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Cigar Lake Mine Development

Owner
Client
Service Performed
Site supervision services, consulting, monitoring and on-site engineering performed by senior engineer and two tunnel inspectors. Subsequent design for tunnels and junctions supporting mine development.
Commencement - Services
September 01, 2012
Completion - Services
May 01, 2020
Location
2121, 11th St W
Saskatoon, SK S7M 1J3
Canada
Geology description

Highly thermo hydraulically weathered metapelites in form of weak rock and clayey-silty-sandy soils, highly anisotropic, cut with slickensided graphitic planes.

Geology types
Description

Cameco's Cigar Lake is the world's highest grade uranium deposit. It is considered one of the world's most technically challenging uranium deposits to mine. The ore body and the ground around has to be bulk frozen prior to extraction of the ore using high pressure water jets. Development of the freeze/production cross-cuts takes place beneath the ore body in unstable, soil-like, highly weathered and anisotropic rock. A flexible shotcrete lining with longitudinal slots and special yielding elements together with systematic rock bolting were utilized to cope with squeezing ground conditions. Site presence and additional engineering and design efforts supported the mine development for tunnels and junctions.

Categories
Final cost
$50,000,000
Service areas
Site Supervision & CM, QA/QC
Construction methods
Special Construction techniques
Pocket excavation in unstable ground conditions
Installed yielding elements prior to spraying shotcrete
Project number
455E
Project Type
Final cost
$50 million CAD
Completion date
Ongoing

Devil's Slide Tunnels

Service Performed
Construction inspection and scheduling for initial and final liner and waterproofing; analysing monitoring data and project's progress; daily site inspection and ground conditions reports.
Commencement - Services
November 01, 2007
Completion - Services
March 01, 2011
Location
585 Linda Mar Boulevard
Pacifica, CA 94044
United States
Geology description

The geological setting comprised quartz diorite, marine sandstone, conglomerate and clay-siltstone. Four main fault zones were encountered.

Geology types
Description

Devil's Slide is located south of the City of Pacifica in California along the coastal road of Highway 1. Landslides and grade subsidence in the Devil's Slide area along Route 1 have led to the road being closed for extended periods causing significant economic loss to the surrounding communities. The solution: Construct a tunnel through the mountain to bypass the dangers and reoccurring problems. Construction of 1250m twin tunnels, 9m wide, 6.8m high using Sequential Excavation Method (SEM). Additionally, drill and blast and roadheader excavation through weathered rock utilised.

Activity
Final cost
$273,000,000
Service areas
Site Supervision & CM, QA/QC
Construction methods
Special Construction techniques
Groundwater control
Max Overburden
~250m
Tunnel length
1250m
Drill jumbo drilling blast holes in top heading advance face
Finished southbound tunnel with textured cast-in-situ concrete
Tunnel Portals
Aerial view of completed portals
Project number
272E
Min Overburden
<5m at portals
Final cost
$273 million USD

Sound Transit Beacon Hill Station

Service Performed
Optimizing station and tunnel configurations, Interpreting geologic information, preliminary and detailed design, developing 3D Finite Element Models and performing structural and seismic design.
Commencement - Services
January 01, 2002
Completion - Services
January 01, 2009
Location
401 S. Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98104
United States
Geology description

Beacon Hill Station is located 49 m below the ground surface in complex glacial soils with multiple groundwater horizons.

Geology types
Description

Beacon Hill Station is part of the 22.5 km initial segment of Sound Transit's Central Link Light Rail. It is located 49 m below the ground surface in complex glacial soils with multiple groundwater horizons. The project comprises deep mined station tunnels and two 1.5 km long running tunnels excavated using a tunnel boring machine. The mined station was excavated through compressible glacial soils with multiple groundwater horizons using conventional mining techniques. The access shafts and station headhouses were constructed using slurry walls and cut-and-cover techniques.

