Tunnelling : management by design / Alan Muir Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muir Wood, A. M. (Alan Marshall), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tunneling.

Tunnels--Design and construction.

Tunnels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

1 ed.

Place of Publication:

Taylor & Francis 2000

London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 2000.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 expens

Contents:

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

Notes:

"This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786610405138

9781135809492

1135809496

9780429204258

0429204256

9781135809508

113580950X

9781280405136

1280405139

9780203477663

0203477669

OCLC:

228119466

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access