MUCK UTILIZATION PLANNING. URBAN TRANSPORTATION TUNNELING: A HANDBOOK OF RATIONAL PRACTICES FOR PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS

This handbook alerts transportation system planners and designers to planning methods which can lead to more efficient use of earth and rock materials produced during excavation for transportation tunnels and large excavations. The earth and rock materials produced from tunnel operations are commonly described by the miner's term, 'tunnel muck'. Tunnel muck has been traditionally treated as a waste product of the construction process. This handbook documents the results of a study of alternative uses for tunnel muck including use of muck as backfill materials within the transit project. The suggested procedures are consistent with construction methods and project management procedures.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10545
• Corporate Authors:

  Haley & Aldrich, Incorporated

  238 Main Street
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Tech Development & Deployment, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Liu, T K
  • Gifford, D G
  • Dugan, J P
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 64 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Construction; Construction management; Construction projects; Excavation and tunneling; Fills; Handbooks; Materials management; Mucking; Rocks; Soils; Structural design; Subways; Transportation planning; Tunneling; Tunnels; Urban transportation; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction; Tunnel excavation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167286
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-22 Handbook
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-836
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM