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Design and Construction of the New
Tunnel at Genting Sempah, Malaysia
1997
S.J. Porter
Hyder Consultants, Australia
M.T. McRae
Jacobs Associates, El Segundo
R. Wright
Transfield Tunnelling, Malaysia
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The new tunnel at Genting Sempah is part
of a privately funded infrastructure project that involves duplicating
the existing highway extending from the Gombok Toll Plaza near Kuala Lumpur
to Karak, in Malaysia. The 60 km long tollway includes an 800 m long,
twolane highway tunnel with excavated dimensions of 10.5 m wide by 8 m
high. The majority of the tunnel extends through slightly to moderately
weathered, moderately to highly jointed quartz porphyry. Excavation of
the tunnel was performed using drill and blast methods and the primary
tunnel support consists of rock dowels and shotcrete except for short
sections adjacent to the portals where steel sets were utilized. A portion
of the tunnel encountered sheared and altered material that was successfully
supported using rock dowels and shotcrete. The final lining for the tunnel
consists of mesh and fiber reinforced shotcrete. The flexible nature of
the primary support and shotcrete final lining resulted in considerable
cost savings and expedient construction methods.
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