TUNNEL COST MODEL: PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 1974

This collection of four papers describes the completed first phase of the research project--the organization and scope of the model; its technical content, assumptions, capabilities; and directions for its future development and use. These papers draw upon several reports and theses produced over the last year, and highlight the important characteristics of the model and its potential applications.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report no. 3 in a series on 'Tunnel Construction.' See also report dated Jun 74, PB-242 598.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  National Science Foundation

  Division of Advanced Technology Applications
  Washington, DC  United States  20550
• Authors:
  • Moavenzadeh, F
  • Einstein, H H
  • Markow, M J
  • Wyatt, R D
  • Vick, S G
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 121 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Construction; Construction equipment; Construction projects; Cost estimating; Costs; Estimates; Estimating; Excavation and tunneling; Excavations; Geological events; Geological surveying; Mathematical models; Rock excavation; Rocks; Simulation; Stochastic processes; Tunneling; Tunneling machines
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Geological conditions
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00092551
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: P74-4 Tech. Rpt., P74-5
• Contract Numbers: NSF-GI-34029
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM