Tunneling
Creating tunnels without tunnel vision
With a promise to design with community in mind, we focus on risk avoidance and mitigation with robust management programs that maximize constructability to deliver solutions that provide the best overall value to you. Read MoreNo matter what challenges you face, it will work in the end.
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One of the most challenging tunneling projects in the world
Approximately 90% of the drinking water delivered to customers in southern Nevada comes from the Colorado River, which is captured at Lake Mead. Construction of this new intake ensures that full system capacity can be maintained at low lake levels. The $520M project consisted of a 600-foot deep intake, new 900 MGD pumping station, and 3 miles of up to 20-foot inside diameter water supply tunnel. Read MoreConnecting a community while maintaining daily train traffic
Fossil Creek Trail is a set of two separate paved pathways, totaling 5.3 miles, running through neighborhoods and local parks that the City of Fort Collins is working on connecting. Complicating this effort is an existing Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad system—a main freight corridor along Colorado’s Front Range. We worked with the city on a solution that maintained the daily train traffic by using a below grade tunnel rather than a more traditional crossing. Read More
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900+
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ranked trenchless design firm
500+
staff with tunneling experience
Expert Spotlight
Don Del Nero, Vice President, Sector Leader, Tunnels & New Trenchless
From transit tunnels to water and sewer tunnels, my career improves the quality of life for millions of people in major metropolitan centers.
Anil Dean, Tunnels and Trenchless Practice Leader
The interaction of value, project needs, and the ground makes for great variety and no two projects are ever the same.
Keivan Rafie, Lead Tunnel Designer
Coming back to a project area years later to see how the community has benefited from what I designed is incredibly satisfying and inspiring.
Fangbiao Lin, Vice President, Global Practice Leader for Environmental Hydraulics
CFD modeling is my passion, solving flow problems is my satisfaction!
Nick Cioffredi, Principal
You’d be amazed how many bridges you drive over on a daily basis and don’t realize that you’re on a bridge. My job out there is to keep our neighbors and communities safe.
Steve Fradkin, Tunneling Technology Manager
Although the work and results are generally unseen, the results of my work benefit everyone.
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