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CrossRail

Service Performed
Consultant for the Overall Review and Checking of the NATM Design. Expert Witness for Parliamentary Committee – Queen’s Counsel
Commencement - Services
October 01, 1992
Location
London
United Kingdom
Technical data

L= 2x8 km railway tunnel in Central London; 5 Stations, 4 utilizing NATM design between Bond Street and Liverpool Street Stations.

Geology description

Made Ground, Terrace Gravels/Alluvium, London Clay, Woolwich and Reading Beds, Thanet Sands, Upper Chalk.

Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
Construction methods

Section E4b, Greenbelt Route, New Hampshire Avenue

Service Performed
NATM Consultant
Commencement - Services
December 29, 1994
Completion - Services
December 29, 1996
Location
Washington, DC
United States
Technical data

Two 20 ft diameter, 3.050 ft long with a minimum overburden of 45 ft and one elliptical shaft excavated and supported according to the principles of NATM as part of the Section E4b. Horizontal grout umbrellas up to 400 ft in length were installed as pre-support at the portals.

Geology description

Potomac Group Soils, compact to hard; comprising silty fine to medium sand with some gravel and hard silty clay.

Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
Special Construction techniques
Typical Cross Section
Grouted Pipe Spiling as Pre-Support
Top Heading and Bench with Face Stabilization Wedge
Waterproofing and drainage pipe at invert
Cross section, Top heading and bench
Waterproofing of tunnel wall

Jubilee Line Extension: Contract 107, Canada Water to Canary Wharf and Contract 110, Canary Wharf to Canning Town

Service Performed
Tunnel Settlement Analysis and Structural Damage Prediction
Commencement - Services
May 30, 1994
Completion - Services
July 30, 1994
Location
London
United Kingdom
Technical data

Twin bore 4,35 m internal diameter running tunnels 30 m deep below commercial property and urban infrastructure.

Geology description

Made Ground overlying, Terrace Gravel overlying, London Clay overlying, Wollwich and Reading Beds (clayey sand & silt).

Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
Service areas

Jubilee Line Extension: Contract 101, Green Park

Service Performed
Settlement Monitoring and Documentation
Commencement - Services
January 07, 1995
Completion - Services
December 26, 1997
Location
London
Green Park, London
W1J 9DZ
United Kingdom
Technical data

Settlement and building sensitivity analysis of 13 buildings including listed structures, e.g. The Ritz Hotel, Brooks Club.

Geology description

Made Ground, Terrace Gravels, London Clay

Geology types
Description

London Underground Limited have extended the Jubilee line from Green Park to Stratford in East London. The Jubilee line Extension is 15.4km long and located predominately underground with several new stations along its route. London Bridge Station (Contract 104) is one of the major stations and includes comnnections to, and an up-grade of the existing Northern line Platforms. The main contractor, a Costain-Taylor Woodrow Joint Venture, commissioned Dr. Sauer & Partners to design the NATM works which comprised running tunnels, station tunnels, ventilation tunnels, and concourse tunnels as well as temporary access headings with internal spans of between 4.8m and 11.3m. The tunnels were excvavated predominately in London Clay with NATM works starting in the spring of 1994 and being completed in 1996.

Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
The Ritz Hotel
Settlement Analysis
Settlement Contours

ATTIKO Metro (Athens Metro)

Commencement - Services
January 10, 1991
Completion - Services
December 30, 2000
Location
Athens
Greece
Technical data

5 Stations constructed using NATM, 18 to 20 m span, 21 stations in total, shield driven running tunnels, 1 bypass tunnel and 1 temporary access tunnel.

Geology description

Made Ground, loose non cohesive soil, phyllites, meta sand/siltstone, limestone, marly limestone, igneous rocks. All Rocks heavily fractured and weathered.

Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
Station, initial support completed
Top heading of side drift
Cross section of side drift
Steps of excavation and support
Shotcreting of tunnel wall
Test Portal
Top Heading Excavation
Shotcreting
Construction of Junction

Norra laenken

Service Performed
Design Review, Alternative design
Estimated cost
$4,000,000
Commencement - Services
February 01, 1995
Completion - Services
January 01, 2004
Location
Stockholm
Sweden
Technical data

Binocular Road Tunnel Dimensions: 33,6m wide x 11,9m high Length: 40m x 3 lanes NATM excavation with Barrel Vault Method, through Bedrock with extensive tree / root system.

Geology description

Bedrock, Glacial Till, Gravel and Sand

Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels

WMATA Section F6b, Branch Route

Service Performed
NATM Design
Commencement - Services
January 10, 1996
Completion - Services
December 30, 1997
Location
Washington, DC
United States
Technical data

Subway running tunnels 2 x 1,400 ft (427m) long, 20' wide x 21' high with a section of 342 sqft (32m²). Tunnels included a section with chemical grouted arch pre-support in P2 sands installed using directional drilling methods. "Closed Bag" PVC waterproofing using sectioning system. Unreinforced concrete final lining.

Geology description

Tunneling through compact to very compact fine to medium sand of the P2 stratum (below the ground-water table) and stiff to hard plastic to silty clay of the P1 stratum.

