"FREEZING" TECHNIQUE USED IN B.C. CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE TUNNEL

Technique of freezing of incompetent ground to render it suitable for tunneling was used in construction of a 150-ft.-long drainage tunnel for the BC highways department in the Lower Fraser valley. The 6-ft.-diam. tunnel was installed through saturated, fine-grained silt and landfill material to form part of a storm sewer bypass, carrying creek water into the main storm sewer system.

• Corporate Authors:

  Southam Business Publications

  450 Don Mills Road
  Don Mills, ONo,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 58-59
• Serial:
  • Engineering and Contract Record
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Southam Business Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Tunneling; Tunnels
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047912
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1973 12:00AM