Tunnel excavation - The conflict between waste and recycling through the example of the Koralm Tunnel, contract KAT2 / Tunnelausbruch - Das Spannungsfeld zwischen Abfall und Verwertung am Beispiel Koralmtunnel, Baulos KAT2
Author(s): |
Helmut Posch
Roland Murr Helmut Huber Matthias Kager Erich Kolb |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2014, n. 5, v. 7 |
Page(s): | 437-450 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201400036 |
Abstract: |
Contract KAT2 of the approximately 33 km long, twin-bore Koralm Tunnel will produce about 8.6 mio. t of excavated material. For this reason, the maximum degree of recycling of the material was intended right from the start of the design process. This was planned including consideration of the optimal cost-effectiveness of overall materials management with minimal environmental impact through the minimisation of transport processes and land use as well as generally sparing use of resources. On contract KAT2, more than 50% of the material excavated from the tunnel can be recycled for technical use on site. The material is used as aggregates for concrete and as fill (anti-capillary layers, frost protection layers, filter gravel, sealing layers) for the earthworks in the open air. |
Keywords: |
waste recycling re-use
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