General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Tunnel |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
High-speed rail tunnel |
| Construction method: |
Slurry-shield machine |
Location
| Location: |
Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands Hazerswoude-Dorp, South Holland, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 52° 9' 37.19" N 4° 33' 27.23" E |
| Coordinates: | 52° 5' 32.49" N 4° 33' 53.14" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 8 600 m | |
| tunnel length | 7 160 m | |
| interior diameter | 13.20 | |
| TBM | total length | 120 m |
| total weight | 3 520 t | |
| excavation diameter | 14.87 m | |
| length of shield | 12.40 m | |
| weight of shield | 1 800 t | |
| total power | 9 540 kW | |
| power at cutter head | 3 500 kW | |
| total thrust | 19 x 2 × 485 = 18 430 t | |
| torque at cutter head | 136 000 kNm | |
| cutter head speed | 0 - 1.4 / min. | |
| nominal flow rate | 2 500 m³/h |
Quantities
| reinforcing steel | 42 000 t | |
| sheet piling | 43 300 m² | |
| walls in trench | 84 900 m³ | |
| prefabricated piles | 33 650 m | |
| concrete for tunnel elements | 211 900 m³ | |
| total excavated volume | 1 950 000 m³ | |
| submerged concrete volume | 141 300 m³ | |
| reinforced concrete volume | 113 900 m³ |
Cost
| cost of construction | Dutch guilder 940 000 000 |
Materials
| tunnel structure |
precast reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| Beginning of 1999 | Invitation to tender. |
|---|---|
| 17 December 1999 | The contract is signed. |
Participants
Client
Design
Structural engineering
- Bouygues Travaux Publics (tunnel)
Subconsultant
- Tunnel Engineering Consultants (access ramps)
Co-contractor
Foundations
Material supplier
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- Breakthrough at the Groene Hart Tunnel. In: Felsbau, v. 22, n. 2 ( 2004), pp. 67.
- Challenges piling up!. In: News. The VSL-Intrafor Magazine, v. 13, n. 2 ( 2002), pp. 19.
- (2002): Experience with Design Build Contract of the Green Heart Tunnel. Presented at: 28th AITES- ITA World Tunnel Congress, Sydney, 02.-08.03.2002.
- (1999): Fundamental research program High Speed Line Bored Tunnel Green Hart. Presented at: KivI, 1999, TU Delft,.
- (2002): Groene Hart (Pays-Bas). Travaux de fondations: un chantier à grande vitesse. In: Travaux, n. 785 (April 2002), pp. 58-61.
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20004213 - Published on:
06/07/2002 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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