

    By John D. Hanifin, C. Kevin Moon, Eric C. Wang

    Value Engineering on Connecticut DOT’s Walk Bridge selected the trenchless option for utility relocation to address the channel crossing’s environmental concerns. The design and construction considera

    Dec 1, 2022

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    Challenges in Metro Construction in India

    By Paul Nicholas, Raju Gottumukkala

    "India’s economy is expanding with rapid urbanization. Improvement in infrastructure is a keystone to the Indian government’s economic plans, including expansion of transit systems. Most of these syst

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Upgrading of City of Genoa Railway Junction - Under-crossing with shallow distance of existing tunnels in urban environment

    By Nicola Beltrandi, Andrea Pigorini, Holad Mohamed Dahir, Ezio Pedone

    "Genoa is a very distinctive city located between mountains and the sea and infrastructural upgrading works often have to deal with the intersection of existing infrastructures. This is the case for t

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Planning of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Channel Tunnel

    By Art Hamid, Manfred Wong, R. John Caulfield

    "The proposed Channel Tunnel is a critical component of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Central Bayside System Improvements Project (CBSIP), which is a key element of a $6.9-bi

    Jan 5, 2017

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    Predicting Utilization Rate of Hard Rock Slurry TBMs by Discrete Event Simulation Model - NAT2022

    By Anuradha Khetwal, Tala Tahernia

    The estimation of TBM utilization rate can be problematic due to the uncertainty involved in the tunneling system reaction to various geology along the tunnel. Moreover, the impact of operational and

    Dec 1, 2022

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    Planning for Sound Transit’s Proposed LINK Light Rail Expansion in Seattle Washington - RETC2023

    By Matthew Preedy, Anthony Pooley, Mike Wongkaew, Dirk Bakker, Raghu Bhargava

    Sound Transit’s ST3 program will add 62 miles of light rail to the Puget Sound area, including connections to the neighborhoods of West Seattle and Ballard. These connections include considerations fo

    Jun 13, 2023

  • SME
    A 4.75m Contractor Manufactured EPB Machine

    By Bruce Richardson

    A contractor-manufactured 4.75m (15'-7") diameter EPB shield excavated a 115m (375 ft) long tunnel under the San Antonio River as part of the Salado Creek to Dos Rios Pipeline Interconnect Projec

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Crossing Fault Zones - Detailed Analysis for Radioactive Waste Repository Design

    By Tamás Megyeri, Dániel Borbély, Vera Szánto, László Kovács

    "Upon completion, the Bátaapáti deep underground radioactive waste repository complex (National Radioactive Waste Repository - NRWR) will provide safe final disposal for low and medium-level radioacti

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Construction of Expressway Branch Junction Structure Using Non-Cut-and-Cover Enlargement Method to Combine Two Shield Tunnels in Sedimentary Soft Rock

    By Yukika Miyashita, Takahiro Inoue, Kenji Namikawa, Masashi Matsumoto, Junichi Koseki, Yoshihiro Terashima

    "In order to construct an underground two-layer expressway branch junction structure with a height of 14.7 m and a width of 22.3 m, two shield tunnels in each layer were combined by using a non-cut-an

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Extensible Conveyor Systems For Long Tunnels Without Intermediate Access

    By Dean Workman

    Long extensible conveyor systems are an important option for efficient tunnel excavation where intermediate access is impractical. The conveyor system designed for the Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Tunnel

  • SME
    Utilizing Composite Action to Achieve Lining Thickness Efficiency for Sprayed Concrete Lined (SCL) Tunnels

    By Jiang Su, Alan Bloodworth

    "Composite sprayed concrete lining (SCL), consisting of two layers of permanent sprayed concrete separated by a layer of spray-applied waterproofing membrane, represents the latest development in SCL

    Jan 1, 2016