Search Results: 'Jacobs Associates'

University of California to receive NGLS tunnel
27 November, 2012
A tunnel engineering design service contract for the underground Next Generation Light Source (NGLS) tunnel at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has been awarded to Jacobs Associates. The NGLS tunnel contract is part of the University of California¹s prime contract with the US Department for Energy.

Future Planning
23 October, 2012
The procurement process for the Ottawa Light Rail project will finish this autumn. With a 2.5km tunnel planned for the city’s core, Nicole Robinson looks at what the city envisions and what the ground may hold for the future

Companies selected for Vancouver's Evergreen Line
10 October, 2012
British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has announced its preferred proponent for the Evergreen Line Rapid Transit project in Vancouver, Canada. SNC-Lavalin has been selected by the government to design, build and finance the project.

Seattle's Brightwater Conveyance System nears completion
10 October, 2012
Almost all four tunnels of the Brightwater system have been mined, Jacobs Associates recently announced. When completed, Brightwater will connect 539km of existing sewage pipes to a new 36-million-gallons/day (136 million liters/day) treatment plant.

Clearwater alignment chosen
07 September, 2012
The alignment for the Clearwater Program, in Los Angeles, USA has been chosen. The tunnel only solution was selected in spring following the environmental impact report.

New Irvington Tunnel breakthrough
20 June, 2012
Construction crews on San Francisco’s 5.6km New Irvington tunnel, part of the city’s Water System Improvement Program, achieved breakthrough last week, revealed the lead designer for the tunnel, Jacobs Associates.

Jacobs Associates to provide design services for Philadelphia tunnel improvements
15 June, 2012
Consulting engineers Jacobs Associates will provide tunnel engineering design and construction services to improve a pedestrian tunnel for The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the company revealed earlier this month.

Advance below the bay
24 May, 2012
The EPBM cutting below the San Francisco Bay is smashing advance rate expectations as the team battle with environmental limitations and brace for tougher ground. Rhian Owen reports

First U220 breakthrough
03 April, 2012
Breakthrough was reached on the first bore of the U220 University Link Light Rail in Washington, D.C., US.

Lakeside risk
08 February, 2012
Challenging soil combined with strict deadline requirements to spur the City of Portland in Oregon, US, to award a non-standard contract. Construction on the much needed sewer relief project completed late last year as Nicole Robinson reports from site

Out with the old and in with the NIT
06 February, 2012
Keeping the water flowing is the soul objective of the New Irvington Tunnel as the old struggles against the constant threat of a major earthquake. Nicole Robinson was on site in San Francisco to see the roadheader excavating the 3.5 mile (5.6km) of tough and changing geology drive

NSP commissioned in Melbourne
12 January, 2012