THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF UCA OF SME WWW.TUCMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 13 N0. 1 March 2019 Tunnel gates at Chicago’s TARP Hoisting at the Rondout tunnel project 2019 George A. Fox Conference //// Special Editorial Supplement from the publisher of Mınıng engıneerıng 19-02-08_001_ID19116_eAz_LosAngeles_TUC_213x283_RZgp METRO LOS ANGELES, USA CREATING VIBRANT ARTERIES UNDERGROUND 120 million passengers are travelling through the City of Angels each day. 6 EPB Shields are creating more than 20 km new metro sections for the American city with their powerful performances. With the Herrenknecht branch in Sumner (WA), Herrenknecht guarantees technical assistance and service at any time. herrenknecht.com/MetroLA/ Client: Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority Customer: The Walsh Group, Ltd. / J.F. Shea Construction / HNTB Corporation, Skanska USA Civil West California District Inc. / Traylor Bros., Inc., Skanska USA Civil West California District Inc. / Traylor Bros., Inc. / J.F. Shea Construction, Tutor Perini / O&G JV 19-02-08_001_ID19116_eAz_LosAngeles_TUC_213x283_RZgp.indd 1 08.02.19 14:05 AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF UCA OF SME WWW.SMENET.ORG VOLUME 13 NO 1 MARCH 2019 COVER STORY DEPARTMENTS 2 CONTENTS Chairman’s column 4 Underground FEATURE ARTICLES construction news 10 World’s largest tunnel gates and 29 In this issue — Business profiles The McCook reservoir connection go online Main Tunnel and as part of Chicago’s Tunnel and 81 Reservoir Plan Reservoir Plan Personal news Mainstream Tun- nel includes the Miguel Sanchez, Farauk Oksuz, Dave world’s largest Schiemann and Patrick Jensen 81 New products tunnel gates and reservoir connec- tion. The connec- 82 tion goes online as Tunnel demand 17 forecast part of Chicago’s tunnel and res- High-capacity hoisting at ervoir plan, page Rondout West Branch Tunnel 88 10. The UCA of project Classifieds SME’s Fox Confer- ence, once again, Donald Brennan and 88 Index of advertisers sold out, page 26. 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Attendees were treated elected to the executive council in April [email protected] to water tunnel history lessons from 2017. We look forward to Essex being Boston and New York. elected vice president during the 2019 Production Graphic Artist Following the Fox Conference, the World Tunneling Congress in May. Ted Robertson UCA of SME Executive Committee We have four members of the [email protected] held its annual winter meeting. Below UCA Executive Committee with terms is a summary of the many action items ending June 30, 2019. Executive council BUSINESS STAFF covered. members are eligible to serve no more Media Manager Individual membership in the UCA than two consecutive four-year terms. Advertising is strong, standing at 1,104 at years end. A call for nominations was issued Ken Goering 2018 included a successful focus on in October of last year to all UCA [email protected] growing the corporate and sustaining members. In response, we received 18 membership, yielding a 14 percent nominations for consideration. Based Phone +1-800-763-3132 or +1-303-973-4200 increase in these membership groups on demonstrated interest and past Fax +1-303-973-3845 for a total of 294. participation within the UCA, the Planning for the Legislative Fly- following individuals have been elected Internet www.smenet.org In Program is well under way, with 10 to the executive committee. UCA Executive Committee members SOCIETY FOR MINING, joining members of the American • Tony O’Donnell (second term) METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) • Red Robinson (second term) INC. OFFICERS in the annual program. This is an • Matt Preedy (second term) President opportunity to meet with congressional • Jon Klug (first term) Hugh Miller leaders to address civil engineering matters as well as those specific to Additionally, due to a vacancy underground construction. This is our caused by a resignation, the committee President-Elect opportunity to promote our industry has elected Mike Bruen to fill the Robert Schafer and recruit the political champions remainder of the vacated position Past President necessary to move many major projects through June 2022. Lastly, the Barbara Arnold forward. The 2019 event is scheduled committee has elected Mike Rispin as for March 12-14. For the UCA, this will vice chair for the term June 2019 to July Executive Director be a pilot program to determine if there 2021. Per our bylaws, Rispin will then David L. Kanagy is value in our participation for both the succeed Bob Goodfellow as chair. UCA and ASCE. Len Worden is completing ITA Executive Director Olivier his second term on the executive Underground Construction Association of SME Vion attended the meeting for committee and is currently not eligible Executive Committee discussion surrounding November’s for re-election. We want to thank Len Michael F. Roach (Chair), Robert joint Cutting Edge Conference/ITA for his many years of dedication not Goodfellow (Vice Chair), Artie Silber Tunneling Awards in Miami, FL. Mark only to the UCA, but to our business in (Past Chair), Paul Schmall, Mike Vitale, your calendars for this Nov. 18-20, 2019 general. We know that he will continue Pam Moran, Ted Dowey, Leon Jacobs, international event. to be a champion of the industry and Colin Lawerence, Mike Mooney, Michael While Vion was in the room, the expect to see him back on the executive Rispin, Tony O’Donnell, Matthew Preedy, UCA of SME board presented him committee soon. Robert Robinson, Leonard Worden, Jack with the official letter nominating Brockway, Richard Redmond, Michael Randy Essex for the position of vice Mike Roach, UCA of SME Chairman Smithson, Erika Moonin president of the Executive Council of the International Tunneling and 2 MARCH 2019 T&UC® ALWAYS ADVANCING www.terratec.co BREAKING RECORDS TERRATEC Tight Radius Shield (TRS) Earth Pressure Balance TBMs are currently proving their metal on a number of major utility tunnel contracts in Bangkok, Thailand.v Designed with an extreme X-type articulation system that can accommodate minimum radius curves of just 30m, these TERRATEC machines are enabling contractors to negotiate the strictest of tunnel alignment constraints, while delivering the company’s trademark reliability and accuracy. TUNNELLING SOLUTIONS METRO Q4-2018-S50-51.indd 1 11/26/2018 10:48:21 PM underground CONSTRUCTION NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS New York plans to move forward with plans to repair Canarsie tunnel to avoid long delay plan to repair, rather than many lives. the Metropolitan Transportation completely rebuild, the “This was an outside-the-box, Authority after lengthy public A Canarsie tunnel, also known creative solution,” said Cuomo, at debate, had called for a complete as the L-train tunnel between a news conference announcing the shutdown of a portion of the L Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY, that new plan. The Associated Press line for 15 months while workers was damaged by Hurricane Sandy reported that he was flanked by repaired damage from Sandy, when was announced by New York Gov. engineering experts from Columbia salty, corrosive water flooded 11 km Andrew Cuomo as a way to avoid a and Cornell universities who (7 miles) of the tube. planned 15-month shut down. dreamed up the proposal. The plan called for replacing old Cuomo framed the repair “You have to be willing to think electrical equipment by removing plans as a major technological outside the box or break the box,” a damaged concrete benchwall that breakthrough and told reporters he said. lines the tunnel and encases power that the proposed methods have The announcement came after cables. The cables would then have been used successfully in Europe. years of planning for the upheaval been replaced and the wall rebuilt, Cuomo made the surprise expected to be caused by the in a labor-intensive process. announcement just weeks tunnel’s closure, which was supposed The new plan calls for installing after convening a panel of top to happen in April.