Urban Swedish tunnelling practice – Middle European designer's perspective.

Amberg Engineering was involved in numerous subsurface in frastructure projects in Sweden, predominantly in the Stockholm metropolitan area. Our rock mechanical and engineering expertise represented and represents our key contribution to the projects, while we came in touch with valuable, and sometimes very different tunnelling approaches. While certain technical solutions still appear exotic, majority of them have to be valued as correct and consequent answers to the predominant geological conditions in Scandinavia. The present publication will show our experience based on one case study. Special attention is given to rock mass characterisation, design processes and tunnelling philosophy. The issues of support, water ingress control and vibration control are treated in detail, and a comparison with our local practice is presented. The paper attempts to deliver an objective treatise and honest presentation of our experience, and a summary of "lessons learned". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]