SILVERTOWN TUNNEL – LONDON, ENGLAND (2020)
SILVERTOWN TUNNEL – LONDON, ENGLAND (2020)
The Silvertown tunnel project consists on the construction of a tunnel between Greenwich and Silvertown districts (London). The project includes a tunnel construction under the Thames River with of 1.4 km in length and 0.60 km in length of access ramps. The tunnel excavation is delveloped with two tunnel excavation methods: by means of an EPB TBM and with Cut and Cover, the latter used in the tunnel access ramps.
The project includes the construction of the following structures:
The project also includes several control shafts construction for the tunnel excavation:
PRO GEO has been hired for the geotechnical analysis of the Cut and Cover North, Rotation shaft, Launch shaft and Retrieval shaft.
PRO GEO’s experience has helped solve the following problems: