Manual on Underground Works

Tunnels and underground structures are being used increasingly in development of infrastructures for multipurpose water resources projects, underground storages for oil and gas, road and rail transportation, mining etc. Economical design and safe construction of these structures needs close and deep knowledge of latest know how in the field of investigation and evaluation of geological data likely to be encountered during excavation, support system, design equipment to be used during construction, ventilation etc. All these topics have been dealt in this manual.