Code of practice for safety in tunnelling in the construction industry

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

07-12-2001

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-04-1990

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Legislation
Section two. Planning and organization
4 Organization and administration
5 Information and investigation
6 Contingency planning
7 Excavation and initial support
8 Management of water
9 Permanent support
10 Compressed air working
Section three. Emergencies
11 Flooding
12 Methane
13 Fire prevention
14 Fire fighting and rescue
Section four. Working environment
15 Ventilation
16 Dust
17 Quality of illumination
Section five. Communications and noise
18 Operating communications
19 Noise
Section six. Access and transport
20 Shafts
21 Lifting equipment
22 Access tunnels
23 Transport
Section seven. Plant and equipment
24 Electrical
25 Miscellaneous tunnel plant
Section eight. Maintenance, renovation and repair
26 Maintenance, renovation and repair
Appendices
A Types of timbered heading
B Details of working a close timbered face for a 3.5 m
    internal diameter segmental lined tunnel without
    shield
C Working a hand shield with a fully timbered face
Tables
1 Principal causes of accidents
2 Methods of initial ground support
3 Choice of fire extinguishing equipment
4 Summary of the most commonly encountered dangerous
    gases
5 Earth leakage protection
Figures
1 Working a 4 m outside diameter tunnelling shield
2 General arrangement of pipe jacking equipment
3 Initial support in a rock tunnel
4 Patch refacing of brickwork using straps, hooks and
    laggings
5 Tunnel lining renewal or refacing using timber
    lagging, centres and steel ribs
6 Tunnel lining renewal or refacing using full ribbing
    systems
7 Details of brick tunnel arch replacement
8 Piled (poled) heading: headboard ready for driving
9 Piled (poled) heading: headboards driven as far as
    possible
10 Piled (poled) heading: headboards driven to full
    length
11 Timber settings
12 Timbered box heading
13 Timbering details
14 Full close timbered vertical boards suitable for a
    clay face in a 3.5 m internal diameter lined tunnel
15 Full timbering using horizontal boards suitable for
    a sand or gravel face in 3.5 m internal diameter
    lined tunnel

Recommendations for safe practices for work in new and existing tunnels excluding cut and cover and immersed tube tunnels. Deals with planning, organization, emergencies, working environment, communications and safety aspects of access, transport, electrical and mechanical plant and equipment, compressed air working and atmospheric hazards.

Committee	B/513
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	102
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
Supersedes	BS 6164:1982

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