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Excavation caused problems in construction of Montreal's Ville Marie project; work included excavation of rock in heavily populated downtown area, and installing vital shoring in restricted site surrounded by tall buildings, railroad tracks, and busy streets; preshearing method in removing 30 ft deep rock ledge; releasing steam above each shot just before it was fired in order to refract shot and diminish intensity of noise.
Excavation caused problems in construction of Montreal's Ville Marie project; work included excavation of rock in heavily populated downtown area, and installing vital shoring in restricted site surrounded by tall buildings, railroad tracks, and busy streets; preshearing method in removing 30 ft deep rock ledge; releasing steam above each shot just before it was fired in order to refract shot and diminish intensity of noise.
Excavation for Ville Marie presents problems
Eng Contract Rec
Caplan, B. (author)
1959
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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