Search Results: 'Long Island Rail Road'

Design development on East Side Access
01 December, 2003
In his Harding Prize finalist paper, David Smith, senior structural engineer for Parsons Brinckerhoff, discusses the construction of Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access Project in New York. In particular, he examines how the designs of tunnels and approach structures have been developed to improve functionality and minimise risk

KCRC Tsim Sha Tsui Extension Tunnels
01 October, 2003
Cut and cover construction of the Tsim Sha Tsui extension tunnel in Hong Kong has pushed the engineering limits of working in confined spaces. Ir Patrick Ng, project engineer for the client, the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation, describes one of the city's most challenging underground projects to date