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GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 19
Monday, 5 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T53. Geology and Tunneling: Case Histories

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; American Rock Mechanics Association

 

Herbert H. Einstein, Judy Ehlen and Charles W. Daugherty, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
GEOLOGY AND TUNNEL GROUND BEHAVIOR
CORDING, Edward J., Univ Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, 205 N Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801-2350, ecording@uiuc.edu, ecording@uiuc.edu
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8:30 AM
THE QUEENS TUNNEL COMPLEX - A GRANULITE FACIES ORTHOGNEISS TERRANE EXPOSED IN NYC WATER TUNNEL #3
MERGUERIAN, Charles1, BROCK, Pamela Chase2 and BROCK, Patrick W.G.2, (1)Geology Department, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Queens College, C.U.N.Y, Flushing, NY 11367, geocmm@hofstra.edu, geocmm@hofstra.edu
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8:45 AM
PORTLAND'S WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL TUNNEL: AN EVALUATION FIVE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION
BURNS, Scott F., Geology Department, Portland State Univ, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, burnss@pdx.edu, burnss@pdx.edu
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9:00 AM
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF ROCK DOWEL SUPPORT IN A CONTINUUM MECHANICS MODEL
TEETES, George R., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and MRUGALA, Marek J., Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, GTeetes@home.com, GTeetes@home.com
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9:15 AM
ALPTRANSIT:GEOLOGICAL KEY PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST TUNNEL SYSTEM UNDER CONSTRUCTION
LOEW, Simon, Institute of Geology, Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zuerich, Chair of Engineering Geology, ETH Hoenggerberg, Zuerich, 8093, Switzerland, loew@erdw.ethz.ch, loew@erdw.ethz.ch
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9:35 AM
IS THE PIORA AQUIFER IN SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND AN OBSTACLE IN BUILDING THE LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL ON EARTH?
OTZ, Martin H., Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, 313 Heroy Geology Lab, Syracuse, NY 13244, spladi@yahoo.com, spladi@yahoo.com
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9:50 AM
THE MAURIENNE-AMBIN TUNNEL PROJECT (52 KM BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY) :
FABRE, Denis J., LIRIGM, Univ Joseph Fourier, BP 53 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 , FRANCE, Grenoble, 38041, France, dfabre@ujf-grenoble.fr, dfabre@ujf-grenoble.fr
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10:10 AM
TUNNELLING IN OPALINUS CLAYSHALE IN SWITZERLAND
EINSTEIN, Herbert H., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 1-342 MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, einstein@mit.edu, einstein@mit.edu
 
10:25 AM
Break
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10:40 AM
OVERVIEW OF UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION FOR BOSTON'S CENTRAL ARTERY AND TUNNEL PROJECT
DAUGHERTY, Charles W., Parsons Brinckerhoff, 185 Kneeland Street, Boston, MA 02111, cwdaughe@bigdig.com, cwdaughe@bigdig.com
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11:00 AM
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTIPLE-DRIFT SUBWAY UNDERPINNING STRUCTURE FOR BOSTON'S CENTRAL ARTERY/TUNNEL PROJECT
VAN ROOSENDAAL, Danny J., Haley & Aldrich, Inc, 465 Medford Street, Suite 2200, Boston, MA 02129-1400, djvr@haleyaldrich.com, djvr@haleyaldrich.com
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11:15 AM
INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION FOR TUNNELS UNDER THE FORT POINT CHANNEL ON BOSTON’S CENTRAL ARTERY PROJECT
LAMBRECHTS, James R., Haley & Aldrich, Inc, 465 Main Street, Boston, MA 02129-1400, JRL@haleyaldrich.com, JRL@haleyaldrich.com
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11:30 AM
INSTALLING MASSIVE JACKED TUNNELS IN COMPLEX GROUND IN BOSTON
TAYLOR, Steve1, TUTOS, Ileana1 and VAN DIJK, Peter2, (1)Hatch Mott MacDonald, Boston, MA, (2)Interbeton, Rockland, MA, STaylor@hatchmott.com, STaylor@hatchmott.com
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11:45 AM
TUNNELING THROUGH A BUILDING'S FOUNDATIONS
BOSCARDIN, Marco D., GEI Consultants, Inc, 1021 Main Street, Winchester, MA 01890-1970 and KARPINSKI Jr, Edward L., Deputy Director of Design and Construction-Contracts, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Ten Park Plaza, Rm. 5610, Boston, MA 02116-3975, mboscardin@geiconsultants.com, mboscardin@geiconsultants.com
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