Search Results: 'Jacobs'

Straight down the middle
29 November, 2010
When a major city that is still growing is bound by water on three sides traffic congestion seems inevitable. In the case of San Francisco even a widespread public transport system of many types has not been able to hold off the need for more route investment. The Central Subway to Downtown and Chinatown is the latest project to aid those wishing to reach the centre of San Francisco by filling a gap in the network. Maurice Jones reports

New double life for Marin County link
29 November, 2010
It’s always satisfying to give new, useful life to an old infrastructure resource, but if the ‘life’ is a double one, satisfaction is multiplied, even if it means a near reconstruction. Maurice Jones reports on how the old Cal Park Hill rail tunnel is being put to use

Never so bored in NY
12 August, 2010
New York’s East Side Access (ESA) rail project has used a pair of TBMs to help cavern construction by lancing repeatedly into the rock below Manhattan. Report by Patrick Reynolds

So San Francisco doesn’t go thirsty
05 August, 2010
Like most infrastructure in the San Francisco area, the Crystal Springs By-pass Pipeline can be affected by seismic activity, so the risk assessment of its design, safety and functionality has to take this into consideration. It was decided that the risk, from landslide damage to the pipeline in particular, was too high to rely on the original structure, so an alternative by-pass tunnel was decided upon as just one, but a vital, part of the Water Supply Improvement Progam (WSIP) undertaken by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). Maurice Jones reports on its completion.

Heading South
31 May, 2010
Peter South has been involved in tunnelling for more than forty years. During this time he has worked on several major infrastructure projects both at home and abroad, and chaired the British Tunnelling Society.

James Wilton
23 May, 2010
James “Jim” Wilton, former president and chairman of Jacobs Associates passed away on Saturday, March 13. He was 83 years old.

Probing the 710 freeway
24 March, 2010
Tunnel options are being evaluated following extensive site investigation for the ‘missing link’ section of California’s 710 freeway reports Patrick Reynolds