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Cover Story - The Portland Experience - BES Uses Innovative Approaches for CSO Projects
On some levels, nothing is truly new. In many cases, new ideas or products are simply recycled, repackaged, reinvented. Yet, sometimes the application of existing ideas to new areas can be truly innovative. Take the case of the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), for example.
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2010 NAT Conference
The North American Tunneling Conference (NAT), held in Portland, Ore., held 20-23 at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront, attracted 773 underground space professionals from around the world.
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World’s Largest Hard-Rock TBM Forges Ahead at Niagara
By June 2010, the world’s largest hard rock TBM had completed more than two-thirds of its headrace tunnel beneath Niagara Falls.
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Robbins EPB Attains City-Wide Record in Chengdu
In March 2010, contractors celebrated a city-wide excavation record on the Chengdu Metro, of 457.5 m (1,500 ft) in one month. The 6.26 m (20.5 ft) diameter Robbins EPB has excavated at rates of up to 24 m (79 ft) per day—faster than any of the 11 other TBMs working on the project.
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Ameron Recognized for Arrowhead Project
Ameron International Corp.’s Water Transmission Group received the Steel Tank Institute - Steel Plate Fabricators Association’s 2009 Pipeline Project of the Year Award. The 144-in. ID Arrowhead Tunnel Project, which for more than a decade was subject to delays due to extremely difficult tunneling and ground water conditions, was completed in late 2009.
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A Novel Approach at Niagara - Robbins TBM Stands Up to Challenging Ground with Custom Lining and Ground Support By Desiree Willis
Canada’s new headrace tunnel beneath Niagara Falls will generate enough power to service 160,000 Ontario customers, but getting to that point has been anything but easy.
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Project-Specific Insurance Advisory: - Recent Problematic Trends In Project-Specific Professional Liability Insurance Programs
For the last three decades project owners, design professionals, project grantors (federal and state), construction lenders, design-builders and others have all recognized the benefits of a well-designed and structured project-specific professional liability insurance program (P-S PLI program)...
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The History of Tunneling at PB - A Look at Milestone Projects Spanning the Firm's 125 Years
In 1885, William Barclay Parsons established a consulting engineering practice at 22 William Street in Lower Manhattan. Since then, PB has continued to play leading roles on transportation, power, buildings, and environmental projects throughout the world.
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My Turn: by: Tony Lynn
Looking Beneath the Surface for Tomorrow's Transportation Solutions
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Business Briefs:
World Tunnel Congress Visits Vancouver— Strong Turnout Marks ITA's Annual Event; Work on Alaskan Way Project Moving Forward; Brierly Associates Acquires Lyman Henn, Expands in Northeast; Menard Introduces New Corporate Identity; Nicholson Awarded Transit Contracts in New York, Seattle; Samuelson Elected President of The Moles; Akkerman Expands into Middle East, India, Russia and Singapore & New Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel Excavation
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Global:
Robbins EPB to Excavate Chengdu's New Metro; ISTSS Planned for Frankfurt, Germany; Herrenknecht TBM Mines Wuhan Subway; Shanghai Hosts 4th International Symposium on Tunneling
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