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Sewer relocation project Karl-Glaessing-Strasse

Service Performed
Detailed design including tender documentation
Commencement - Services
May 28, 1991
Completion - Services
October 19, 1992
Location
Wiesbaden, Hesse
Germany
Technical data

City sewage system: NATM tunnel under compressed air, construction of new scheme located 1 m below operating old brick lined sewage pipe.

Geology description

Tertiary clay, gravel and mud, (ground water table above tunnel roof).

Description

City sewage system: NATM tunnel under compressed air (0.25 bar), construction of new scheme located 1m below operating old brick lined sewage pipe. Steel plate lining is closed to the face (2 m behind) to reduce air pressure losses.

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Final cost
$1,500,000
Special Construction techniques
Compressed Air
Longitudinal and Cross Section