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Pipe and tunnel installation

Pipes can be constructed of many different types of material including; clay, copper, plastic and concrete.

Tunnels vary in size enormously, for example from a short pedestrian underpass to a roadway or railway through the side a mountain.

The key environmental issues include:

• the possibility of encountering unexploded ordnance (e.g. bombs, refer to HSE)
• damage to overlying structures
• material selection (fit for purpose and ground conditions)
• creating of a pathway for contaminants
• responsible disposal of wastes (e.g. spoil).
• impacts of lowering the water table (e.g. may cause tunnels to be easily flooded)
• polluting groundwater (e.g. by materials used in tunnel construction).

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