Special purpose simulation template for utility tunnel construction

Author

AbouRizk, Simaan M. ; Ruwanpura, Janaka Y. ; Er, K.C. ; Fernando, Siri

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

948

Abstract

Utility construction projects have great opportunities for simulation applications in construction. The paper describes the special purpose tunneling simulation template developed based on the tunneling operations performed at the City of Edmonton Public Works Department for shielded tunnel boring machines. The tunneling operations are described, then the tunnel template and its components are illustrated. The results generated from the template using the historical data to test the template and to analyze the potential construction processes are presented. Future embellishments to the tunneling template are briefly described

Keywords

building; civil engineering computing; digital simulation; public utilities; City of Edmonton Public Works Department; construction processes; historical data; shielded tunnel boring machines; simulation applications; special purpose simulation template; special purpose tunneling simulation template; tunnel template; tunneling operations; utility construction projects; utility tunnel construction; Asset management; Belts; Buildings; Cities and towns; Erbium; Ground support; Shafts; Soil; Testing; Tunneling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1999 Winter

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5780-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1999.816804

Filename

816804