This book covers management of mechanized tunnelling with examples from global projects. It starts with an introduction to mechanized tunnelling including management of job organization, planning job sites, portals, or launching boxes in mountains/open fields and urban areas. The management of the transport with belt conveyors, locomotives, and multi-service vehicles is explained with numerical examples. Cost management and basic parameters governing tunnelling costs in different countries are discussed. Risk management in mechanized tunnelling projects is also explained.
Features:
- Offers the practical issues with setting up a jobsite, the cost and logistic issues related to tunnelling.
- Reviews cost management and basic parameters governing tunnelling costs in different countries.
- Covers treatment of spoil management plan and the management of contaminated ground.
- Explores key points on the logistics and the management of the consumables.
- Provides the latest international case studies of specific companies.
This book is aimed at professionals and researchers in tunnelling, civil, and mining engineering, and geology.
About the Author:
Nuh Bilgin graduated from the Mining Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University. He obtained his Ph.D at Newcastle upon Tyne University UK, in 1977 on "Rock cutting mechanics of high strength rocks. He was appointed as a full-time professor in 1989 at İstanbul Technical University (ITU). He worked one year at Colorado School of Mines, USA in 1994 as a visiting professor and scholar of Fulbright, one year at the University of Witwatersrand, S.A in 1989 as a visiting professor.
He was formerly the head of the Mining Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, and Senator of the school representing in the Senate of the university. However, at the moment he is working as a consultant to Mining and Tunnelling Companies. He is currently the Chairman of the Turkish Tunnelling Society. He published more than 150 papers on Tunnelling and Mining, including four books.
He was the coordinator of one of the most prestigious international projects carried out at ITU. The project was on the development of mining methods and mining machinery in the Bismarck Sea for the production of metallic ores. Nautilus Minerals, from Australia, sponsored the project.
Sinan Acun Graduated in 2004 from the Geology Department of Kocaeli. Since then, he has worked as chief geologist for ASM engineering Company; site engineer at Garanti Koza - Alarko Joint Venture in 4. Levent - Ayazaga Metro Project; TBM tunnel cheif engineer in Gülermak - Doğuş Joint Venture in Otogar-Bağcılar Metro Project; TBM tunnel shift engineer in Avrasya Joint Venture (Astaldi-Makyol-Gülermak) for Kadikoy - Kartal Metro Project; TBM tunnel section chief in Gülermak Heavy Industry in Kargı Hydopower project; tunnel manager in Gülermak - Kolin-Kalyon Joint Venture for Mecidiyeköy-Mahmutbey Metro; TBM tunnels group manager in Kolin-Kalyon-Cengiz Joint Venture, for Gayrettepe - İstanbul New Airport Line Metro Project. Tunnel expert for Kolin Construction Company in Uşak-Eşme Salihli infracture Works for the Ankara-İzmir High Speed Train Line Project. Currently, he is working as tunnel TBM manager for İÇTAŞ Construction Company for Sarıyer-Kilyos highway road project using an EPB-TBM of 13.75 diameter.
He is continuously attending World Tunnelling Conferences and publishes papers. His paper as co-author "The factors affecting the performance of three different TBMs in complex geology in Istanbul" was selected as the best paper, in WTC Bergen.
