The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association Working
Group 15 – Underground Works and the Environment has prepared this
report to illustrate the many ways that tunnels and underground space
have been used to reduce the effect on the...
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The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association Working
Group 15 – Underground Works and the Environment has prepared this
report to illustrate the many ways that tunnels and underground space
have been used to reduce the effect on the environment, for sustainable
development reasons, for the construction of important infrastructure.
The report illustrates over 100 tunnel and underground space projects
on all five continents and covering a broad spectrum of the Association’s
Member Nations. The projects illustrate the opportunities and benefits of
going underground to reduce the environmental impact on Society.
Highway projects cut a wide swathe through urban and rural areas and
can be a scar on the horizon. By going underground major improvements
can be achieved to minimise the effect on the environment. The highway
projects represented 43% of the projects from 17 Member Nations
and illustrate how bored, cut and cover, and immersed tunnels can be
construct
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