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Abstract: This paper presents the principles of the risk assessment process for tunnels which was conducted as part of preliminary studies of New Line LNPCA in the south of France between Marseille and Italy. It presents the basic principles used to estimate firstly the most likely level of technical difficulty for each site and secondly the effect of related...
Abstract: Many owners are convinced that it is impossible to keep construction costs of tunneling projects under control and that additional costs that may occur are always significant. This article is based on an analysis of as-built costs for tunneling projects, in France, for these last fifteen years and shows that costs can be kept under control if some considerations in the studies and the progress...