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Project Update on the Eastside CSO Tunnel!
September 02, 2010 - Construction of the Eastside CSO Tunnel Project in Portland Oregon continues with an expected completion in the fall of 2011. The 29,000-foot long, 22-foot inside diameter tunnel, ranging in depth from 100 to 160 feet, will convey captured flows from Southeast Portland under the East Side Industrial Area to a CSO pump station on Swan Island.
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Australia’s Largest Tunnel Boring Machine Is Launched
August 23, 2010 - The first of two giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) built to tunnel the Brisbane Airport Link project began operating on 21 July. The $45 million massive machines, named Rocksy and Sandy, are 195 meters (640 ft) in length, each weighing a massive 3,600 tons.
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California Papers Presented at the NAT Conference
August 09, 2010 - Various papers related to some of Jacobs Associates’ Californian projects were presented at the June North American Tunnel (NAT) conference that took place in Portland.
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Alternative Intake Project is Dedicated
July 26, 2010 - Contra Costa Water District’s (CCWD) Alternative Intake Project was formally dedicated on July 20, 2010, at the Middle River Intake and Pump Station. The facility is about to begin the commissioning stage, which is the final testing prior to operation this summer.
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The Brightwater Conveyance System Reaches Milestones
July 12, 2010 - In June, the West Tunnel and eastbound Central Tunnel of the Brightwater Conveyance System both reached breakthroughs.
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Pacific Northwest Papers Presented at NAT Conference
June 28, 2010 – Various papers related to some of Jacobs Associates’ Pacific Northwest projects were presented at the North American Tunnel (NAT) conference that took place in Portland in June.
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Bill Edgerton Receives Outstanding Achievement Award
May 06, 2010 - Bill Edgerton awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award from Tufts University's Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department.
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Jacobs Associates Makes ENR’s List of Top 500 Design Firms
April 26, 2010 - Jacobs Associates was recently ranked number 438 on Engineering News Record’s (ENR) annual list of Top 500 Design Firms. The Top 500 Design Firms list, published every April, ranks the 500 largest U.S.-based engineering, architectural and environmental design firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.
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New Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel Excavation Completed
March 30, 2010 - On March 24, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for the New Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel reached its goal: termination of excavation at the base of the completed North Shaft, after traveling 4,200 feet from the South Shaft, where it was launched on November 10, 2009.
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Final Breakthrough for NSP Stage 2
March 25, 2010 - Friday, February 26, 2010, marked the completion of tunnel excavation for Northern Sewerage Project’s (NSP) Stage 2 with the breakthrough of the NIS Section 1 drive, a 1.2-kilometer (3,940-foot) section between Newlands Road and the Carr Street shafts.
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