Methods used to excavate tunnels, drive foundations and cast concrete structures, from caissons to prestressing. A member belongs here when the cited article describes it as a construction method for tunnels, foundations or concrete. The group is one of the groupings under this field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field. Its members appear in the Browse By view for the field, so a reader can move from this group to each member entry and to the sources cited there.
All Tunnelling, Foundation and Concrete Construction Methods
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Prestressed concrete (Wikipedia)
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Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction.
Slip Forming (Wikipedia)
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Slip forming, continuous poured, continuously formed, or slipform construction is a construction method in which concrete is placed into a form that may be in continuous motion horizontally, or incrementally raised vertically.
Caisson (engineering) (Wikipedia)
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In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (; borrowed from French caisson 'box', from Italian cassone 'large box', an augmentative of cassa) is a watertight retaining structure.
Pile Driver (Wikipedia)
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A pile driver is a heavy-duty tool used to drive piles into soil
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