General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Tunnel |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Pressure tunnel |
| Construction method: |
Gripper TBM driving |
Location
| Location: |
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
|---|
Technical Information
Dimensions
| tunnel length | 10.2 km | |
| excavation diameter | 14.44 m |
Notes
The Niagara Tunnel Facility Project in Ontario serves an extension of the Sir Adam Beck hydropower station originally built in the 19th century. The project included the construction of this diversion tunnel which supplies the power station with an additional 500 m³/s of water for power generation.
Participants
Owner's representative
Structural engineering
General contractor
Contractor
Construction management
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Relevant Publications
- (2013): Deformation measurement and long-term behaviour of passively prestressed pressure tunnels through the example of the Niagara Tunnel Facility Project / Verformungsmessung und Langzeitverhalten von passiv vorgespannten Druckstollen am Beispiel des Niagara Tunnel Facility Projekt. In: Geomechanics and Tunnelling, v. 6, n. 5 ( 2013), pp. 398-406.
- (2010): Maximizing Waters of the Niagara River for Power Generation: Challenges Constructing the Niagara Tunnel Intake Approach. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, pp. 690-691.
- (2008): Niagara Tunnel Facility Project - NFTP. In: (2008): The Austrian Art of Tunnelling. Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wisenschaften GmBH und Co. KG, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-02924-4, pp. 164-165.
- Sir Adam Beck Generating Complex Expansion – Niagara Tunnel Project. In: Felsbau, v. 24, n. 6 ( 2006), pp. 55.
- (2009): TBM modification for challenging rock conditions - a progress report of the Niagara Tunnel Project (NTP) / TBM-Umbau unter schwierigen Gebirgsbedingungen - ein Baubericht über das Niagara Tunnel Projekt (NTP). In: Geomechanics and Tunnelling, v. 2, n. 2 ( 2009), pp. 168-178.
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20059169 - Published on:
13/12/2010 - Last updated on:
25/07/2014
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