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Title	"FREEZING" TECHNIQUE USED IN B.C. CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE TUNNEL
Accession No	00047912
Journal Title	Engineering and Contract Record Vol. 86 No. 4
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Southam Business Publications
Publication Date	19730400
Description	p. 58-59
Abstract	Technique of freezing of incompetent ground to render it suitable for tunneling was used in construction of a 150-ft.-long drainage tunnel for the BC highways department in the Lower Fraser valley. The 6-ft.-diam. tunnel was installed through saturated, fine-grained silt and landfill material to form part of a storm sewer bypass, carrying creek water into the main storm sewer system.
TRT Terms	Tunneling ; Tunnels
Subject Areas	R0003 R0003.
Availability	Linda Hall Library Order Number: DOTL RP
Document Source	Engineering Index Source Data: EI 73 032858
TRIS Files	RRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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