POLING PILE HOOD PROTECTS BUILDING AGAINST SETTLEMENT

Protection against settlement of a 100-year-old building became necessary during the construction of an escalator tunnel for the Tyne and Wear rapid transit system in the U. K. The method selected, described in the article, involved the construction of a parabolic arch of poling piles over the escalator shaft to form a shield while tunnelling proceeded.

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  Morgan-Grampian Limited

  30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Tindle, A
• Publication Date: 1979-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 34-37
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Escalators; Foundations; Ground settlement; Railroads; Rapid transit; Shields (Tunnels); Structural supports; Support piles; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Identifier Terms: Tyne and Wear Metro
• Uncontrolled Terms: Underpinning
• Old TRIS Terms: Poling piles; Tunneling shields; Tunnels and tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00312116
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1980 12:00AM