MACHINERY FOR A MINIMUM SIZED ROCK TUNNEL

The experience gained on the effluent drain tunnel forming part of the $2.3 million contract for Phase 2 of the development of Roundhill Sewage Treatment Works near Stourbridge, West Midlands, is summarised. The tunnel, in weak sandstone, was driven with a Atlas Copco mini fullfacer tunnelling machine, which had not previously been used in the UK, and was lined with high strength mass concrete to a truly elliptical profile. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Morgan-Grampian Limited

  30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Smith, MCG
• Publication Date: 1976-11-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 43-45
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Drainage; Drilling; Equipment; Excavation; Excavation and tunneling; Excavations; Rocks; Sandstones; Size; Tunnel lining; Tunneling; Tunneling machines; Tunnels
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Rock tunneling
• ITRD Terms: 4755: Concrete; 9014: Dimension; 2937: Drainage; 3871: Drilling; 3674: Equipment; 5155: Excavation (process); 4154: Rock; 4104: Sandstone; 3374: Tunnel; 3385: Tunnel lining; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Vehicles and Equipment; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149014
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM