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1 Preface Executive Committee Session Chairs International Committee Conventional and Rock Tunneling High Speed Excavation by Drill & Blast with Mechanized Mucking System-Mitholz Railway p. 2 Tunnels, Switzerland Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Project Lake Tap and Tunnel, Juneau, AK p. 12 Underground Construction for a Combined Sewer Overflow System in Providence p. 22 Modern Caverns in Gotham-Geotechnical and Design Challenges for Large Rock Caverns in Manhattan Tunneling Under the Harlem River p. 48 Design and Planning Bay Tunnel-Design Challenges p. 60 The Selection of Excavation Methods for the Detroit Upper Rouge Tunnel CSO Control Project Planning and Design Features of the Waller Creek Tunnel, Austin, Texas p. 86 NATM Strategies in the U.S. -Lessons Learned from the Initial Support Design for the Caldecott 4th Bore p. xi p. xii p. xiii p. xiv The Price is Right-Planning Large Water Tunnel Contracts In New York p. 108 Daylighting Thorn Creek Tunnel into Chicago's TARP Thornton Composite Reservoir p. 123 Difficult Ground Times Square Connection: "Supporting the Cross Roads of the World" p. 134 Gibe II Tunnel Project-Ethiopia: 40 Bars of Mud Acting on the TBM "Special Designs and Measures Implemented to Face One of the Most Difficult Events in the History of Tunneling" p. 35 p. 72 p. 96 p. 151 Design and Construction of the Lenihan Dam Outlet Tunnel and Shaft p. 171 Daniel Island Surprise-Sand Lens Lurking In Cooper Marl, Charleston, SC p. 185 San Vicente Pipeline Tunnel-Reach 4W, 3, and 2: Case History p. 195 A Review of Tunneling Difficulties in Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks p. 215 Geotechnical Geotechnical Baseline Reports-A Review p. 232 Ground Characterization for CSO Tunnels in Washington, D.C p. 242 Actual vs. Baseline Tracking During TBM Tunneling in Highly Variable Glacial Geology p. 250 Assessing Ground Ahead of TBM Tunnel Using Low-Interruption Wireless Seismic Reflector Tracing System Ground Characterization and Feasibility Evaluation of Tunneling Methods for Mather Interceptor Ground Modification North 27th Street ISS Extension: Unique Owner/Contractor Agreement Settles Major Disputes Brightwater Conveyance System: Ground Freezing for Access Shaft Excavation Through Soft Ground p. 263 p. 272 p. 286 p. 297

2 New Approach of ASFINAG for Tunnel Construction Monitoring of the Tauern Tunnel Project in Austria p. 308 Research in Soil Conditioning for EPB Tunneling Through Difficult Soils p. 320 An Analysis Method for Modeling Compensation of Settlements Due to Tunnel Driving by Grouting Cement Suspensions Innovation Uetliberg Tunnel: Soft Ground Excavation and Premiere of New Tunnelling Machine: World's First Tunnel Bore Extender Excavated by Undercutting p. 334 p. 346 Extensible Conveyor Systems for Long Tunnels Without Intermediate Access p. 363 New Cutter Soil Mixing (CSM) Technology Used to Construct Microtunneling Shafts for Mokelumne River Crossing p. 370 An Introduction to Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) p. 383 Placement of Concrete Lining for Water Tunnel No. 3, Manhattan Portion p. 396 International The Hallandsås Dual Mode TBM p. 416 Effective Planning of Underground Space-Planning and Implementation of the First Underground Water Reservoirs in Hong Kong p. 438 Hobson and Rosedale Tunnels-New Technology In Auckland p. 450 Feasibility and Implementation of Shield Machine Tunnel Passing Through an Operating Airport Runway Experience Gained in Mechanical and Conventional Excavations in Long Alpine Tunnels in Switzerland Las Vegas p. 463 p. 471 Design and Construction of Lake Mead Intake No. 3 Shafts and Tunnel p. 488 Project Delivery Selection for Southern Nevada's Lake Mead Intake No. 3 p. 503 Design and Subsurface Construction at Yucca Mountain, Nevada p. 516 Feasible Tunnel Construction Options for the Systems Conveyance and Operations Program Reach 3 Tunnel p. 525 What Happens in Vegas: The Apex Tunnel Geologic Investigation p. 534 The Cost and Benefit of the Phase 2 Investigation for the Reach 4 Tunnel, How a Roll of the Dice Came Up Big in Las Vegas Microtunneling p. 548 Microtunneling 1.2-Mile p. 558 The Longest Drive-Portland's CSO Microtunnels p. 570 Microtunnels vs. EPB Risk-Based Selection p. 581 Microtunneling Challenges in Soft Ground of Downtown Hartford, CT p. 589 Microtunneling for Utilities Under Harold Railroad Interlocking p. 602 Mining Technical Challenges in Mine Rehabilitation p. 616 Open Pit TBM Driven Drainage Tunnel-Ok Tedi Mine p. 629 The Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory and the Construction of Physics Megacaverns p. 638 Subsurface Repository Ventilation Design p. 646 New Projects 1 Planning New Metro Subways-Los Angeles p. 660

