| Week | Lecture | Assigned Reading/Supplementary Material |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1: Jan. 9 |
Topic 1 - Introduction to Tunnelling | Optional Reading - History of Tunnelling (Beaver) |
| Week 2: Jan. 16 |
Topic 2 - Geological Uncertainty | Assigned Reading - Geotechnical Risk (Hoek) Assigned Reading - Tunnel Site Investigation (Parker) |
| Week 3: Jan. 23 |
Topic 3 - Risk & Geotechnical Baseline Reports Guest Lecture - Dr. Connor Langford (Mott MacDonald) |
Assigned Reading - Tunnelling Contracts (Hoek) Optional Reading - Geotechnical Baseline Reports (Essex) Optional Reading - Support Optimization at the Driskos Tunnel (Langford) Optional Reading - Reliability: How Are We Doing? (Christian) Optional Reading - ITA Guidelines for Tunnelling Risk Management Optional Reading - BTS Code of Practice for Tunnelling Risk Management |
| Week 4: Jan. 30 |
Project Workshop Material: Project Workshop I - Lecture Notes Reference Document - Pre-Feasibility Data Report (SECURE - password to be provided) |
Assignment - Scope of Works Part 1 - Supplementary Notes (GSI & Hoek-Brown) Part 1 - Grading Rubric Optional Reading - Quantification of the Geological Strength Index Optional Reading - ISRM Suggested Methods: Hoek-Brown |
| Week 5: Feb. 6 |
Topic 4- Soft Ground Tunnelling Methods | Assignment Part 1 Discussion |
| Week 6: Feb. 13 |
Family Day - University Closed | |
| Week 7: Feb. 20 |
Spring Break | |
| Week 8: Feb. 27 |
Topic 5- Hard & Weak Rock Tunnelling Methods | Optional Reading - Loads in Tunnel Support (Terzaghi) |
| Week 9: Mar.6 |
Topic 6 - NATM, Ground Convergence & Squeezing Rock | Assigned Reading - Big Tunnels in Bad Rock (Hoek) Optional Reading - The New Austrian Tunnelling Method (Rabcewicz) Optional Reading - Perspective on NATM (Brown) Optional Reading - Erroneous Concepts Behind NATM (Kovari) |
| Discussion: Project Workshop II | Optional Reading - Lining Design in Squeezing Ground (Hoek) Optional Reading - Overcoming Squeezing at Yacambu (Hoek) Part 2 - Grading Rubric |
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| Week 10: Mar. 13 |
Topic 7 - Stress-Controlled Failure | Optional Reading - Damage Initiation in Tunnels (Diederichs) Part 3 - Supplementary Notes (Spalling & Rockburst) Part 3 - Supplementary Update (ISRM Working Group on Spalling) |
| Week 11: Mar. 20 |
Student Mini Lectures - Part 1 | Mini Lectures - Scoring Rubric |
| Week 12: Mar. 27 |
Student Mini Lectures - Part 2 | |
| Week 13: Apr. 3 |
Student Mini Lectures - Part 3 |
