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Abu Hamour (Musaimeer) Surface & Ground Water Drainage Tunnel – Phase I (AHSO) is a 9.5 km long, 3.7 m ID storm water tunnel. The writers created comprehensive geotechnical data collection system on the tunneling project in weak/soft rocks which has been successfully implemented. Results of geological mapping have been presented to show how they correlate to TBM performance. The authors make an attempt to correlate common classification systems: Qw and RMR for rock mass commonly found in Doha, Qatar.
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The writers acknowledge Salini-Impregilo for successfully completing two TBM drives.
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Stypulkowski, J.B., Bernardeau, F.G. (2018). Abu Hamour Tunnel Phase I the First TBM Tunnel in Qatar: The Art of Tunneling in a New World. In: Agaiby, S., Grasso, P. (eds) Engineering Challenges for Sustainable Underground Use. GeoMEast 2017. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61636-0_11
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