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LA Purple Line Hosts TBM Unveiling Ceremony
A ceremonial naming and unveiling was held April 25 for the tunnel boring machines that…
Herrenknecht TBM Helps Modernize Czech Infrastructure
With the expansion of the railway line between Rokycany and Pilsen as a high-speed rail link,…
Schnabel Engineering Opens Seattle Office
Schnabel Engineering has opened its first office on the West Coast in Seattle. A combination…
Aldea Services Hires Mahdavi as Senior Tunnel Engineer/Project Manager in Toronto
Aldea Services LLC announced that Hiva Mahdavi, PhD, PEng, has been ap-pointed as a Senior…
Louisiana Tech Student Earns UCA Scholarship
Louisiana Tech University doctoral engineering student Seyedsaleh “Saleh” Behbahani has received a scholarship from the…
Can Single-Bore Tunneling Transform Urban Subway Construction?
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is evaluating a tunneling methodology that would use…
Brierley Associates Expands in Hawaii
Brierley Associates celebrated its expansion in Hawaii with the welcoming of Don Painter, Senior Tunnel…
Teams Short-listed for O’Hare Express
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on March 21 the selection of two teams to proceed…
Spanish Apprentices Hired Full-time by Herrenknecht
Through an EU funding program, in 2014 seven Spaniards began an apprenticeship as industrial mechanics…
Rains Hamper Doan Valley Storage Tunnel Site
Heavy rains on April 15 flooded a Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) construction site at…
PORR Consortium Wins Largest Tunneling Project in Austrian History
The largest construction lot for the Brenner Base Tunnel in Austria, Pfons-Brenner, was awarded to a consortium consisting of PORR Bau GmbH, G. Hinteregger & Söhne Baugesellschaft m.b.H., Società Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua S.p.A. and Itinera S.p.A.
Power Play: Drill-and-Blast Tunnel Helps KEA Increase Its Electric Generating Capacity
The Kodiak Electric Association Inc. (KEA) is the power provider for Kodiak, Alaska, located on Kodiak Island some 250 miles from Anchorage and accessible only by sea or by air. So naturally, the KEA Board of Directors’ vision is to maintain 98 percent of kilowatt-hour sales with cost-effective renewable power solutions.