TUNNEL SURVEY AND TUNNELLING MACHINE CONTROL

An outline of the survey work necessary for the construction of a large tunnel project such as the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System is presented. In the second part of the paper, a method for shield or tunneling machine control by laser and double target is described. This method has proven successful during the driving of the tunnels of the BART system both by hand and machine methods.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Peterson, E W
  • Frobenius, P
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 21-37
• Serial:
  • Journal of Surveying and Mapping Division
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: SU1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rapid transit; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051428
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper #10008 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 9 1981 12:00AM