CHAPTER 23-TUNNELS

Notes: -
1. Rates are inclusive of all underground lead and lifts and inclusive of
ground lead up to 100 m only and all lifts for all materials for complete
items unless otherwise specified.
2. Excavation.- (a) All the open cut excavation shall be measured and paid
as per Chapter 4-"Excavation and Earthwork".
(b) Sectional measurements shall normally be taken. Only in exceptional
cases, where sectional measurements are not possible, the payment of
rock excavation may be done by stack measurements in which case 40%
deduction shall be made from the gross quantities to make allowance for
voids.
(c) The rates include dressing to the extent necessary for a particular item of
work.
(d) The payment for excavation shall be done as per payline indicated in the
drawing.
(e) The payment for overbreak beyond payline if beyond human control
shall be-
(i) 50% for excavation items; and
(ii) 80% for concrete items.
3. Iron work.- The rates include all labour and material that go into finished
product such as-
(a) Drilling, punching, fitting, cutting, bending, forging etc.,
(b) All bolts, nuts, washer, plate, screws, rivets, cleats, wedges etc.
(c) fabrication, erection, finishing and fixing in position.
4. The rates given under this chapter are for work inside the tunnel, shaft and
adit.
5. Measurements.- (a) Linear dimensions shall be measured to the nearest 0.01
m, the area shall be worked out to the nearest 0.01 sq m and cubical
contents to the nearest 0.01 cu m.
(b) The measurement of permanent supports shall be done by weight, in kg.
which shall include the total weight of steel sections including the logging,
if any. butt plates, feather plates, bolts and nuts and tie rods.
(c) No deduction shall be made for the volume of the reinforcement, but the
volume of permanent steel supports where provided shall be deducted
from the total volume of concrete lining.
6. The following Indian Standards may be referred to:-
I.S. No. Title
4756-1978 Safety Code for Tunneling work (first revision)
(Reaffirmed2007)
4880 Code of practice for design of tunnels conveying water-
4880 (Pt I )-1987 General design(Reaffirmed1999)
4880 (Pt II)-1976 Geometric design (first revision) (Reaffirmed2000)
4880 (Pt III)-1976 Hydraulic design (first revision) (Reaffirmed2000)
4880 (Pt IV)-1971 Structural design of concrete lining in rock(Reaffirmed2000)
4880 (Pt V)-1972 Structural design of concrete lining in soft strata and
soils(Reaffirmed2000).
4880 (Pt VI)-1971 Tunnel supports(Reaffirmed2000)
4880 (Pt VII)-1975 Structural design of steel lining(Reaffirmed2000)
5878 Code of practice for construction of tunnels-
5878 (Pt I)-1971 Precision survey and setting out(Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt II/Sec 1 )- Underground excavation in rock, section 1-Drilling and
blasting.
1970 (Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt II/Sec 2)- Underground excavation in rock, section 2-Ventilation,
lighting
1971 mucking and dewatering. (Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt II/Sec 3)- Underground excavation in rock, section 3- Tunneling
method
1971 for steeply inclined tunnels, shafts and underground power
houses. (Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt III)-1972 Underground excavation in soft strata(Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt IV)-1971 Tunnel supports(Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt V)-1976 Concrete lining (first revision) (Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt VI)-1975 Steel lining(Reaffirmed2000)
5878 (Pt VII)-1972 Grouting(Reaffirmed2000)
6433-1972 Guniting equipment(Reaffirmed2005)

Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark

Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
2301 (a)Driving tunnel and shafts in all
types of rock not requiring
permanent supports, including,
drilling blasting, mucking the
excavated stuff, including
ventilation and lighting
arrangements, disposing off the
same as directed including all
underground leads and 100 m
ground lead with all lifts-
(i)For tunnel and shaft up to pay cum 825.00
line
(ii)For authorised tunnel cum 991.00
enlargement and recess in tunnel.
(b) Driving tunnel and shafts in all
types of soil and rock requiring
permanent supports, including
drilling, blasting, mucking the
excavated stuff including
ventilation and lighting
arrangements, disposing off the
same as directed including all
underground leads and 100 m
ground lead with all lifts-
(i) For tunnel and shaft up to pay cum 1320.00
line
(ii)For authorised tunnel cum 1588.00
enlargements and recess in
tunnel.
2302 Providing and fixing permanent tonne 40581.00
steel supports for tunnel and
shafts in position including
hoisting fabrication, packing
supporting, bolting and all leads
and lifts etc., complete.
2303 Guniting the rock surface with 25 sqm 204.00
mm thick layer of 1:3 cement sand
mixture including wastage,
dressing, finishing, preparation of
surface etc., complete.
Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
2304 Drilling 35 mm to 40 mm dia. m 528.00
holes in rock and providing and
fixing steel rock bolts 25 mm dia.,
with necessary threading, splitting
nuts, washers and bearing plates
of 20cm x20cm x10 mm etc.
complete as per specifications.
2305 Drilling 35 mm to 40 mm dia. m 583.00
holes in rock for perfo bolts and
providing and fixing perfo tubes
and filling, grout / mortar including
providing and driving steel bolts
20 to 25 mm dia etc., complete.
2306 Drilling 35 mm to 75 mm dia holes m 1157.00
inside the tunnel/adit/shaft by
percussion method with integral
drill steel up to 4 m depth for
consolidation grouting and deep
anchors etc. vertical or inclined in
masonry, concrete or rock
including labour, maintenance of
records, flushing and routine
washing of holes up to 30 minutes
including- electric charges,
haulage, ventilation, lifting,
carriage charges etc., complete.
2307 Drilling drainage and core test m 2497.00
holes Inside the tunnel/ adit/ shaft
by diamond drilling of 75 mm dia
vertical or specified inclination
with double tube core barrel
including logging, labeling and
boxing etc., of cores up to 10 m
depth complete.
2308 Providing and fixing black grout m 267.00
pipes 50mm dia cutting,
fabrication and material etc.,
complete.
2309 (a)Grouting of 35 mm to 40 mm per bag of 680.00
dia.holes with cement grout mix at 50 kg
required pressure including cost cement
of cement and maintaining of all
technical records, incidental work
and material complete as per
specifications.
Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
(b)Extra for providing and placing per cum of 5589.00
sand or stone dust during grouting sand or
complete as per specifications. stone dust
2310 Providing and placing in position cum 4044.00
RCC sleepers, slips between
flanges of steel ribs as forms for
initial lining, pre-cast in M 15
concrete with graded metal of
maximum size 12.5 mm and
slump 50 mm to 75 mm excluding
cost of reinforcement but including
cost of formwork, vibration,
finishing and curing etc., inclusive
of all operations connected with
the work complete.
2311 Providing and placing in position
M 10 cement concrete with
graded metal of maximum size 40
mm and slump 50 to 100 mm
complete-
(a) For initial lining of tunnel cum 3244.00
behind sleepers
(b) For lining of shaft including cum 3462.00
shuttering
2312 Providing and placing in position cum 4196.00
M 15 cement concrete for final
lining of tunnel with graded metal
of maximum size 40 mm and
slump 50 mm to 100 mm including
centering, shuttering, vibration,
finishing, curing, cleaning
complete.
2313 Providing and fixing temporary m 24.00
supports, of more than 75 mm dia
teak wood ballies, inside tunnel
including blocking etc., complete.
2314 Dewatering and pumping of the kwh 19.00
working area in the tunnel
including all connected operations
of laying of pipeline, removal of all
seepage and other operations
required for maintaining
cleanliness for construction work.