Practical Management of Tunneling with Tunnel Boring Machines
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Practical Management of Tunneling with Tunnel Boring Machines

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Practical Management of Tunneling with Tunnel Boring Machines

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About This Book

This book covers the management of mechanized tunneling with examples from global projects. It starts with an introduction to mechanized tunneling including management of job organization, planning job sites, portals, or launching boxes in mountains/open fields and urban areas. The management of the transport with belt conveyors, locomotives, and multi-service vehicles is explained with numerical examples. Cost management and basic parameters governing tunneling costs in different countries are discussed. Risk management in mechanized tunneling projects is also explained.

Features:

  • Offers the practical issues with setting up a job site, the cost, and logistic issues related to tunneling.
  • Reviews cost management and basic parameters governing tunneling costs in different countries.
  • Covers treatment of spoil management plan and the management of contaminated ground.
  • Explores key points on the logistics and the management of the consumables.
  • Provides the latest international case studies of specific companies.

This book is aimed at professionals and researchers in tunneling, civil and mining engineering, and geology.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9781000989205
Edition
1
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Civil Engineering
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. About the Authors
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 Mechanized Tunneling with TBMs
  12. 3 Contractual Practice
  13. 4 Site Set Up
  14. 5 Tunnel Transport for Mechanized Tunneling
  15. 6 Cost Management
  16. 7 Logistics Management of the Consumables in a TBM Tunneling
  17. 8 Job Organization in Mechanized Tunneling with a TBM
  18. 9 Segment Production
  19. 10 TBM Spoil/Muck Management Plan
  20. 11 Management of Contaminated Ground During and After TBM Drives
  21. 12 Risk Management in Mechanized Tunneling Projects and Insurance Aboutissement
  22. 13 Health and Safety in Mechanized Tunneling
  23. 14 Management of Tunnel Fire Risks During TBM Drives
  24. Index