Contents of urban underground construction space planning in Vietnam

According to Article 12 of Decree No. 39/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, contents of urban underground construction space planning include:

- Analyzing and assessing the natural, geological and hydrological conditions of works; the current state of construction of urban on-ground and underground works.

- Analyzing and assessing the general urban planning and the state of construction under the approved planning.

- On the basis of urban space and technical infrastructure development orientations already identified in general urban plans:

+ Forecasting urban underground space development and use demands;

+ Zoning of functional underground space for the construction of underground works;

+ Identifying areas where construction of underground works is restricted or banned;

+ Identifying underground traffic systems, including route directions, locations and sizes of underground railway stations (if any); positions and sizes of automobile tunnels and areas projected for the construction of underground car parks;

+ Identifying systems of technical tunnels and trenches, technical culverts and tanks on principal thoroughfares up to zone level;

+ Identifying water supply or drainage pipelines of grades 1 and 2, power transmission lines of 22 kV or higher;

+ Identifying areas for the construction of underground works and underground key technical infrastructure works;

+ Projected technical connections and spatial connections;

+ Strategically evaluating the environment;

+ Projected priority construction items and resources for implementation.

- A planning file includes explanations and relevant legal documents; maps of current underground work systems and the urban underground construction space general planning.

View more details at Decree No. 39/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 30, 2010.

Nguyen Phu

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