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Abstract: Due to the close vicinity to the foundations of several buildings, and most of all, to the operating running tunnels of Line 2, the construction of the connection tunnel linking Line 4´s Paulista station with Line 2´s Consolação station of the São Paulo´s Metro system presented important technical challenges. The excavation of the tunnel required special procedures to restrain and monitor the...
Abstract: The Porto Maravilha Operation, in Rio de Janeiro, comprises a series of infrastructure works, among them a new road system in the old port area, namely the Binária and Expressa ways. The Saúde tunnel is part of the Binária way, and was constructed in the Saúde hill, part of a deactivated old quarry, having two 2 three-lane carriageways plus a parallel LRV track. With a 300m cross section, the...