Geology types
Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
Final cost
$21,000,000
Special Construction techniques
Shotcrete Application in Top Heading
Portals of the NATM Running Tunnels
Top Heading Excavation
Initial Lining of NATM Type Cross Section
Initial Lining of circular Cross Section
Waterproofing at Cut & Cover Section
Waterproofing at Escalators
Waterproofing Installation at Portals
Installation of Waterproofing Membrane
Welding of PVC Membrane
Finished Waterproofing Membrane
Installation of Reinforcement
Completed Concrete Final Lining
Finished Tunnel
Waterproofing installed
Shotcreting the top heading

Russel Square Escalator Redevelopment

Service Performed
Preliminary design and settlement analysis for various options and layouts.
Commencement - Services
January 31, 1996
Completion - Services
May 31, 1996
Location
Russel Square, London
United Kingdom
Technical data

Preliminary design studies for the construction of a 4-way escalator shaft using NATM. Escalator shaft 11.5 m span, approx. 60 m long by 32 m deep, initial lining 300 mm thick reinforced sprayed concrete.

Geology description

Made Ground, Alluvium, London Clay.

Geology types
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Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels

MBTA, Russia Wharf Segment, Section CC03A

Service Performed
NATM detailed design and site supervision during construction.
Commencement - Services
December 28, 1996
Completion - Services
December 19, 2004
Location
Boston
Boston, MD 02101
United States
Technical data

Road tunnel with 2 lanes and a lenght of 400 ft. Study into the construction of either a single tunnel or a binocular tunnel with central pier using the shotcrete support method with ground freezing pre-support to protect overlying historic building.

Geology description

Made ground, peat, glacial till (cohesive, plastic). The peat horizon undulates along the route, in places it is expected to be exposed in the top half of the proposed tunnel face.

Geology types
Description

The Russia Wharf segment is the last, but most challenging section of the Silverline Phase II construction for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The line is designed to provide a dualmode bus rapid transit connection between the central business district in South Boston to the new Convention Center. The tunnel passes diagonally under the 100 year old Russia Wharf complex, which comprises three seven-story buildings with steel frames and brick facades listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The chosen construction method was NATM in conjunction with ground freezing, for the first time in the US. Steel fibre reinforced concrete was used for temporary and permanent lining.

 

Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
Final cost
$18,000,000
Construction methods
Special Construction techniques
Tunneling under
Groundwater control
 Overview of West Cofferdam
Sheet Pile Wall
Excavation of T.H. first round
Reflectors for the monitoring
4 Bar L.G.
Short tunneling
Steel pile for underpinning
Close up of L.G.
Convergence Bolt before schotcreting
4 Bar longitudinal L.G.
Shotcrete at the face of T.H. & Bench
Installation of spiles
Spiles installed
Spiles installed
Wood piles
Installation of Spiles
Excavation of Invert
 Pile Shoe Reinforcement in T.H.
L.G & Wire Mesh installed
Butt plate connection
Butt plate connection
L.G & Wire mesh, Wood piles,Pile for underpinning
Wood files
Shotcreting, Pile for Underpinning
Overview of west Cofferdam
Overview of "Russia Wharf Building"
Overview of "Russia Wharf Building"
L.G & Wire Mesh, Pile for underpinning
L.G. installation
Pile Shoe reinforcement in T.H
View of tunnel and Graphic Arts Building
L.G. & Wire Mesh at Portal Area
Wood Piles, Pile for Underpinning
Compressible Pad onto wood piles
Wood piles, piles for underpinning
Profiling in T.H using Roadheader
View of "Russia Wharf Buildings"
Wood piles, Piles for underpinning
Shotcreting
Waterproofing at Invert, Water Barriers
Installed Waterproofing, Formwork for Center Wall
Installation of Rebar Spile
Installation of Rebar Spile
L.G & Wire Mesh installed, Shotcrete Invert in T.H.
Overview Tunnel Inside
L.G. & Wire Mesh, Piles for Undpinning
L.G. & Wire Mesh, Halfenbox
Shotcrete Tunnel completed
Grouting of Spiles completed
Waterproofing installed at Invert, Halfenbox
Reinforcement of center wall
Reinforcement of a Blockout in the center wall
Pouring concrete of Invert
Invert
Welding operation
Control & Grouting Pipe, Reinjectable Hose
Control & Grouting Pipe, Fuco Hose
Top of Centerwall
Reinforcement of Shotcrete
Installation of L.G. 1st round
Excavation of 2nd half of Binocular T.
Excavation of 2nd half of Binocular T.
Shotcrete F.L., Center wall
Binocular Tunnel
Installation of spiles
Freezing Pipes
Freezing Pipes
1st half of binocular T.
1st half of binocular T.
Pile shoe reinforcement in T.H.
Plan View of the Binocular Tunnel
Tower Crane View
Tower Crane View of Russia Wharf Complex
Tower Crane View of Russia Wharf Complex
Longitudinal Section for the Binocular Tunnel
Binocular Tunnel Section
Ground Freezing Tubes and Settlement Compensation under Russia Wharf
Top Heading Excavation cutting old wooden support piles
Reinforcing and Encasing cutted wooden Piles
Reinforcement of Middlewall of Binocular Tunnel
Excavation of the second Tube of the Binocular Tunnel
Waterproofing of the Binocular Tunnel
Freezing Pipes at surface
Shoe reinforcementon timber piles
Project number
263D
Final cost
$18 million USD

Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Contract 330: Galley Hill Tunnels

Service Performed
Preliminary Design of NATM Alternatives for road under crossing and Barrel Vault Tunnel Alternative for Railway Line under crossing.
Commencement - Services
June 29, 1997
Completion - Services
October 21, 2003
Location
Kent
United Kingdom
Technical data

3 x twin track railway tunnels. Approximately 12m span. Oblique to 35m wide chalk spine. 1 x 7m span access tunnel, 35m long.

Geology description

Weak Rock Upper Chalk and Chalk/Clay fill embankment.

Geology types
Categories
Urban Rail/Bus Stations and Tunnels
Special Construction techniques

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