Activity
Service areas
Construction methods
Special Construction techniques
Tunneling under
Tunnel length
1.5km
Beacon Hill Station Layout
Tunnel Excavation under way
Project number
418C
Final cost
$250 million USD

Bond Street Station Upgrade Execution

Service Performed
Design of SCL tunnels and access shafts linked to Central, Jubilee line, and Crossrail Link Passage. Construction supervision.
Commencement - Services
June 01, 2013
Completion - Services
May 01, 2016
Location
Oxford Street
London
W1C 2HU
United Kingdom
Geology description

London Clay

Geology types
Description

Bond Street Station serves an interchange between the Jubilee Line, the Central Line and the future Crossrail Station. New tunnels including access and lift shafts, construction adits, binocular cross passage tunnels, large concourse and connection chambers, underpass and over-bridge tunnels cutting through existing platform tunnels, and an inclined escalator tunnel were constructed in very close proximity to existing London Underground structures.

Activity
Service areas
Site Supervision & CM, QA/QC
Tunneling under
Max Overburden
10-50m
Max Excavation Area (m2)
25-55m2
Excavation connection chamber
Secondary lining escalator tunnel
SCL spray of Connection Chamber
SCL Access Tunnel
SCL Tunnel connecting to existing Cast Iron Passage Way
SCL Tunnel, Excavation of Escalator Tunnel
SCL Shaft, breakout for SCL tunnel
SCL Side Drift Tunnel
Project number
419E
Final cost
£150 million GBP

Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade Execution

Client
Service Performed
Design of SCL tunnels and access shafts linked to both Central and Northern line. Supervision during construction.
Commencement - Services
March 01, 2011
Completion - Services
January 01, 2016
Location
Oxford Street
London
W1D 1AN
United Kingdom
Geology description

London Clay formation

Geology types
Description

The major upgrade to the LU Tottenham Court Road Station has been proposed to relieve congestion, achieve step-free access and modernise the station. The major elements of the station upgrade comprised a new enlarged sub-surface ticket hall, a fire-fighting access / emergency escape shaft linked to both Central and Northern lines, a triple escalator barrel, and concourses to the Northern and Central lines. In the latter concourse two new overbridges were included to lead to the platforms via new stairs and lifts. For the tunnelling works, a particularly challenging part was to design and construct the two SCL overbridges over the operational Central line.

Activity
Final cost
$480,000,000
Service areas
Site Supervision & CM, QA/QC
Tunneling under
Max Overburden
10-20m
Max Excavation Area (m2)
23-104m2
Tunnel length
13-104m
SCL side drift tunnel
Aerial view of the construction site
Sprayed Waterproofing Membrane
SCL Crosspassage
SCL Tunnel, overbridging operational Central Line Tunnel
SCL Excavation through existing Structure
Project number
411E
Final cost
£480 million GBP

Crossrail Eastern Running Tunnels

Service Performed
Shaft and tunnel design, engineering support, geotechnical engineering and site supervision services.
Commencement - Services
February 01, 2011
Completion - Services
December 01, 2012
Location
London
London
EC1M 6BY
United Kingdom
Geology description

Geological locations of the cross passages vary from London Clay to Lambeth Group and Thanet Sands.

Geology types
Description

Contract C305 is the biggest design-bid-build construction contract of the Crossrail (CRL) project and includes the eastern running tunnels of CRL's central section with launch shafts and SCL launch adits for TBMs at Limmo Peninsula, SCL caverns and launch adits for TBMs at Stepney Green and 10 SCL cross passages between the running tunnels with lengths up to 30m. At the Limmo Peninsula site a 40m deep and 30m diameter SCL shaft was built. At the shaft bottom in Stepney Green, two 30m long and up to 10m wide SCL launch adits were constructed followed by two 14m high and up to 18m wide, SCL caverns with single sidedrift and double sidedrift cross sections.

Activity
Service areas
Construction methods
Max Excavation Area (m2)
50-130m2
Tunnel length
15m
Limmo Main Shaft
Limmo Auxiliary Shaft bottom
Platform Tunnel West - Excavation - TBM Tunnel Enlargement
3D Model Limmo Auxiliary Shaft
Limmo Shafts and Tunnel layout - left Auxiliary Shaft - right Main Shaft
Project number
222E3
Final cost
£500 million GBP

Crossrail Farringdon Station Execution

Service Performed
Tunnel design, engineering support, geotechnical engineering and site supervision services were provided.
Commencement - Services
March 01, 2013
Completion - Services
November 01, 2015
Location
39 Cowcross Street
London
EC1M 6BY
United Kingdom
Technical data

Located in the heart of Crossrail, Farringdon is one of London’s major rail interchange stations, providing connections between three networks (Thameslink, Crossrail and London Underground). Dr. Sauer & Partners provided 24/7 supervision support during the SCL works.

