"The shield was brought into the chamber first and onto a platform-like restraint system, which allowed it to maintain ring pressure at 40bar so that it could continue installing the cement rings even as it was emerging."
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www.newcivilengineer.comThe Silvertown Tunnel is a new twin-bore road tunnel currently under construction beneath the River Thames between Silvertown and Greenwich. It is being