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This book set provides a new, global, updated, thorough, clear, and practical risk-based approach to tunnelling design and construction methods, and discusses detailed examples of solutions applied to relevant case histories. The tunnelling industry is amazingly widespread and increasingly important all over the world, particularly in developing countries. The possible audience of the book are engineers, geologists, designers, constructors, providers, contractors, public and private customers, and, in general, technicians involved in the tunnelling and underground works industry. It is also a suitable source of information for industry professionals, senior undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and academics.
Introduction: excavation techniques for conventional and full-face mechanised tunnelling. Reasons for the choice and differences
Construction methods
Support technology
Auxiliary methods technology: ground reinforcing, ground improving and pre-support technology
Monitoring
Plants and job site organization
Tunnel refurbishment