Search Results: 'American Society of Civil Engineers'

Rod Young – Interview
13 June, 2023
Rod Young is the Chair of the British Tunnelling Society (BTS). Unlike many of his predecessors, his speciality is in microtunnelling. He talks to Julian Champkin about the importance of small-bore, and his hopes for the post-Covid BTS

UCA honours William “Bill” Edgerton with Lifetime Achievement Award
25 March, 2022
The Underground Construction Association (UCA) has awarded William “Bill” Edgerton the 2022 UCA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Band of brothers or distant cousins?
30 April, 2021
Martin Knights FREng, former ITA President, compares the functions and fortunes over the past 50-odd years of the British Tunnelling Society and the International Tunnelling Association

Collaboration, communication and competence updated
25 March, 2021
The following article by Bob Ibell, founder and director of London Bridge Associates, is based on a past Harding Lecture and has been updated by the author in celebration of the BTS 50th Anniversary

US puts best foot forward
28 January, 2021
Having had two different definitions of what constitutes a ‘foot’, the US federal government is preparing to settle the matter once and for all: the longstanding US 'survey foot' (sft) will be given the boot in favour of the 'international foot' (ift).

Can Joe lift infrastructure?
28 January, 2021
‘Crumbling infrastructure’ is a term that is heard frequently in the US, particularly to describe transportation and public utilities. Perhaps ‘infrastructure crisis’ is a better term. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the US will need to spend US$4.5tr on infrastructure by 2025 to avert ‘serious economic consequences’.

Guidance on writing a GBR
25 August, 2020
New guidelines being drawn up by CIRIA aim to show how geotechnical baseline reports can help manage geological and geotechnical risk, and reduce costs. George Demetri explains

Dempf joins McMillen Jacobs Associates
27 March, 2019
USA – McMillen Jacobs Associates appointed Mark Dempf as its vice president for construction management in its New York office. In this role, Dempf will support existing tunnel and underground design and construction projects and participating in new project pursuits, including projects for existing clients.

ASCE awards outstanding achievement accolade to OARS
26 March, 2019
OHIO – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) awarded the OSIS Augmentation & Relief Sewer (OARS) project with an Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award of Merit. OARS was among five national finalist honored at the prestigious Outstanding Projects and Leaders Gala on March 14 in Arlington, VA.

HNTB adds to Seattle staff
10 January, 2019
US – Mike Wongkaew, joined HNTB Corporation’s national tunnel group on January 7 as national tunnel practice lead-Northwest and associate vice president. He is based in Bellevue, Washington, and oversees all tunnelling work on the Sound Transit West Seattle and Ballard Link Extension Project. He also serves as an accomplished resource to the firm’s clients and projects across the nation, the company said, adding in his previous capacity, Wongkaew served as chief tunnel engineer for research and development of an innovative underground transportation system.

Better Below
20 December, 2018
Critics cite delays and cost overruns when new infrastructure is being considered and at the root of this is often construction impeded by issues with utilities. A new emphasis on underground utility engineering looks for ways to better cope with the urban subsurface, Nicole Robinson reports

California votes to retain transportation fees designated for road repairs
09 November, 2018
US – The midterm elections saw California voters defeat ballot measure Proposition 6, which would repeal the 2017 transportation laws taxes and fees designated for road repairs and public transportation. The fiscal impact concerns ongoing revenues of USD 5.1bn from state fuel and vehicle taxes that mainly would have paid for highway and road maintenance and repairs, as well as transit programs.

Better below
04 July, 2018
Critics cite delays and cost overruns when new infrastructure is being considered and at the root of this is often construction impeded by issues with utilities. A new emphasis on underground utility engineering looks for ways to better cope with the urban subsurface, Nicole Robinson reports

HNTB announces new tunnelling hires
13 February, 2018
US - HNTB Corporation announced two new leadership roles on its national tunnel and underground team on February 7.

Investigate and implement
17 October, 2017
Toronto is preparing to build 22km of tunnels to improve waterways in the Great Lakes Basin. Mark Bruder of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited, Daniel Cressman of Black & Veatch, and Robert Mayberry with the City of Toronto outline the geotechnical investigation program for the Don River and Central Waterfront Wet Weather Flow System

Grouting 2017
06 July, 2017
grouting, Deep Mixing, and Diaphragm walls

Lee to manage tunnel projects for WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
19 April, 2017
US - WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff announced April 17 Sean Lee, a senior supervising engineer in the New York office, will manage tunnel projects.

Asset Protection
29 March, 2017
Asset protection and tunnel lining systems were two of the themes underpinning a seminar hosted by steel fibre reinforcement specialist Bekaert Maccaferri last November. Sally Spencer reports

The big City move
22 March, 2017
TBMs are being built on an ever-larger scale, pushing the limits our congested cities can accommodate. Rhian Owen speaks with two freight forwarding companies about the obstacles they face when machines move through large cities

Michels adds micortunnelling manager
25 August, 2016
Trenchless construction veteran Brenden Tippets has joined Michels Corporation as microtunnelling manager, the company announced August 22.