Cut & Cover

Definition


Direct Excavation : Surface reestablishment after completing all works



 

Inverse Excavation : Surface reestablishment just after completing the first-level of the underground structure



 

Door-Frame method : This is a cut-cover method with a construction sequence similar to inverse excavation.



RELATED PAPERS


Cut & Cover tunnels in metropolitan areas, A Saglamer. Training Session Istanbul 2005. ( pdf file / video)

 


CASE HISTORIES


CENTRAL ARTERY - BOSTON USA

OKHOTNY RYAD UNDERGROUND COMPLEX - MOSCOW RUSSIA