Geology description

The majority of the tunnelling takes place within the Lambeth Group formations.

Geology types
Description

Farringdon station is now one of London's major rail interchange stations, providing connections between three networks. During the construction of the Crossrail project, it also received four earth pressure balanced tunnel boring machines (TBMs): the two Drive X TBMs, running from Royal Oak to Farringdon and the two Drive Y TBMs, running from Limmo to Farringdon. The complete station layout will comprise two ticket halls, two platform tunnels, connecting cross passages, escape and ventilation adits, two escalator - inclines and two concourse tunnels constructed using mainly SCL tunnelling.

Activity
Bid cost
$300,000,000
Final cost
$400,000,000
Service areas
Site Supervision & CM, QA/QC
Construction methods
Special Construction techniques
Tunneling under
Max Excavation Area (m2)
25-110m2
Tunnel length
1000m
Western ticket hall site overview
Cross passage 3 from platform tunnel east
Platform Tunnel West - RTE2 excavation - TBM Turn and Bury
Western Ticket Hall Site Overview I
Platform Tunnel West - TBM Tunnel Enlargement
Project number
222E5
Final cost
£400 million GBP

Chinatown Station

Service Performed
Conceptual, preliminary, detailed design of underground caverns, egress tunnels and mined shafts; scheduling and cost estimating; risk management; specifications and tender. Onsite support during construction.
Estimated cost
$1,600,000,000
Commencement - Services
March 01, 2016
Completion - Services
March 31, 2018
Location
425 Market Street Suite 1700
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States
Geology description

The geology ranges from soft clay (Bay Clay) to stiff sands (Colma Sands) and competent to highly fractured rock (Franciscan Formation). The groundwater table is generally above the cavern springline.

Geology types
Description

Chinatown Station is the Northern Terminus of the Third Street Light Rail Project, which is located in a dense urban neighbourhood, underneath a busy street and directly adjacent to numerous old buildings, as well as one high-rise building. The station encompasses a Cut-and-Cover headhouse for passenger entry, three large station caverns and an emergency egress shaft. In order to minimise excavation volume and optimise cost and schedule, the ventilation ducts are located below the platform level, and routed into the headhouse.

Activity
Service areas
Construction methods
Special Construction techniques
Tunneling under
Groundwater control
Tunnel length
2.7km
Excavation and support sequence of large urban cavern
Large urban cavern under construction
Excavation and support sequence - longitudinal section
Chinatown, San Francisco Dense Urban Neighborhood
Overall Station Layout, Headhouse and Caverns (Rendering by JV)
Station Cavern with Center Platform, Mezzanine and Ventilation Ducts
Proposed Mitigation Measures for adjacent Buildings
Complex 3D Finite Element Analyses
Project number
358E
Final cost
$1.6 billion USD
Completion date
Ongoing

Subway Lot 40 - Frankfurt/Main

Service Performed
Technical Consultant for Design, Supervision of Construction and Arbitrator
Commencement - Services
December 01, 1980
Completion - Services
June 01, 1984
Location
Frankfurt/Main , Hesse
Germany
Technical data

Subway, 2 parallel tubes (station and rumming tunnel), L = 2 x 900 m, full section: 35 m² (76 m²), Construction method: NATM.

Geology description

Weathered rock, Frankfurt Clay (clay and sand).

Description

L= 2*900m

Service areas
Site Supervision & CM, QA/QC, Tunnel Design & Specialities

Velenje-Shaft

Service Performed
NATM Design, In-Situ Measurement, Site Supervision
Commencement - Services
February 29, 1988
Completion - Services
September 30, 1989
Location
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Technical data

Inclined shaft, diameter 4.3 m, L = 40 m. NATM Test tunnel, heavy support.

Geology description

Schist, clay, sand and coal.

Geology Type: Soft Ground

Geology types
Description

NATM test tunnel, heavy support Aligning pole (d= 5 cm) should make deformations possible.

Categories
Service areas
Inspection & Maintenance, Site Supervision & CM, QA/QC

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