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Abstract: Lot Mules 2-3 is the main segment of BBT (Brenner Base Tunnel) on Italian Side. The paper illustrates the activities forecasted in Detailed Design (performed by the Designer Joint Venture: Pro Iter – leader, Pöyry Schweiz, Pini Swiss Engineers and Pasquali Rausa Engineering) and carried out during construction, to compare the design assumptions to the actual behavior of both the rock mass and...
Abstract: The 900 m long single tube S. Caterina tunnel in Sicily involves mediocre geological materials (yellow sands with calcarenite levels, blue-grey marly clays) and it crosses an area with many existing buildings under low overburden (max. 30 m). Thus, settlement control is one of the main issues to reduce the impact on the surroundings; for this reason, typical sections were defined with...