Singapore on the move

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This article describes the design and construction of train tunnels as part of the Mass Rapid system in Singapore. The construction involves handling varying ground conditions, dense population, and developed areas to build 20 kilometers of tunnels.

Author: Krishnan, Rajan, Chan, K.S.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2003
Heavy construction, not elsewhere classified, All Other Heavy Construction, Strategy & planning, Tunnels Construction, Bridge and Tunnel Construction, Singapore, Bridge, tunnel, & elevated highway, Mass Transit Construction, Planning, Tunnel construction, Company business planning, Tunneling

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Bogota rail system to go underground

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This article discusses about subsurface structural aspects and seismic vulnerability that influenced the change from the above ground design to an underground design of the 24.1kilometer rail system in Bogota, Columbia.

Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2000
Colombia, Railroads, Railroad construction, Transportation, Bogota, Colombia

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New shaft at Nevada test site increases underground access

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This article reports construction of an access shaft of 1,046 feet deep and 20 feet diameter at the Nevada Test Site complex for conducting underground nuclear experiments.

Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2000
Testing, Shaft sinking, Underground nuclear explosions, Nevada Test Site

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Subjects list: Environmental aspects, Design and construction, Underground railroad, Underground Railroad (Slave escape network), United States, Brief Article
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