Date
10 May 1984, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
Described is the case history of Stillwater Tunnel highlighting the aspects of design, construction, instrumentation, and contracting procedures, which on September 14, 1983, culminated in the successful holethrough for this 8.03-mile (12.92-km) long water conveyance tunnel. The case study demonstrates that for a successful project it is essential to carefully select a ·compatible excavation system and a contractor who has the incentive to complete the project within the resources of available time and budget. The study illustrates the weaknesses in the current state of the technology for design and construction of deep and long tunnels and urges an improvement of the subsurface investigation techniques which could be applicable for deep tunnels.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1984 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Sinha, R. S. and Schoeman, K. D., "Stillwater Tunnel, Central Utah Project, Utah - Case History" (1984). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 8.
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Stillwater Tunnel, Central Utah Project, Utah - Case History
Described is the case history of Stillwater Tunnel highlighting the aspects of design, construction, instrumentation, and contracting procedures, which on September 14, 1983, culminated in the successful holethrough for this 8.03-mile (12.92-km) long water conveyance tunnel. The case study demonstrates that for a successful project it is essential to carefully select a ·compatible excavation system and a contractor who has the incentive to complete the project within the resources of available time and budget. The study illustrates the weaknesses in the current state of the technology for design and construction of deep and long tunnels and urges an improvement of the subsurface investigation techniques which could be applicable for deep tunnels.
