Abstract:In view of hard rock geological conditions, the highway tunnels are usually excavated by drilling and blasting method. When a new tunnel is in a complex environment, especially through a busy urban area, there are often many buildings (structures) and existing tunnels around the tunnel. The blasting vibration during construction will inevitably cause the adverse effects on the structural safety of the surrounding buildings (structures) and residential areas. Supported by the Shenzhen Wanghai Road Weibo Mountain Tunnel Project, the construction benefits with the different excavation schemes are discussed. The result shows that when the drilling and blasting method is used, the vibration rate of the existing subway tunnel caused by blasting is greater than 12 mm/s. When the other non-blasting construction methods are used, the excavation efficiency is less than 0.1 m/d, and the trimming workload is large. When the cantilever tunneling machine technology is used for construction, the tunneling efficiency per day can be 1.0~1.5 m/d, and the vibration and noise caused by the construction are small. The tunnel forming effect is better, and the excavation efficiency is higher.