The installation of supply and disposal lines is still mostly performed using the open cut method consisting of digging a trench, laying the pipe under the protection of shoring, and subsequently backfilling the trench. Given the many disadvantages associated with this method along with the growing environmental awareness of the population, it is imperative that trenchless technologies be taken more strongly into account in the planning and construction of pipelines and utility networks.
Learning content: Geotechnical fundamental, pipe jacking, microtunnelling, jacking pipes, jacking steering, starting and target shafts.