3 Slurry TBM Tunnel in Rock, the Modified Detroit River Outfall No. 2 p. 675 Port of Miami Tunnel Update-A View from Design Builder's Engineer p. 687 Design Considerations and Evaluation Process for a New Tunnel and Ocean Outfall Project p. 700 MBTA Silver Line Phase III-Completes Boston's Newest Transit Line p. 713 New Projects 2 Design of NATM Tunnels and Stations of Silver Line Phase III Project in Boston p. 728 Geotechnical and Structural Design Challenges of the Fremont Central Park Subway for the BART Warm Springs Extension p. 742 Atlanta North-South Tunnel p. 757 Proposed Contracting Practices for the Caltrain Downtown Extension p. 766 New York City Alternative Final Cavern Linings for the East Side Access Transit Project p. 780 Continuing the Legacy: An Update on the Construction of the New Second Avenue Subway p. 790 No. 7 Subway Extension Crossing Under an Existing Subway Station: Challenges and Integration of Underpinning into the Design of New Tunnels p. 802 Railroad Interface Management for MTA East Side Access Project Tunnels and Structures p. 814 Construction of the MCUA Tunnel and Force Mains Under the Raritan River, New Jersey: A Case History Risk Management p. 824 Hindsight Is 20/20-Reverse Engineering Tunnel Risk Analyses p. 836 Getting the Engineer's Estimate Right p. 845 Transfer of a Project Risk Register from Design into Construction: Lessons Learned from the WSSC Bi-County Water Tunnel Project p. 854 The Delivery of Underground Construction Projects in the UK: A Review of Good Practice p. 861 Using Risk Analysis to Support Decision Making on the Central Subway Project p. 871 Short Tunnels = High Risk?: Pipeline Construction Involving Open-Cut and Tunnel Segments SEM p. 881 Case History of the Wachovia-Knight Theater Pedestrian Tunnels p. 894 Boggo Road Busway Project, Brisbane, Australia p. 906 Loosening and Face Stability with Shallow Overburden in the "SITINA Tunnel," Bratislava, Slovakia p. 916 Innovative NATM-Design for a Large Shallow Cavern at Stanford p. 927 ADECO as an Alternative to NATM: How It Works, Why It Works p. 942 Shaft New Technology Changes Blind Shaft Drilling p. 970 Tamerlane Hoist and Vertical Belt Project p. 975 A Small Diameter Shaft Design Alternative p. 986 Kansas River Tunnel Shaft Drilling p. 998

4 Design Considerations for the Use of Slurry Walls as Permanent Walls for Deep Rectangular Shaft Structures in Seismic Areas-Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project p Slurry and EPB 1 Selection, Design, and Procurement of North America's Largest Mixshield TBM for Portland, Oregon's East Side CSO Tunnel Construction of Drilled Shafts for the Upper Northwest Interceptor, Sections 1&2 Project-Sacramento, CA Port Authority of Alleghany County North Shore Connector Project Tunnels and Station Shell Case History Contracts 003 and 006 p p p Construction of the North Dorchester Bay CSO Storage Tunnel in p High Risk Tunneling Adjacent to Large Water Tank on the UNWI Sections 3&4 Project p Construction Works of Large-Section Vertically Parallel Twin Tunnels in Close Proximity p A Practical Approach for Precast Concrete Segmental Ring Selection p Slurry and EPB 2 Big Walnut Outfall Augmentation Sewer-Part II: TBM Case History p EPB Tunnelling Through Cohesionless Saturated Ground Under Very Shallow Cover-Perth New MetroRail City Project Sao Paulo Metro Project-Control of Settlements in Variable Soil Conditions Through EPB Pressure and Bicomponent Backfill Grout p p Planning and Preparation for Tunneling at Brightwater West p Brightwater East-A Case History p Gotthard-Base Tunnel, Section Faido Previous Experience with the Use of the TBM p TBM Case Studies 1 TBM Tunneling at the Ashlu Hydropower Project, Squamish, BC p TBM and NATM Combined Solution for a Very Deep Tunnel-The "Pajares" Case Enrique p m Diameter 7 km Long Beles Tailrace Tunnel (Ethiopia) Bored and Lined in Basaltic Formations in Less than 12 Months Construction of Louisville Water Company's Riverbank Filtration Tunnel and Pump Station Project p p Technical Considerations for TBM Tunneling in the Andes p Robbins 10m Double Shield Tunnel Boring Machines on Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel Scheme, Alimineti Madhava Reddy Project, Andhra Pradesh, India TBM Case Studies 2 p Madiq Tunnel, Lebanon: TBM Tunneling vs. Karst Geology p Onsite Assembly and Hard Rock Tunneling at the Jinping-II Hydropower Station Power Tunnel Project Double Shield TBM in Challenging, Difficult Ground Conditions-A Case Study from Zagros Long Water Transfer Tunnel p p Impacts of Ground Convergence on TBM Performance in Ghomroud Tunnel p TBM Data Management and Quality Assurance for the Brightwater Conveyance Project p Construction of the East Side Access Manhattan Tunnels p Index p. 1373

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