Groundbreaking Approaches to Underground Construction

Technology transfer and lateral thinking will revolutionize tunneling and underpass construction for transportation and utilities.

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FREMONT, CA: When contemplating modern construction methods, it is tempting to consider only how they might improve the construction process. It is also pleasing to first consider structures built above ground. But let's broaden our minds for a moment.

Due to the rapid growth of the global population and the overcrowding of cities, there is an increasing demand for underground transportation and utility infrastructure. And let's examine innovative new methods that improve the construction process by reducing time, cost, and commercial risk and improving condition monitoring and maintenance to lower total life-cycle costs.

Historically, the size and quantity of underground construction projects commissioned worldwide have been constrained by high costs and high commercial risks. But disregard that custom. Underground construction is poised to enter a new era due to replacing conventional techniques, many of which have changed little in 130 years, with revolutionary new approaches. This indicates that projects that were previously deemed prohibitively expensive are now feasible.

Tunnel construction techniques: a new approach

Swarming hyperBots: Consider termites to comprehend the concept of swarming hyperBots. Insects are not the most intelligent form of life, but by cooperating in large numbers and acting following their DNA, they can reshape the earth into incredibly intricate structures.

 Not as pests but as extremely productive builders.

Similarly, hyperBots are relatively simple (and inexpensive), but they can accomplish enormous work when they populate a construction site in large numbers. When the hyperBots are dispatched into the construction bores, they can freely pass one another and perform various tasks. The digital twin and artificial intelligence create a construction plan to coordinate and monitor their actions.