{"id":19666,"date":"2025-10-01T11:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=19666"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:53:48","slug":"chiang-mai-flood-mitigation-project-completing-protection-tunneling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=19666","title":{"rendered":"Chiang Mai Flood Mitigation Project &#8211; Completing protection tunneling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being launched by the Department of Public Works and Town &amp; Country Planning, tunneling works have been completed for the Chiang Mai Flood Mitigation Project (Phase 2) in northern Thailand earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the supplier of the TBM for the project, Terratec said that the tunneling achievement was particularly significant as tunneling projects of this scale were less common outside Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19667\" src=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chiang-Mai-Flood-Mitigation-Project_-Completing-protection-tunneling-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the aim of integrating with Chiang Mai\u2019s existing stormwater network, the works centred on the construction of a 2.6m-diameter, 256m-long drainage tunnel. In addition to the tunnel drive, the scope included launching and reception shafts, steel pipe connections, HDPE pipeline installation, hydraulic structures, and surface drainage channels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being dug using a Terratec TBM, the tunnel&#8217;s lining was formed by the reinforced concrete Universal Tunnel Segments. In order to providing durability and precision throughout the drive, each ring was engineered for both straight and curved alignments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delivery of this project, which strengthens the city\u2019s flood resilience, was done by Summit Grade Ltd, Part. (Sam Prasit), with subcontractor SCG 1995 Co Ltd. 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