1st Edition

Rock Engineering for Excavations

By John Endicott Copyright 2025
268 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

268 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

268 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book provides an introduction to the whole engineering process of designing and constructing deep excavations in rock, including caverns, tunnels, shafts, and pits. The process is comprehensively covered from initial site planning, through design considerations such as the assessment of rock mass properties, the closure of contracts and resolution of disputes, and lastly onto the... Read more

1. Excavations in Rock.

2. Site Characterization.

3. Rock Mass Properties.

4. Design Principles and Methods.

5. Design of Rock Slopes and Shafts.

6. Design of Components.

7. Excavation Methods.

8. Permits, Form of Contract, Tendering.

9. Site Establishment, Contract administration, Operation and Maintenance.

Biography

John Endicott is a Fellow of AECOM and the Institution of Civil Engineers, as well as an adjunct professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and at the University of Hong Kong, and a Fellow Commoner at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. In professional practice, he has been based in Hong Kong since 1975 and has specialised in the design of underground structures and slope stability. His projects have included many metros in major cities in Southeast Asia, totalling more than 100 underground stations and tunnels, and many other tunnels for road, rail and utilities, and caverns in rock.