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Caracas Line 5 maximising potential of EPB shield technology in extreme urban conditions
Abstract: Metro Caracas Line 5 is a successful representative case of urban shield tunnelling where challenging situations were overcome by maximising the capacities of EPB shield technology and without the execution of additional ground treatments. The paper presents different case studies of shield drives under buildings and bridge foundations in soils. The approach followed for the calculation,...
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Line 5 tunnels construction challenges – Metro de Caracas, section Plaza Venezuela – Parque del este
Abstract: Metro de Caracas Line 5 construction has about 7,5 km of EPB Shield Tunnel and 5 stations constructed with the NATM (New Austrian Tunnel Method). Due to the Caracas Valley heterogeneous underground, the existing water table in the whole alignment, high population density and superficial and underground boundary structures, the construction execution has have some high grade difficulties for the...
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