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[email protected] A2015 Tunnelling Awards As people who focus on Conference and Banquet in incredibly complex projects, often Senior Editor Hagerbach, Switzerland. This event costing billions of dollars, working Georgene Renner recognizes outstanding tunneling and with local owners and communities, [email protected] underground projects from around we can sometimes forget that ours is the world. an industry with local projects taking Production Designer This year, four U.S. projects were place all over the earth, sometimes Jennifer Bauer shortlisted for possible winners. facing challenges very similar to [email protected] You can see those projects and their ours. Events like the ITA Tunnelling participating companies, and the Awards Conference and Banquet BUSINESS STAFF various categories, on page 8 of this and WTC aren’t just opportunities Media Manager magazine. for celebration. These are the places Advertising Unfortunately, the awards don’t where the best and the brightest of Ken Goering go far enough to recognize the impact the industry share ideas and make us [email protected] that the United States and UCA of all more effective in our businesses. SME member companies have on the Be sure to stay engaged with the Phone +1-800-763-3132 or +1-303-973-4200 global tunneling industry. While we UCA of SME as a member, and take Fax +1-303-973-3845 can be proud of these projects, and advantage of the channel that UCA we should be, there are consultants, of SME offers to the ITA and its Internet www.smenet.org equipment manufacturers and owners global leaders. from around the United States who WTC update: The Young SOCIETY FOR MINING, are recognized around the world Members of the UCA of SME METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, for their expertise and reliability on have created a special, one-time INC. OFFICERS projects near and far. scholarship program for students President However, the ITA does offer to attend the WTC in April. The J. Steven Gardner us a chance to learn from projects scholarship is intended to help defer President-Elect outside of the United States, in the cost of travel for students who are TImothy Arnold physical environments different from planning a career in civil engineering ours, in regulatory environments or underground construction. If you Past President different from ours, with workforces know of students or programs that John O. Marsden and equipment different from ours. might want to take advantage of this Access to that pool of international program, be sure to visit the web site Executive Director knowledge and experience, and at www.wtc2016.us. David L. Kanagy making U.S. knowledge available to WTC registration update: By the companies around the world, are the time you read this, the online WTC Underground Construction prime reasons the UCA of SME is so registration page should be working Association of SME involved with the ITA. properly. If you’ve had any troubles Executive Committee As I mentioned in my previous trying to register earlier, please Arthur D. Silber (Chair), Michael F. column, the United States is hosting revisit the website and register today. Roach (Vice Chair), William W. Edgerton the ITA’s flagship event, the World And be sure to secure your hotel (Past Chair), Lester M. Bradshaw, Judy Tunnel Congress (WTC), in San reservation at the same time. Cochran, Robert Goodfellow, Gregory Francisco April 22–28, 2016. (You can I look forward to seeing you M. Hauser, Heather Ivory, Leon Jacobs, register at www.wtc2016.us.) This is in San Francisco April 22-28 at Colin A. Lawrence, Rick Lovat, Mike A. a clear example of the overlapping WTC2016. n Mooney, Pamela S. Moran, Krishniah relationship between the United N. Murthy, Michael Rispin, Michael States and the world. The world is F. Roach, Kellie C. Rotunno, Leonard coming to San Francisco, and the Artie Silber, UCA of SME Chairman A. Worden, Tony O’Donnell and U.S. underground construction and Robert A. Robinson 2 DECEMBER 2015 T&UC® ACCESS SHAFTS Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Seattle, WA Large Diameter Secant Piles for Bertha Rescue Shaft underground CONSTRUCTION NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS Next phase of Second Ave. Subway project falls victim to budget cuts ew York’s Metro Transit realized it was unlikely it could get to on the L line with the Junius Street Authority (MTA) board the tunneling work during the current station on the No. 3 line in East New Npassed a five-year, capital program, so it reallocated the York. The agency will also study $26.1-billion capital improvement money. extending a subway line down Utica program that’s about 10 percent But Nicole Gelinas of the Avenue to a transit-starved part of leaner than its original plan. Manhattan Institute said the cut Brooklyn, and begin planning for In order to make the budget would have long-term consequences. a bus rapid transit line on Staten work, the MTA cut a billion dollars “By stretching these things out, Island’s North Shore. from the next phase of the Second and sort of acting like they’re doing “These investments ensure that Avenue Subway, about two-thirds something, it ends up costing more in almost every MTA transit priority we of what the agency had proposed the long run,” she said. outlined in OneNYC can now move spending a year ago. The cut reflected She added that the MTA did not forward,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said “funding availability and the ability adjust funding levels for another of its in a statement, “representing a huge to implement scope within the plan ongoing megaprojects downward. win for NYC riders across the five period.” “If you look at the expansion part boroughs.” Despite the cuts, MTA chairman of the capital plan, East Side Access Another new addition to the Ton Prendergast said he was grateful gets the bulk of that, and there is capital plan: the MTA will award a and relieved to get the budget passed, very little for projects that really contract to revamp the Times Square WNYC reported. help people who live in the city,” she Shuttle, reducing the number of The first segment of the Second continued. tracks it uses and making it ADA- Avenue Subway, scheduled to open Funding for that project, which accessible.