Underground Construction Difficulties Components of the Project
 
     
  • Civil Works:These consist of  two cut and cover and bored tunnels; technical galleries; two ventilation towers and two smoke extractor stations; hard and soft landscaping works around the entrances to and exits from the tunnels and the necessery road diversion works.
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  • Electromechanical Works:These includind the installation of sensor control units; electrical equipment ; ventilation and smoke extraction, equipment and installation; elevators in the ventilation towers; dewatering pumps and drainage , fire mains and pumps; zoned lighting; traffic lane barriers and the diversions of existing systems .
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  • Power Supply, provided from four independent sources; stand-by generators; emergency lighting back-up.
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  • Traffic signs and signals, including illuminated signs in the tunnels and at entrances and exits; warning lights; traffic lights.
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  • Central Control Room, located in the tunnels at the base of one of the ventilation towers and is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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  • Communication systems operated from the control room, including closed circuit television equipment with colour cameras located strategically throughout the tunnels ; radio equipment with radiating cables in the tunnels and antennae at the entrances; service telephone equipment with handsets located at intervals in the tunnels and ventilation stations; public address system.
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  • Safety Systems, including sprayed fire lining to the tunnel segments; heat and smoke detectors in the tunnels and ventilation stations; emergency telephones ; emergency evacuation cabinets at 100 metre intervals in both tunnels, equipped with escape chutes; escape passageway under the roadway leading to the ventilation tower elevators and escape stairs; fire cabinets with hose reels and portable fire extinguishers;
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