Tunnelling: Management by Design - Couverture rigide

Muir Wood, A. M.; Wood, Alan Muir

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0419232001 ISBN 13 : 9780419232001

Editeur : CRC Press, 2000

Synopsis

Tunnelling has become a fragmented process, excessively influenced by lawyers'notions of confrontational contractual bases. This prevents the pooling of skills, essential to the achievement of the promoters' objectives. Tunnelling: Management by Design seeks the reversal of this trend. After a brief historical treatment of selected developments, the concept of design is defined in detail and related to systems and to risk, the central features of this book. A final chapter discusses the failure in 1994 of railway tunnels at Heathrow Airport which well illustrates the expensive results of disregard for several of the criteria for success.

The book covers all the main aspects of tunnelling:

• planning
• studies which contribute to the viability of a tunnel project
• the technical aspects of design · the management of construction
• overall project management
• a review of recent tunnel failures
• issues regarding dispute resolution and prevention

This book is an essential handbook for professional engineers engaged in all aspects of tunnelling and geotechnically-based construction, including those in public authorities, private consultants and contractors, plant manufacturers, and designers of specialist geoprocessors. It will also appeal to project managers, lawyers involved in contractual issues, and civil engineers from post-docs to professors and researchers in geotechnics and structures, in engineering management, health and safety, construction law and risk assessment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Muir Wood  was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1977-78 and honorary president of the International Tunnelling Association until his death.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0419232001
• ISBN 13: 9780419232001
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 307
• Coordonnées du fabricant: CRC Press; https://www.routledge-ny.com; ; 6000 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW SUITE 300; BOCA RATON; FL; 33487; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible