Monday, 23 November, 2009 at 11:00 am
The Nicoll Highway Collapse in Singapore – A Technical Perspective (Auckland)
On 20 April 2004 at around 3:30 pm, a construction disaster struck Singapore. A section of the 20m wide cut-and-cover tunnel that was underconstruction collapsed. The excavation was about 30 m deep at the time of collapse. The tragedy left 4 workers killed and 3 injured. It rendered the highway impassable for many months and a long delay in the construction of the new rapid transit line. This talk covers the events leading up to failure, the potential causes of failure and the lessons learnt with emphasis on the design, construction, monitoring and execution of the observational method.
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Auckland: Tuesday 24th November at Auckland School of Engineering, Auckland University.
Refreshments from 5.30pm, for 6pm start
Contact: Auckland Branch Co-ordinators, Ross Kendrick, email: ross.kendrick@aecom.com or Pierre Malan, email: pmalan@tonkin.co.nz
The Branch Presentations are accompanied by a 1 day NZGS Short Course in each venue
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