EUROPE'S TALLEST BUILDING ENCASES AN OPERATING SUBWAY

A 656-ft-high office tower in Paris, France rises on a foundation built over, around and under a subway that continued operating during excavation and foundation casting. The work was done without underpinning, though the excavation went below the tips of the piles supporting the subway. The construction techniques are described.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 190
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rapid transit; Subways
• Identifier Terms: Paris Metro
• Geographic Terms: Paris (France)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046745
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1974 12:00AM