Tunnelling contracts and site investigation
By: P.B. Attewell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: E & FN Spon
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780203474938
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Tunneling; Building sites; Underground construction; Structural
Description: A wide ranging and up-to-date review of experience of tunnelling contracts, particularly those for sewerage and drainage tunnels.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Contracts; 3 Initial investigation phase; 4 Ground investigation; 5 Contract preparation and tender evaluation; 6 Tunnel construction; 7 Claims and records; 8 Post-construction phase; References; Bibliography; 1 Quality assurance; 2 Hazardous gases with particular reference to those that might be encountered when tunnelling coal measures strata; 3 Application of bayesian statistics to site investigation; 4 Weak rock; 5 Standard penetration test and cone penetration test; 6 Mudrocks