Tunnel: SMART

Owner: MMC Corp Berhad-Gamuda Berhad Joint Venture 40 year concession. Implementation under close supervision by Government of Malaysia (Drainage and Irrigation Dept of Malaysia and Malaysia Highway Authority)

Contractor: MMC Corp Berhad-Gamuda Berhad Joint Venture - Principal Contractor and South drive. Ways and Freytag – North drive

Consultant(s): Sepakat Setia Perunding (Sdn) Bhd, Mott MacDonald

Construction Dates: 2002-07

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Geology: Karstic Limestone and alluvial material

TBM: HK Mix Shield slurry machine, 13.2m dia

Project description: Dual purpose highway/ storm water tunnel. 2 level stacked roadway with water carrying invert below. SEM adits connect between road decks and provide safe waiting area. Stairs to connect – no step-free option.

Lining OD: 12.83m

Liner thickness: 500mm

Tunnel: Changjiang Under River Tunnel Project (Yangtze River Tunnel)

Owner/ client: Shanghai Changjiang Tunnel & Bridge Construction Development Co.

Contractor: Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) – TBM assembly Bouygues

Consultant(s): Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Design Institute (STEDI)

Construction Dates: 2006-10 (bores completed 2008)

Location: Shanghai, China

Geology: Sand, clay, rubble

TBM: HK Mix Shield slurry machine, 15.43m dia, 6.5bar water pressure

Project description: Twin highway tunnels. 3 traffic . Invert for safety passage and rescue . 7.17km in length.

Cross-passages: 800m centres

Lining OD: (ID = 13.7m)

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Liner arrangement: 9+1, 2m long rings

Sources: T&TI 24th Oct 08, Jan 07 p7 Tunnel: Calle 30 South by-pass tunnels

Owner: Madrid Municipality

Contractor: Dragados-FCC JV for South tunnel (Mitsubishi machine)

Consultant(s):

Construction Dates: 2004-07

Location: Madrid, Spain

Geology: Peñuela (sandy clay), hard Clay with gypsum levels, surface deposits

TBM: 2 No. EPB machines: HK 15.20m, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-Duro-Feluera 15.01m dia

Project description: Twin bore highway with 3 traffic lanes in each, emergency lane beneath road deck. Cross-passages at ~400m

Lining OD: 14.65m

Liner thickness: 600mm

Sources: RETC 2007 p769

Notes: Max boulder size for screw conveyor 700x300x300mm Tunnel: 4th Röhre Elbtunnel

Owner: Federal Republic of Germany

Client: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Contractor: Bilfinger Berger AG, Dyckerhoff & Wildmann & Co.

Consultant(s): Ingenieurbüro Grassl GmbH

Construction Dates: 1995-02

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Geology: Sand, boulder clay, silt and erratic blocks

TBM: HK Mix Shield slurry machine, 14.2m dia

Project description: 2.6km long single direction highway tunnel. 2No. 3.75m traffic lanes, a 2m shoulder, emergency walkways on both sides. Cross-passages to other bores (constructed previously) at 1000m spacings.

Lining OD: 13.75m (ID 12.35m)

Liner thickness: 700mm

Sources: http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/135124/data/elbtunnel.pdf

Tunnel: North-Western Tunnel/ Serebryany Bor tunnel/ Silver Forest tunnel/ Silberwald tunnel

Owner:

Contractor: OAO Mosmetrostroy (also Client) SistemaHals Development Company

Consultant(s): Metrogiprotrans, Avtometrotonnel Vinci (CM)

Construction Dates: 200?-07

Location:

Geology: Medium strength limestone, highly fissured in sections, fine to coarse sand with boulders and sticky clay

TBM: HK Mix Shield slurry machine, 14.2m dia (previously used on 4th Elbe and Lefortovo tunnels)

Project description: Twin dual purpose highway/ transit tunnel. Upper level three lane road deck with invert reserved for future metro line. 6.28m dia service tunnel runs between main bores. 1.5 km long

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Tunnel: Lefortovo Tunnel

Owner:

Contractor: AO Corporation Transstroy Vinci

Consultant(s):

Construction Dates: 2001-03

Location: Moscow

Geology: Fine to coarse Sand, clay, limestone (medium strength, partially very fissured)

TBM: HK Mix Shield slurry machine, 14.2m dia (previously used on 4th Elbe tunnel)

Project description: 3-lane uni-directional highway tunnel (Northbound). 2.5 km long TBM drive. Southbound traffic runs part elevated, part cut & cover.

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Tunnel: Inntalquerung, Lot H3-4 (Munster-Wiesing)

Owner: ÖBB (Austrian Railways)

Client: Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH

Contractor: Porr/Max Bogl Bauunternehmen JV

Consultant(s):

Construction Dates: 2007- present

Location: Austria

Geology: Pebble stones, sand, coarse clay, brash, gravel

TBM: HK Mix Shield slurry machine, 13m dia

Project description: Rail tunnel. 5.8 km long. Part of the Germany-Austria-Italy rail link which also includes the Brenner base Tunnel.

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Liner thickness: Tunnel: Zürich-Thalwil Zimmerberg Basistunnel (Lot 2.01)

Owner: SBB (Swiss Railways)

Contractor: Zürich-Thalwil consortium (JV of Zschokke/Locher; Prader; Murer; CSC; Specogna; and Scheifele, all from Switzerland; and Wayss & Freytag of Germany)

Consultant(s):

Construction Dates: 1999-2001

Location: Zürich, Switzerland

Geology: Molasse, sihl ballast rubble. Variable from intact to water-bearing loose rock

TBM: HK Mix Shield slurry machine, 12.36m dia (with rock and slurry modes)

Project description: Rail tunnel. 2.4 km long

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Lining type: 7+1 gasketed segments. 300mm thick, 1.7m wide

Sources: T&TI October 1999, October 2000 Tunnel: Ute Gorg Linia 9

Owner:

Client: GISA

Contractor: Linea 9 JV, comprising FCC/Ferrovial-Agroman/OHL/ Copcosa y Copisa UTE Gorg JV, comprising Dragados/Nesco/ACS/Comsa y Sorigué

Consultant(s): Acciona Infraestructuras

Construction Dates: 2004-2008 (?)

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Geology: Fresh and weathered granite (NFM-Wirth machine) Miocene conglomerate clay matrix, river delta deposits (HK machine)

TBM: NFM-Wirth Dual-mode EPB machine, 11.9m dia Herrenknecht EPB machine, 12m dia

Project description: Metro line 43km total length. 4km and 9.4km drives for NFM-Wirth machine, 4km and 5.5km drives for HK machine. Stacked configuration. Tunnels sized to allow platforms to be located in running tunnels, rather than requiring station boxes.

Lining OD: 11.7m (ID 10.9m)

Liner thickness: 400mm

Lining arrangement: 6+1, ring width 1.8m T&TI World News 29 April 2008

Herrenknecht has been awarded a contract to undertake a feasibility study for, and to deliver, a 19m diameter TBM to excavate a combined road and rail tunnel in Moscow.

ZOA Infrastruktura awarded the contract late last month for the TBM to work in the ‘very demanding’ soft ground geology and high groundwater levels in Moscow. The customer wants the machine, likely to be a Mixshield, on site in two years.

Infrastruktura is to build the tunnel on the outskirts of Moscow as an orbital transport link that connects into the road and metro networks. Financial details were undisclosed.