Investigating the Economic Performance of Tunnel Excavation in Iran: 1998–2013

Karkehabadi, Vahid; Zarei, H.; Uromeihy, Ali; Karkehabadi, Hamidreza

doi:10.1007/s10706-014-9805-0

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“…Such approaches are unable to obtain information on the entire route of a tunnel without incurring excessive costs and impacting a project's viability. This fact creates an important remaining uncertainty that can influence the total cost of a tunnel and the finishing deadline due to low excavation performance [17] or TBM entrapments [18], among other setbacks. It also leads to potential problems in terms of the physical stability of the construction and environmental and safety issues [8,[19][20][21][22][23].…”

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Directional Core Drilling as an Approach to Reduce Uncertainty in Tunneling Construction

Rodríguez,

Fernández,

Bascompta

et al. 2023

Applied Sciences

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The definition of a rock mass’s characteristics is crucial in underground construction to avoid delays and cost overruns. This study proposes a system to quantify the economic uncertainty related to a lack of knowledge of a rock mass in the tunnel construction stage, either for tunnel boring machines or for drill and blast excavation techniques. Using a back-analysis of three actual tunnels completed in Spain (Burata, Lot 3 of the Pajares variant, and Bolaños), the study assessed the directional core drilling technique (DCD) for this purpose, comparing it with conventional boreholes. In this regard, the DCD approach reduced the uncertainty by between EUR 6.7 and EUR 12.7 for every EUR 1, while the total cost of the drilling campaign remained within a widely accepted proportion of the construction budget. Overall, the uncertainty was reduced by approximately EUR 6000 per meter of the tunnel.

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