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Seattle Light-Rail Tunnel Likely to Break Ground This Year

February 11, 2008 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Seattle Light-Rail Tunnel Likely to Break Ground This Year

 

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Rising Costs and Delays in Seattle Area Wastewater Plant and Tunnels

February 25, 2008 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Rising Costs and Delays in Seattle Area Wastewater Plant and Tunnels

In keeping with our theme of rising costs on tunnel projects, the Brightwater sewage-treatment plant and treated waste pipeline project in King County Washington (Seattle area) is now up to at least $1.84 billion according to the lead consultant on the project. The treated waste pipeline is 13 to 14-miles long and at depths of 40 to 440-ft! It is being constructed nearly entirely by TBM. One source of delay was due to a tunneling subcontractor  not being able to get parts (ball bearings?) because they were all being requisitioned by the US War Department for use in military equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Click through for information sources and links. 

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Schnabel Engineering Opens Seattle Office

October 10, 2017 rockman Comings and Goings, News Comments Off on Schnabel Engineering Opens Seattle Office

Schnabel Engineering has opened a new office in the Pacific Northwest to service their dam engineering clients.  Two dam engineers from their Greensboro, N.C. office relocated there to get it established.  They have been working for […]

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Judge dismisses Alaskan Way viaduct tunnel lawsuit

June 30, 2010 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Judge dismisses Alaskan Way viaduct tunnel lawsuit

A federal judge in Seattle dismissed a lawsuit Friday aimed at stopping construction of a tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Judge John Coughenour said the people who brought the suit in September hadn’t […]

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