Value engineering the construction of long tunnels in the dolomites of northern Illinois, United States of America [electronic resource]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a high-energy physics laboratory operated by the Universities Research Association for the US Department of Energy, is developing plans for the construction of accelerator tunnels. The accelerator designs vary as a function of particles accelerated,...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Dept. of Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
2000.
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| Summary: | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a high-energy physics laboratory operated by the Universities Research Association for the US Department of Energy, is developing plans for the construction of accelerator tunnels. The accelerator designs vary as a function of particles accelerated, technologies used and energies targeted. However, all accelerators require the excavation of long tunnels, up to 700 km in length, and tunnel costs represent a major portion of project budgets. This paper documents the findings of two studies undertaken to identify tunnel cost-drivers and outlines steps taken to initiate the ''value engineering'' of the tunnels. Other. |
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| Item Description: | Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. 01/01/2000. "fermilab-conf-00-385" 2001 World Tunnel Congress, Milan Italy, 13th June 2001. Laughton, Christopher. |
| Physical Description: | 8 pages : digital, PDF file. |