$1 Million More for Geotechnical Work on Seattle Light-Rail Tunnel

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$1 Million More for Geotechnical Work on Seattle Light-Rail Tunnel

Written by Randy Post
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that Seattle's "Sound Transit" board members have approved an additional $1 Million in funds for "unanticipated" geotechnical engineering related to the Beacon Hill light-rail tunnel. The project geotechnical firm is Shannon & Wilson. From SeattlePI: Shannon & Wilson's additional geotechnical work dealt with unanticipated amounts of water found 160 feet below the surface of the hill. The company helped Sound Transit devise a system to remove the water and stabilize the soil with a form of cement so that construction of the tunnel and the underground station could proceed, said light rail construction manager Dick Sage. The amount authorized Thursday to Shannon & Wilson is "minor, compared to what we could have spent without their advice," Sage said. (Photo by isnoop) technorati tags: light-rail lightrail seattle Sound Transit Beacon Hill tunnel ! Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Show/Hide comment form Name Email Title Comment Write the displayed characters
Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 September 2007 )