Tunnels and trains 1

1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee?
if the building meterail matched what they wore going to use in the agreement.

2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction? because the boring well make the tunnels more stable.


3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites?
they wear protective gear.

vocabulary words sentances

1 Excavate- Dig, remove, create a hole
2. Artifact- Anything made or used by man kind
3. Uprooted- Pull up, destroy, remove
4. Contaminate- Impure, unclean
5. Camaraderie- Friendship, bond
6. Gleaming- Flash, dim light
7. Gruelling- Exhausting, tiring
8. Commission- Given authority, put in charge, given direction
9. Roam- Travel without fixed purpose,
10. Subterranean- Exists below the surface of the earth

The Egyptians have many artifacts that wore found by excavating the ruins of pyrimids near the Mayan river.

The city up rooted all the trees in the down town area to prevent them from being destroyed.

The contamination in the water was too high for the fish to swim in. They became Gruelling and roamed the water on there own instead of in groups.

There is seid to be a civilizations deep in the Sub terrranean parts of the world.

Me and my mail man Camaraderied this morning about the news of the loss of a park.

The Army commander gave Commission of some of his forces to a staff sargent.

The Gleaming light from the flash light burned paul's eyes.

Tunnels and trains part 2

. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?
IT is made out of cemet poured in from ground level

2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?
They only close one road at a time for the subway construction to help traffic move along.
3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?
it is called "Decking" and it is made out of steel beams.

4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model?
Yes i like the model but i perfer a 3d rendered image of one
5. What is the "Pink Lady"?
a truck used to transport goods from the serface to the construction site underground.