Innovative Tunnel Engineering Inventing and Implementing Technology in Design, Construction, and Contracting

Chapter 1. Design and Construction. 1.1 Contracting Tunnels. 1.2 Infrastructure and Networks. 1.3 Innovative Tendering. 1.4 Insurers View. 1.5 Contracting Risks. 1.6 Procurement. 1.7 Best Practice. 1.8 Managing Risks. 1.9 Prospective Contracts. 1.10 Sharing Risks. 1.11 Geotechnical Baselines. 1.12 Risk Assessment. 1.13 Synopsis. Chapter 2. Construction Concepts. 2.1 Conventional Tunnelling. 2.2 Create ’Ring Closure’. 2.3 Construction Cycle. 2.4 Choice of Technology. 2.5 Contract Challenges. 2.6 Tunnelling Trends. 2.7 Synopsis. Chapter 3. Maintenance and Repair. 3.1 Maintenance Strategies. 3.2 Guidelines. 3.3 Case Studies. 3.4 Risks and Damages. 3.5 Construction Recorded. 3.6 Synopsis. Chapter 4. Tunnels and Caverns. 4.1 Selecting Technology. 4.2 Selecting Location. 4.3 Processing Design. 4.4 Engineering Process. 4.5 Large Hadron Collider. 4.6 Future of Structures. 4.7 Approach in Phases. 4.8 Design in Stages. 4.9 Synopsis. Chapter 5. Geo Engineering. 5.1 Intact Rock. 5.2 Rock Strength. 5.3 Rock Mass. 5.4 Rock Properties. 5.5 Rock Quality. 5.6 Rock Engineering. 5.7 Rock Classification. 5.8 Rock Deformability. 5.9 Rock Designation. 5.10 Synopsis. Chapter 6. Lining and Alignment. 6.1 Sustainable Design. 6.2 Assessing Geology. 6.3 Geotechnical Investigation. 6.4 Geotechnical Modelling. 6.5 Geotechnical Engineering. 6.6 Ground Reaction. 6.7 Synopsis. Chapter 7. Guiding Standards. 7.1 Structural Layout. 7.2 Structural Modelling. 7.3 Sprayed Concrete/Shotcrete. 7.4 Initial Support. 7.5 Preliminary Support. 7.6 Support Coalescence. 7.7 Final Support. 7.8 Layout Review. 7.9 Excavation Challenges. 7.10 Metros and Urban Floods. 7.11 Synopsis. Chapter 8. Contracting and Risk. 8.1 Hydro Power. 8.2 Conditions of Contract. 8.3 Water Nexus. 8.4 Best Practice. 8.5 Contractual Challenges. 8.6 Power from Renewables. 8.7 Case Histories. 8.8 Synopsis. Chapter 9. Life Cycle Cost. 9.1 Conventional Tunnelling. 9.2 Design Procedure. 9.3 Geotechnical Parameter. 9.4 Design Guidelines. 9.5 Safety Management. 9.6 Ground Structure. 9.7 Structural Design. 9.8 System Check. 9.9 Mechanized Tunnelling. 9.10 Regulations. 9.11 TBM Selection. 9.12 Ground Structure Interaction. 9.13 Face Stability. 9.14 Progressive Excavation. 9.15 Environment. 9.16 Synopsis. Chapter 10. Sustainable Urban Life. 10.1 Contract Challenges. 10.2 Contract Risks. 10.3 Contract Features. 10.4 Form of Contract. 10.5 Changed Contract Conditions. 10.6 Development Changes. 10.7 FIDIC – Conditions of Contract. 10.8 Tender Preparation. 10.9 Case Histories. 10.10 Risk Assessment. 10.11 Risk Register. 10.12 Risk Process. 10.13 Risk Management Plan. 10.14 Risk Assessment Matrix. 10.15 Monitoring and Controlling. 10.16 Synopsis. Chapter 11. Hydro and Urban Structures. 11.1 Underground Contracting. 11.2 Sustainable Hydro Structures. 11.3 Material Acquisition and Disposal. 11.4 Service Life and Capital Cost. 11.5 Cost and LC Assessment. 11.6 Modular Process. 11.7 LC Benefits and Cost. 11.8. Boston Central Artery. 11.9 Underground obtaining Surface. 11.10 Planning and Assessment. 11.11 Mining and Lining. 11.12 Road Tunnel Cost. 11.13 Risk Assessment. 11.14 Life Cycle Phases. 11.15 Construction and Maintenance. 11.16 Resilient Cities. 11.17 Urban Transport. 11.18 Urban Roads. 11.19 Alaskan Viaduct – Seattle. 11.20 Data Management. 11.21 Urban System. 11.22 Synopsis. Chapter 12. Transport Tunnels. 12.1 Transport Path. 12.2 Status of Railways. 12.3 Railway Renaissance. 12.4 Project Management Tools. 12.5 Documentation. 12.7 Plausibility and Quality 12.8 Transport Arrangement. 12.9 Transport Tunnel. 12.10 Synopsis. Chapter 13. Tunnels for Flood Control. 13.1 Preface. 13.2 Great Bangkok Flood. 13.3 Flood Analysis. 13.4 Flood Water Research. 13.5 The Groundwater Nexus. 13.6 Ground and Water. 13.7 Flood Relief. 13.8 FRETUC – Hydro Electric Power. 13.9 Flood Prevention. 13.10 Preventive Structures. 13.11 Synopsis. Chapter 14. Tunnel Megaprojects. 14.1 Gibraltar Strait Bridge/Tunnel. 14.2 Qattara Depression Tunnel Project. 14.3 Mekong River Basin Project. 14.4 Synopsis. Appendix. References.

Biography

Harald WAGNER, Civil Engineer, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Dr. Techn. Science, Suma cum Laude, 1974), Licensed Master Builder, Government Counsellor, appointed by President of Austrian Republic. Chartered Expert at Court. Consultant to the World Bank. International recognized Consulting Engineer for Underground Infrastructures with more than 50 years of Professional Experience in Tunnel Design, Construction and Consultancy. Former Assistant Professor at Technical University Graz in Austria on Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering for Architects (1972 - 1975). Past Vice President of ITA "International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association" (2002 - 2007). Professor (Adjunct) at KMITL (King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang/Bangkok, 2016 - 2025). Expert Member of ITA’s Executive Council and ITACET Foundation Trustee. Worked throughout his career as designer and consultant in 35 countries. Holding memberships at Federal Chamber of Engineers Austria. Austrian Standardization Institute, Chairman Conventional Tunnelling (1994 - 2003). Certified Expert at Court and member of 35 International Professional Associations. Appointed Chairman of International Advisory Committee WTC 2020 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Referenced Tunnel Engineering at 16 on line lecture series (2020 - 2023) organized by CBIP (Central Board of Irrigation and Power, New Delhi, India).