SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF RAPID TRANSIT UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION. VOLUME II. SECTIONS 6-9 AND APPENDIXES

Three San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) projects and two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) projects are analyzed with respect to time schedules, costs, and sensitivity to physical and institutional controls. These data are utilized in developing generalized models of four specific types of underground construction: cut-and-cover station, cut-and-cover line, free-air-driven tunnel, and compressed-air-driven tunnel. The models presented herein are a planning tool for evaluation of the alternative types of underground construction in a transit system with respect to local costs and physical and institutional controls. Possible future tunneling cost-reduction techniques and recommendations for further research are made. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Also available as rept. no. DOT-TSC-75-72.II. See also Volume 1, PB-275 567.
• Corporate Authors:

  Bechtel Corporation

  50 Beale Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94119

  Little (Arthur D), Incorporated

  Acorn Park
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Birkmyer, A J
  • Richardson, D L
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 305 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Computer programs; Construction; Construction management; Construction projects; Cost engineering; Costs; Cut and cover tunneling; Rapid transit; Safety engineering; Scheduling; Subways; Tunneling; Tunneling machines; Tunnels; Underground structures
• Identifier Terms: FORTRAN (Computer program language); San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Rapid transit railways; Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169299
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-75-12IIFinal Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-601
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1981 12:00AM