SUBWAY FREEZES THROUGH OBSTACLES

The paper describes how slurry excavation was employed to place a row of central steel columns in pits to help support the subway station roof in Brussels, Belgium but without freezing. Settlement of the viaduct, a little over 1 in., occurred mostly during work on the central columns, not the slurry walls.

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• Publication Date: 1983-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-21
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 210
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Columns; Construction; Excavations; Rail transit facilities; Railroad stations; Roofs; Slurry trenches; Steel; Structural supports; Subway stations; Subways
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• Old TRIS Terms: Roof supports; Slurry trench construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00376235
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM