GROUNDWATER CONTROL IN TUNNELING: VOLUME 1--GROUNDWATER CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR URBAN TUNNELING

This volume is a summary of current practice on groundwater control systems used during construction of both cut-and-cover and bored tunnels in urban areas. Eight (8) groundwater control methods are discussed including dewatering, recharge, cutoff walls and trenches, grouting, freezing, compressed air, slurry and earth pressure balance shields and electro-osmosis. Method selection procedures, contractual and risk considerations and cost factors are also discussed. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Goldberg-Zoino & Associates, Inc.

  30 Tower Road
  Newton Upper Falls, MA  United States  02164

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research, Structures and Applied Mechanics Division, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Guertin, J D
  • McTigue, W H
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 196 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compressed air; Cutoff walls; Dewatering; Electroosmosis; Ground freezing; Groundwater; Grouting; Shields (Tunnels); Slurry; Trenches; Tunneling
• Old TRIS Terms: Groundwater control; Recharge; Shields (Tunneling); Slurries
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00367316
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-81- 73 Final Rpt., FCP 35B1-112
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9516
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1982 12:00AM