Excavation

Soil Nailing | Principles | Advantages

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Soil-nailing-done-to-protect-the-highway

Soil Nailing Soil nailing is a ground improvement technique which is used to reinforce soil to make it more stable. Soil nailing is used for slopes, excavations, retaining walls etc. to make it more stable. The faces of steep slopes are usually protected by shotcrete and mesh for temporary works and by either cast-in-place concrete … Read more

All About Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) & Parameters

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Construction of the A5 highway east bypass of Biel; 12.6 m diameter drill head of TBM © Chriusha (Хрюша) CC-BY-SA-3.0

Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) A TBM is a massive set of complex equipment assembled together to excavate a tunnel, often called as “Mole”. Major components of this Tunnel Boring Machine includes Cutter head, with cutting discs/tools and Muck buckets to carry and dispose excavated muck Power supply Systems Cutter head rotation & thrust Bracing system … Read more