ADVISORY CONFERENCE ON TUNNELLING

AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM 2 COUNTRIES DEVOTED ITSELF TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TO MEET AN ACCELERATING WORLD DEMAND FOR TUNNELING. FOUR BASIC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE: EVERY DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREA SHOULD DESIGNATE A SINGLE AGENCY TO MAINTAIN DETAILED RECORDS OF SUBSTRUCTURE USES AND TO PREPARE A MASTER PLAN FOR COORDINATED UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION: THE COST/BENEFIT CONCEPT SHOULD BE INSTITUTED IN INVESTMENT AND PLANNING DECISIONS: EACH COUNTRY SHOULD INSTITUTE A FIVE-POINT PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE TECHNICAL ADVANCE; AND CLOSE COOPERATION AMONG THE CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH COUNTRY SHOULD BE PROMOTED, CHIEFLY FOR THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. SPECIFIC RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS WERE DEFINED IN THE AREAS OF GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY, ROCK AND SOIL MECHANICS, EXCAVATION PROCESSES, MATERIALS HANDLING, GROUND SUPPORT AND TUNNEL LINING, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND SAFETY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO TUNNELLING. BACKGROUND REPORTS WERE MADE ON ROCK TUNNELLING, SOFT GROUND TUNNELLING, CUT-AND- COVER CONSTRUCTION, IMMERSED TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION, TUNNELLING DEMAND, AND TUNNELLING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 203 Pp, 6 TAB, 3 REF, 15 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Oecd, Paris /France

  /Proceedings-Washington, DC Conf
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1970-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Cities; City planning; Demand; Development; Excavation and tunneling; Information dissemination; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Labor unions; Management; Organization; Research; Rock drilling; Rocks; Soft rock; Systems engineering; Tunneling; Tunnels; Underground structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Immersed tunnels; Rock tunneling; Underground
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209353
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 18 1971 12:00AM