doi:10.3850/978-981-08-6396-8_P162


Construction and Geotechncail Challenges of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) System in Singapore


Cham Wee Menga and Wen Dazhib

Land Transport authority of Singapore.

awee_meng_cham@lta.gov.sg
bdazhi_wen@lta.gov.sg

ABSTRACT

In land scarce Singapore, the development of a comprehensive and efficient underground public transport system is the key to a sustainable transport system. This has resulted in many underground stations and tunnels being built in densely urbanized areas and at close proximity to buildings and infrastructures. The construction of large scale infrastructure projects such as Circle Line has opened up enormous scope for tunnelling and underground works in Singapore, which offers interesting construction and geotechnical challenges. This paper presents some of the challenges encountered in deep excavations in a congested site and tunnelling near to critical structures.


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