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Tunnelling - Alan Muir Wood

Tunnelling

Management by Design

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
320 Seiten
2021
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-032-10008-1 (ISBN)
CHF 79,95 inkl. MwSt
This book covers all the main aspects of tunnelling: planning, studies which contribute to the viability of a tunnel project, the technical aspects of design, the management of construction, and overall project management. It includes a review of tunnel failures and issues regarding dispute resolution and prevention. The concept of design is define
Tunnelling has become a fragmented process, excessively influenced by lawyers'notions of confrontational contractual bases. This prevents the pooling of skills, essential to the achievement of the promoters' objectives. Tunnelling: Management by Design seeks the reversal of this trend. After a brief historical treatment of selected developments, the concept of design is defined in detail and related to systems and to risk, the central features of this book. A final chapter discusses the failure in 1994 of railway tunnels at Heathrow Airport which well illustrates the expensive results of disregard for several of the criteria for success.



The book covers all the main aspects of tunnelling:








planning



studies which contribute to the viability of a tunnel project



the technical aspects of design · the management of construction



overall project management



a review of recent tunnel failures



issues regarding dispute resolution and prevention



This book is an essential handbook for professional engineers engaged in all aspects of tunnelling and geotechnically-based construction, including those in public authorities, private consultants and contractors, plant manufacturers, and designers of specialist geoprocessors. It will also appeal to project managers, lawyers involved in contractual issues, and civil engineers from post-docs to professors and researchers in geotechnics and structures, in engineering management, health and safety, construction law and risk assessment.

Alan Muir Wood was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1977-78 and honorary president of the International Tunnelling Association until his death.

Preface. Notation. Introduction. Background to modern tunnelling. Design - the ubiquitous element. Planning. Studies and investigations. Design of the tunnel project. Design of construction. Management. Hazards, disputes and their resolution. Coda - the Heathrow Tunnel collapse. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Technik Bauwesen
ISBN-10 1-032-10008-7 / 1032100087
ISBN-13 978-1-032-10008-1 / 9781032100081
Zustand Neuware
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