Prioritizing Risks of Underground Tunnel Construction with Tunnel Boring Machine Using Hybrid Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach

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Nitidetch Koohathongsumrit
Wasana Chankham
Suchart Hutsuwan

Abstract

This study proposed a hybrid multiple criteria decision-making approach for prioritizing risks of underground tunnel construction with a tunnel boring machine (TBM). The proposed approach consisted of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). The AHP was employed to determine weights of decision criteria by pairwise comparisons of decision criteria and risks while the TOPSIS was used to prioritize risks of underground construction with TBM. Ranks of the risks were considered by sorting the closeness coefficients in descending order. Finally, the proposed approach was applied to rank risks of underground tunnel construction with TBM in the mass rapid-transit (MRT) orange line project for the east section. The result demonstrated that the proposed approach could rationally prioritize risks by the closeness coefficients, which were calculated by the weights of all the decision-making elements. The benefits of this study are the guidelines to prevent undesired events of the underground tunnel constructions with TBM by considering the most important risks.

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