GIANT URBAN CAVERN STRETCHES EXISTING SOFT GROUND LIMITS

The successful excavation of a 345-space underground car park in Landsberg, West Germany is detailed. The project employed shotcreting of a 250 sq m X 180m-long cavern in soft ground conditions in a hill known as the Schlossberg, part of which served as a bomb shelter.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Morgan-Grampian (Construction Press) Limited

  Morgan-Grampian House, 30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Publication Date: 1990-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 19-22
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Caverns; Cut and cover tunneling; Design; Excavation and tunneling; Parking facilities; Shotcrete; Soft soils; Underground parking garages
• Identifier Terms: New Austrian Tunneling Method
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Crown
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496855
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM