CEG - Mon May 13, 2019
TrenchTech Holds Open House at Its HQ in Morrisville, Pa.
TrenchTech held an open house April 30, 2019, at its headquarters in Morrisville, Pa. PA One Call and Monica Rakoczy, owner of Enter Training Solutions, Lancaster, Pa., as well as TrenchTech personnel, were on site to discuss training on excavation safety and utility location topics, as well as the full line of trenching and shoring solution offered by TrenchTech....
AASHTO Journal - Mon May 13, 2019
FHWA, MDOT Unveil Initial Assessment of Loop Tunnel
The Federal Highway Administration and the Maryland Department of Transportation made available on April 17 a 505-page draft version of an environmental assessment for the proposed Washington D.C., to Baltimore Loop Project — the first step in a joint federal-state review of what the U.S....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon May 06, 2019
Crews Bear Down on Charleston Tunnels
The city of Charleston, S.C., is investing $198 million to complete the Spring/Fishburne Drainage Improvement Project, a five-phase initiative that began in 2011 and is scheduled for completion in 2024....
Jennifer McKevitt - CEG Correspondent - Mon April 15, 2019
The Science Behind Tunnel Boring Machines
Historically, tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are named for women, a tradition originating with miners praying to their patron saint, Barbara, for protection from cave-ins, suffocation and other dangers associated with digging underground....
National Trench Safety - Mon January 07, 2019
National Trench Safety Opens Santa Rosa, Calif., Location
National Trench Safety LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment, trench and traffic safety engineering, and OSHA- compliant training classes, announced the opening of a new branch operation in Santa Rosa, Calif....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 20, 2018
Repairing the Longest Tunnel in the World
Considered the largest and most complex repair project in the 176-year history of New York City's drinking water supply, a $1 billion effort is under way to repair two areas of leakage within the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct....
NYCDEP - Mon December 10, 2018
$1B Hudson River Water Tunnel Reaches Halfway Mark
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that tunneling for the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel reached the halfway point as workers 600 ft. underground continued to drive eastward toward the Hudson River....
CEG - Wed December 05, 2018
Hugo Construction Makes the Cut — With Proper Machines
When cutting trenches for new pipelines in the Permian Basin, caliche rock combined with daunting oil company deadlines pose challenges to even the most seasoned trenching companies — so how would a relative newcomer to trenching work tackle the job?"We are out there cutting through caliche rock at a rate of 2,000 feet per day … faster than a lot of competitors," said Stephen Elliott, superintendent and part owner of Hugo Construction....
OSHA - Thu November 29, 2018
OSHA to Increase Awareness of Trenching, Excavation Hazards, Solutions
Working in trenches and excavations can be hazardous, and trench collapses pose great risk to workers. To raise awareness of preventable incidents, compliance assistance specialists with OSHA in the Southeast are conducting outreach to educate employers and employees on the hazards associated with trenching and excavation work....
Antraquip - Fri November 02, 2018
AQ4XL Makes Quick Work of Difficult Rock Conditions
The production goal for the contractor in Knoxville, Tenn., was to lay five 20-ft. sections of pipe per five-day work week. The site required a trench to be dug through dense limestone rated between 16,000 and 22,000 psi....
