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RESEARCH, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT The guidelines cover inspection and maintenance of
Guidelines for Design & Construction of Tunnels existing tunnels along with safety precautions to be
followed in tunnels. This guideline will be helpful in
The guidelines cover the key adoption of better practices for maintenance of
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project including
Geotechnical investigation,
tunnels. The guideline has been issued by RDSO and
circulated to Zonal Railways for guidance.
Guidelines and Specifications of Earthwork

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Design Philosophy and
Construction methodology. It including Heavy Axle Load
is expected that this "Guidelines and Specifications for Design of
guideline will enable Formation for Heavy Axle Load" No.

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engineers on Indian Inside the Tunnel RDSO/2007/GE:0014 prepared by RDSO has already
Railways to develop a basic been approved by Railway Board and circulated to
appreciation for complexity of Tunneling project and Zonal Railways for implementation.

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help them in supervising tunneling projects being
executed by Professional agencies. The guideline has
been issued by RDSO and circulated to Zonal
Railways for guidance.
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Construction
In this Guidelines, certain basic provisions of
"Guidelines for Earthwork in Railway Projects, No.
GE:G-1, July 2003" were not included. With the result,
Guidelines GE: 0014 is to be consulted along with
GE:G-1. Therefore, these two documents along with
other documents have been scrutinized in house and
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The guidelines cover various aspects of safety
precautions for design, planning & construction of
tunnel. This guideline will help the engineers of Indian
Railways to understand the safety measures to be
Earthwork Including Heavy Axle Load" Report No.
RDSO/2012/GE: 0018(D)) having all the provisions of
GE: 0014 and GE:G-1,was prepared by GE

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The guideline has been issued by RDSO and RS/G/108/Heavy Axle Load dated: 18-02-2013 for
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Development of Small Width Vibratory Roller for
compaction of earthwork in gauge conversion
works and narrow width portion
Based on field compaction trials of Small Width
2 Vibratory Roller and soil test results of samples
collected from site, a report titled as "Development of
Small Width Vibratory Roller for compaction of

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width portion" has been prepared by GE Directorate
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Railway Board, the report has been circulated to PCEs
& CAOs of all Zonal Railways for implementation.
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Study Report on "Ground Improvement by Stone control procedures. Applicable theory, design
Column"
Construction of Railway
procedure with various design examples have also
been covered in the report.
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using conventional design
methods such as preloading,
Parameters/Properties with Field Problems"
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Overloading, and soil Parameters/Properties with Field Problems"
displacement techniques can
often no longer be used in world
Railways due to environmental
(RDSO/2012/GE: SR-0036) has been prepared by the
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restrictions and post- and analyzing the consultancy reports rendered by
construction maintenance Geotechnical Engineering Directorate, RDSO, the
expenses. "Stone Columns" are assessment of soil parameters/properties and its
Stone Column
one of the methods of ground
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Installation correlation with field symptoms/problems has been
improvement of soft soil. They elaborated in the study report, which will be helpful for
are ideally suited for improving field engineers.
soft clays and silts and also for loose silty sands.
In house Study Report on "Permeability of soil and
The purpose of this study is to synthesize the current
state-of-the art "Stone Column" construction and
its correlation with various soil properties"
A study report titled as "Permeability of soil and its
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design. Keeping this in view, a study report titled as
correlation with various soil properties"
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"Study Report on Ground Improvement by Stone
Column" (Report No. RDSO/2012/GE: SR-0033) has (RDSO/2012/GE: SR-0037) has been prepared by the
been prepared by the Directorate and has been directorate. The report covers various aspects of
circulated to Zonal Railways. Permeability which plays significant role in various
cases of soil mechanics such as settlement
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In the Report, correlation of various soil properties
such as grain size, void ratio and pore fluid with
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Techniques"
A study report titled as "Ground Improvement
Techniques" (RDSO/2013/GE: SR-0038) has been

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prepared by the directorate. In order to meet the
demand of more lands for urban and industrial growth,
useless lands are being converted to useful ones by
adopting ground improvement techniques.

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In house Study Report on "Increased rate of
consolidation in soft soil with Sand Drains":
A study report titled as "Increased
Various types of Ground Improvement Techniques
used worldwide for different types of soils/problems
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have been discussed in the report.
Training of officers of Construction & Open-Line
organization of Zonal Railways: 1
Nine training courses on "Formation Rehabilitation

rate of consolidation in soft soil with
Sand Drains" (RDSO/2012/GE: SR-
0034) has been prepared by the
directorate.
This report covers the advantage of
using sand drains in consolidation of
saturated soft soils. It also discusses
the types and techniques of drain
installation as well as monitoring and Installation of Sand
Drain in Field
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and Quality Control for Railway Projects" were
conducted in RDSO from April-2012 to March-2013 for
officers & supervisors of construction/open line
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Hands-on training in soil testing is regularly being
provided to the participants, which will give technical
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problems of Zonal Railways.

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