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Tunnel surveys

Solutions for Engineering - Tunnel surveys
Whether tunnels service rail networks or road vehicles, and whether they travel underground, under water or through mountains, instruments and solutions from Leica Geosystems provide accurate measurements and safe monitoring.
The BigDig
"Boston's massive 'BigDig' project has taken advantage of numerous technology innovations during its 15-year life. The latest technology success story is the project's use of Leica Geosystems' High-Definition Surveying (laser scanning) systems (Reporter 51, August 2004)." more
Tunnel technology for the future
(Reporter 50, April 2004) The Alp Transit Gotthard is an ambitious railway construction project, which will incorporate the world's longest railway tunnel of 57 km travelling through the Swiss Alps and under the St. Gotthard massif. Future passenger trains will journey at speeds of up to 250 km/h, adding further to the highly successful European high-speed network and bringing a huge reduction in travelling time. The combined surveying systems of Leica Geosystems and Amberg Measuring Technique Ltd are greatly assisting the tunnel workers in their day-to-day work - not only reducing time needed to ensure that excavation is correctly undertaken, but also making the whole construction process much more efficient and accurate. more
Prague underground tunnels
The project for the construction of tunnels as part of the new extension of Prague’s Underground was faced with certain space limitations due to the location of an existing station. In addition, the particularly rough terrain in the area had considerable influence on the position of the planned station. At the place of crossing, the line is located at a depth of only one metre under the riverbed of the Vlatava. This minimal depth of the overlaying formation prevents the use of the tunnelling method, and therefore there remains only one “classical“ method of construction – cofferdams. It was decided to use three cofferdams for the tunnel crossing situated in the Vlatava stream channel. more
"Emmentaler" tunnel
In the lower Emmental, this 1.6 kilometre-long tunnel is being built below the River Emme. It is part of the Bahn2000 new construction section that will allow travel from Bern to Zurich. Using automated steering with a 3D-Machine Guidance System of Leica Geosystems, shoulders have now been laid in the biggest “Emmentaler Hole”. more
Man-made ice cavern
Tough times for a LEICA TCA1700 series instrument: measuring boreholes in a man-made ice cavern at a tunnel construction site at Kingston-upon-Hull in north-west England. more
Environmental surveys
Leica survey instruments in Sydney also used underground on major environmental protection projects. more
Vereina Tunnel - Switzerland
Geodetic surveys of Vereina Tunnel - Switzerland  more
Gas Pipeline Project
In the midst of harsh terrain, surveyors in astronaut-like garb stake out the route for a new gas pipeline. Determining their position in real-time with the aid of satellites and the Leica MC1000 and SR 9500, they perform the groundwork for one of the largest-ever land based pipeline projects. more
Tunnel profiles in subways
The subway is perhaps in many cases the epitome of a nation's transport system. more
Deformation measurement
With 340 points within the tunnel, the Leica TCA2003 Automated total station will measure for you -24 hours a day. more