Construction of Subway systems for underground highways, Railways & mass
transport, hydroelectric installations, water diversion system etc are some of the most
important Infrastructure projects for any country. The blasting engineers ultimate
challenge is to provide desired fragmentation with sufficient advance / progress and
at the same time keeping ground vibration level within limit as per prevailing law.
In this article the author tried to discuss the best possible explosives available for
undertaking such a important job (i.e., Emulsion Explosives and its superiority over
other form of explosives available) and various blast designs, sequence of
excavation, types of strata encountered and steps required for its control, sequence
of delays to be used in blasting etc.