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S.S 2 Cassia National road. "Le Chiavi" tunnel rehabilition

Rehabilition of 900 m long horseshoe tunnel with swelling problems

Client

Anas S.p.A. Italian concessionaire for the national road and motorway network

Provided Services

Final and detailed design, construction safety management

Overall value

€ 13'256'549.98

Period

2023

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Laser scanner surveys, georadar testing and structural investigations; geotechnical and geophysical in situ and lab testing; tunnel diagnostics  with defect analysis; geotechnical, hydraulic and structural design and safety management of reinforcement works (concrete lining rehabilition, new concrete invert,  crown and walls consolidation, waterproofing, etc.). Based on field survey and laboratory tests, numerical simulations of swelling  phenomenon were performed using the finite difference code FLAC2D. Excavation method: top heading and benching

900

Tunnel length (m)

76

Maximum depth of the roadway level in the tunnel axis from the ground level (m)

11.7

Equivalent diameter of the excavation section (m)