by btreiner | Sep 29, 2021 | Geotechnical, Tunnels & Underground Construction
The North Dorchester Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Tunnel is a 17-ft-diameter soft ground tunnel for the MWRA to provide storage and pumping capacity for the collection of overflows from seven combined sewer outfall pipes into North Dorchester Bay within the Boston...
by btreiner | Sep 29, 2021 | Bored Tunnels, Constructability, VE, & Risk Assesment, Geotechnical, Project Management, Tunnels & Underground Construction
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion is the largest construction project in Virginia’s history with a total project budget of $3.8 billion. Peter Donahue, PE, prior to joining Reliance, served as the Project Manager of the Owner’s Engineer Team that developed...
by btreiner | Sep 29, 2021 | Bridges, Constructability, VE, & Risk Assesment, Geotechnical, Project Controls & Cost Estimates, Project Management, Rail Bridges, Short to Medium Span Bridges
In 2016, MBTA appointed Reliance as part of the Interim Project Management Team (IPMT) tasked with bringing the project costs under the allocated budget of $2.1 billion from the $3.0 billion projected at that time. Reliance served as the Value Manager on the IPMT...
by btreiner | Sep 29, 2021 | Bridges, Cable Supported Bridges
This 1,685-ft-long, three-span, two-tower, cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 875 feet replaced the old U.S Grant suspension bridge over the Ohio River at this location. The new bridge features a steel-composite superstructure supported with two cable planes...
by btreiner | Sep 29, 2021 | Bridges, Cable Supported Bridges
The Second Tacoma Narrows is a 5,979-ft long, 2,800-ft main span suspension bridge with a superstructure height of more than 200-ft above the river high-water elevation. The 78-ft-wide superstructure consists of a space truss with the orthotropic deck that also acts...
