Alto isn't interested in doing engineering before alignment choice when Cadence (Atkins) will step in to handle the mitigation. Alto did just hired a Masters in Geotech (Very intelligent according to D. Cook, VP systems). We decided to do their work for them (www.altohsrcitizenresearch.ca). We...
Building a HSR line is primarily a material handling exersize. around 50Million tons of material will be moved. The clever way to do this is to design the cut/fill balance so that material from high points can be locally used to create embankments in low points. The concrete slab (if used...