Publications
One of AFTES’s missions is to pass on knowledge and information through a wide range of documents. This section lists the many recommendations, journals, information sheets, reports and other documents at your disposal. These publications may be downloaded free of charge by AFTES members, and are available to purchase for non-members.
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LIST OF AFTES RECOMMENDATIONS
FREEThis document presents the list of AFTES recommendations, elaborated by working groups made up of specialists in disciplines related to the various fields of underground work.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°289 – July-August-September 2024
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers articles on: Introduction to the guide to good practices in underground spaces – Thoughts on the combination of metro and dedicated highway lanes, key to efficient urban transport – The Contribution of numerical modelling to the construction of the Saint-Maur Créteil station cavern
GT9 Construction sheet – Waterproofing / Drainage
FREEGT9 Construction sheet N°1
Waterproofing of BALARD metro station by implementing an intrados waterproofing system of type SEL-A (Reinforced Liquid Waterproofing System)Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°288 – April-May-June 2024
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers in particular, in the “Technical file” section :
– A Summary note of AFTES Observatory of contractual practices
– The main lessons from the 2023 AFTES congress
– Le Bourget RER: an iconic station built in a dense urban environment
– The future of abandoned underground quarries in FranceShallow shafts – GT28.R2A1 (Prepublication)
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)This text is primarily intended for the various parties involved (contractors, project managers, design offices, contractors, etc.) in the construction of what is known as shallow shafts.
Recommendation approved on 25 May 2023
Tunnels and Underground Space – N°287 – January-February-March 2024
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue features articles on: hazardous phenomena in underground storage facilities, complex energy geostructures, environmental quality.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°286 – October-November-December 2023
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers articles on: New Lyon-Turin transalpine rail link: SMP4 worksite – Re-use of debris from Grand Paris Express sites – The measurement damper of ventilation system.
Mechanical ventilation for underground structures during construction and rehabilitation – GT27.R1A2 (Prepublication)
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)Recommendations GT27.R1A2
Thematic: Transversal tasks (quality, security, logistics …)Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°285 – July-August-September 2023
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers a complete file devoted on DOCTORAL RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND WORKS.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°284 – Special Congress 2023
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This SPECIAL CONGRESS issue offers a dossier devoted to the theme: «Underground structures at the heart of transitions»
Geological, Hydrogeological and Geotechnical Investigations required for the Design of Underground Structures – GT24R3A1
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)Thematic : Ground Conditions and Soil-Structure Interaction
Functional diagram of TBMS – GT4R7FA
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)Functional diagrams for tunnel boring machines.
These diagrams are based on the “Review of developments in TBMs and their capabilities over the period 2000 – 2019”,AFTES – Working group n°4 – Published TBM DATA SHEETS
FREEAFTES – Working group n°4 – Published TBM DATA SHEETS
These sheets have been produced by the stakeholders of each project (owners, engineers and contractors), we would like to thank them for their contribution.TBM Data n°143
FREEBudapest Metro – Line 4 twin-tube – 2007-2008
The tunnel boring sheets make it possible to understand the context of the project through its characteristics, present the geological model of the associated tunnel and detail the machine used for the excavation with its technical specificities and innovations.Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°284 – April-May-June 2023
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers a complete file devoted to LONG AND DEEP TUNNELS.
TBM Data n°142
FREESewage collector DN 3500 – Clichy (France) – 2019
The tunnel boring sheets make it possible to understand the context of the project through its characteristics, present the geological model of the associated tunnel and detail the machine used for the excavation with its technical specificities and innovations.TBM Data n°141
FREEExtension of Paris Metro Line 11- Work packages GC01 – (2020-2021)
The tunnel boring sheets make it possible to understand the context of the project through its characteristics, present the geological model of the associated tunnel and detail the machine used for the excavation with its technical specificities and innovations.AFTES – Working group n°4 – TBM data sheets n°131 to n°140
FREEWorking group n°4 – TBM data sheets n°131 to n°140
Download the document “PUBLISHED TBM DATA SHEETS” for the complete list of construction sites
AFTES – Working group n°4 – TBM data sheets – N°121 to N°130
FREEWorking group n°4 – TBM data sheets n°121 to n°130
Download the document “PUBLISHED TBM DATA SHEETS” for the complete list of construction sites.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°283 – January-February-March 2023
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)The file presented on this issue by the AFTES Equipment, Materials and Products Committee draws up an inventory of some new products brought by manufacturers: a decisive role in underground structures.
AFTES – Working group n°4 – TBM data sheets – N°111 to N°120
FREEAFTES – Working group n°4 – TBM data sheets – n°111 to n°120
Download the document “PUBLISHED TBM DATA SHEETS” for the complete list of construction sites.AFTES – Working group n°4 – TBM data sheets – N°101 to N°110
FREEAFTES – Working group n°4 – TBM data sheets – n°101 to n°110
Download the document “PUBLISHED TBM DATA SHEETS” for the complete list of construction sites.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°282 – October-November-December 2022
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers various articles, studies on an interpretation of the behaviour of distributed anchor bolts subject to tensile stress for tunnel applications, a test bench to characterise ventilation equipment to train piston effect, design & built of an ultra-low-carbon concrete microtunnel in Bonneuil-en-France, the excavation of a technical gallery (ext. diam. 3.6 m) involving multiple constraints
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°281 – July-August-September 2022
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue includes various articles: Technical progress in building wide, deep tunnels – SNOWY 2.0 – Challenges in Ecuador: design and construction of 4km of pressured line ID1900 in Guayaquil with micro-tunnelling boring machine – Line 16-1 of the Grand Paris Express : feedback on technical risk management
