Why was a TBM used, instead of Microtunnelling, for Water Conveyance Tunnel In El Paso, Texas?
Why use a tunnel boring machine instead of microtunnelling? I read this article today in one of my favorite tunneling journals and wanted to share with you. It goes beyond `our company did this' and offers some take aways. Good read for any tunnel professional: BRH-Garver ...Tags: Canal WTP. Canal Water Treatment Plant Discharge Main Tunnel, Highway 1-85, 18 BNSF rail, soft ground, potentially petroleum contaminated area PPCA, J. Breff Cooling BRH Garver, Akkerman TBM, MTBM, TBM Robbie, CDM Smith, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Kilduff Underground Engineering
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