Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Abstract
Site geology, subsurface and ground water conditions play a vital role in the design of underground structures and the selection of appropriate construction methods and equipments. This paper describes a tunnel project where site subsoils and geo-hydrology dictated the use of various tunneling methods employed at the site. The project is an interceptor sewer tunnel in Staten Island, New York, as a part of the Oakwood Beach Water Pollution Control Project, and consists of two pumping stations and approximately 6.5 miles of sewer along Hylan Boulevard, as shown on Figure 1. The diameter of the tunnel varies from 66 to 96 inches. The case history presented here covers the construction of the portion of the project designated as contracts 6B2 and 6B3 and describes the site geology and subsurface conditions along the tunnel alignment, criteria used in the selection of various tunneling methods and description and operation of tunneling machines employed at the site.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 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
Jain, S. K., "Site Geology and Tunneling Methods" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 45.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session07/45
Site Geology and Tunneling Methods
St. Louis, Missouri
Site geology, subsurface and ground water conditions play a vital role in the design of underground structures and the selection of appropriate construction methods and equipments. This paper describes a tunnel project where site subsoils and geo-hydrology dictated the use of various tunneling methods employed at the site. The project is an interceptor sewer tunnel in Staten Island, New York, as a part of the Oakwood Beach Water Pollution Control Project, and consists of two pumping stations and approximately 6.5 miles of sewer along Hylan Boulevard, as shown on Figure 1. The diameter of the tunnel varies from 66 to 96 inches. The case history presented here covers the construction of the portion of the project designated as contracts 6B2 and 6B3 and describes the site geology and subsurface conditions along the tunnel alignment, criteria used in the selection of various tunneling methods and description and operation of tunneling machines employed at the site.
