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Abstract: The excavation of large caverns in urban areas densely populated, in soil and under the groundwater table is always a challenging and highly risky task. This is the case of the excavation with conventional methods of the large caverns of the extension of line 5 of São Paulo Metro. In this paper, the results of the excavation in terms of monitoring data will be compared with the theoretical and...
Abstract: The excavation of shafts and tunnels in urban area often occurs under the groundwater table. The choice of dewatering for construction (deep excavation) remains a challenging and highly risk task in densely populated urban areas. The solution of dewatering involves a series of evaluations about: i) the choice of dewatering method (well point, deep pumps, etc.) and the dimensioning of the...