Tunnels
ARTISTA’s skilled experts in both rock and soft ground, we can build water, transit & rail, highway, utility and mine access tunnels.
Innovation in Tunnel Engineering
| Water Tunnels | Highway Tunnels | Utility Tunnels |
| With cities around the world eager to clean up their waterway and secure the water supply needed for prosperity and growth. We design and manage construction of water-supply tunnels, combined sewer overflow (CSO) tunnels and offshore outfalls, and deep shafts in all ground conditions. Particular ARTISTA strengths include ground improvement to protect surrounding structures, tunneling in gassy or contaminated ground, and seismic engineering that keeps water tunnels operable in the event of earthquake or other disaster. | Threading tunnels under busy city streets or boring through mountains terrain, ARTISTA can design for and managing a variety of construction techniques including conventional drill-and-blast excavation, as well as specialized techniques such as soft-ground or hard-rock sequential excavation, box jacking and immersed tube technology. | ARTISTA can design, project management and construction management of high voltage electrical cable tunnels and telecoms, gas transmission tunnels and pipelines and water and wastewater transfer tunnel systems. Our experts specialization includes geotechnical investigations and assessment, ground improvement, tunnel design including TBM, SEM and micro-tunneling, tunneling in gassy or contaminated ground and seismic engineering that keeps utility tunnels operable in the events of earthquake or other disaster. |
| Transit & Rai Tunnels | Mine Access Tunnels | Hydropower Tunnels |
| Since developing cut-and-cover tunneling techniques in 20th century with innovative solutions in hard rock and soft ground. We regularly advise transit agencies on the increasingly critical issues of tunnel security, vulnerability assessment and risk analysis. | Mine access tunnels are essential assets which ensure safe, efficient and trafficable access to the host rock and ore body to facilitate production. Accesses often traverse challenging geological and hydrogeological conditions requiring an alternative approach to typical mining development. ARTISTA’s commitment to link advanced engineering and scientific theory with practical know-how is fundamental to our mine access work. Our understanding of mining and civil engineering excavation and support methods and their interaction with the ground are key to successful and expedient underground design and construction. | ARTISTA’s experience in tunnels, shafts and caverns for hydropower and pumped hydro. The underground works for such projects usually require complex geometries, connections and three -dimensional space proofing to serve the multi-purpose requirements for hydropower tunnels which may convey water, high-voltage electrical cables, machinery or the safe working environments for operating staff. Our experience includes project management, design and technical advisory services across all stages of a project lifecycle, from concept design, through to construction and operational stages. |
Tunnels and Geotechnical Engineering
ARTISTA covers a wide array of tunnels in conditions ranging from soft ground, mixed-face and hard-rock conditions to cut and cover tunnels and immersed tube structures. From program management to design to construction management, we serve clients in the rail, highway, water, utilities, mining, scientific research, power and energy sectors. Our Experts have addressed many of Today’s most pressing concerns, including in the areas of geotechnical engineering, seismic design, digital technology, tunnel support design, tunnel ventilation and fire life safety, security and blast design, constructability, risk analysis and management, environmental planning and stakeholder communication.