PERMANENT SLURRY TRENCH WALLS CUT SUBWAY COST AND DISRUPTION

The walls under construction described run 1,700 ft and go 30 to 40 ft deep, mostly drilled into rock and tied back, as they flank the site of a new station. Rebar cage with tieback blockouts goes into trench before concrete.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1979-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 19
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 203
  • Issue Number: 13
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction projects; Costs; Reinforcing bars; Retaining walls; Slurry trenches; Subway stations; Subways; Tunneling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rebars
• Old TRIS Terms: Slurry trench construction; Slurry trench walls; Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310674
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1981 12:00AM