Handbook for Construction by the New Austrian Tunneling Method and Sequential Excavation Method

The New Austrian Tunneling Method, or Sequential Excavation Method, is applicable for soft ground mixed face tunnels in urban environments, caverns, adits, bifurcations and shallow tunnels where it is not always practical or economical to use a tunnel boring machine or conventional excavation methods. This reference book on construction is for beginning tunnel design and construction engineers and project planners as well as graduate students. It focuses on technical issues of the construction phase and captures construction practice across Europe and North America, presenting the various methods necessary to deliver a dry tunnel, and encourages intelligent questioning for the completion of any NATM/SEM tunnel project.