Rock Engineering for Excavations

by John Endicott

This book provides an introduction to the whole engineering process of designing and constructing deep excavations in rock, including caverns, tunnels, shafts, and pits.

The process is comprehensively covered from initial site planning, through design considerations such as the assessment of rock mass properties, the closure of contracts and resolution of disputes, and lastly onto the maintenance and final decommissioning or repurposing of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032557974
• ISBN13: 9781032557977
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 290 Pages