Search Results: 'Jacobs'

Tunnelling completed on Evergreen Line
01 December, 2015
CANADA – Officials announced that tunnelling has completed on the Evergreen line in Vancouver on 27 November, although previous delays will push back the opening to 2017.

Under the river
03 November, 2015
Tunnelling under the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, is no easy task. That is what the Port Mann Main Water Supply Tunnel project team has learned over the past three years. Stephanie Fekete and Andrew McGlenn of McMillen Jacobs Associates discuss the recent tunnel completion and summarize the demands that were required in order to make this drive successful

Rapid response
13 August, 2015
Ground freezing in Washington, D.C., will reduce the effects of construction on a quiet neighborhood prone to flooding. Nicole Robinson reports on the First Street Tunnel.

Tunnelers told to stop using ordinary cement
29 May, 2015
WTC - The tunnelling industry should wean itself off ordinary Portland Cement (OPC),argued Anthony Harding of CH2MHill last month.

San Francisco success
27 May, 2015
The first water passed through the 8kmlong San Francisco Bay Tunnel in October 2014, well ahead of an original 2015 schedule. The project also came in well under budget, Adrian Greeman

Jacobs awarded early design work for Heathrow link
01 May, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – Jacobs Engineering has been tasked with design and studies work for a proposed Network Rail link to Heathrow. The ‘Western Rail Access to Heathrow’ project will apply for a Development Consent Order in early 2016. Jacobs will produce the design for the proposal documentation. The scope of work includes topographical surveys and geotechnical investigations, tunneling design for the new 3.1-mile (5km) route, and railway systems designs for track and overhead line equipment.

Frozen fight
24 April, 2015
Over the last four years, McMillen Jacobs Associates has designed retro_ t, replacement, or new icing shields for four railroad tunnels in the US. Joe Schrank, Heather Stewart and Gerry Millar all of McMillen Jacobs Associates, explain the installations.

Tunnel construction starts on Honolulu wastewater project
03 March, 2015
Hawaii - Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced the start of tunnel construction for the City and County of Honolulu’s Kaneohe-Kailua Gravity Sewer Project, on February 13.

San Francisco success
03 February, 2015
The first water passed through the 8km-long San Francisco Bay Tunnel in October 2014, well ahead of an original 2015 schedule. The project also came in well under budget, Adrian Greeman reports.