SF Bay Tunnel wins ASCE Region 9 Outstanding Water Project

Feb. 15, 2016
The award will be presented at the 2015 Region 9 Awards Dinner on March 18, 2016 in Sacramento.

San Francisco, CA., Feb. 15, 2016 – McMillen Jacobs Associates played a critical role in the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Bay Tunnel project, which was recently awarded the 2015 Outstanding Water Project in the State of California from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Region 9. The award will be presented at the 2015 Region 9 Awards Dinner on March 18, 2016 in Sacramento.

“With their world-renowned knowledge and experience in designing tunnels as well as their in-depth understanding of the operational requirements of the water supply system, McMillen Jacobs Associates continuously engaged the SFPUC and our multiple stakeholders to identify the challenges, facilitate solutions, and maintain focus on the project objectives of designing a lifeline facility that will remain operable after a major earthquake in either San Andreas Fault or the Hayward Fault.” wrote Johanna Wong, P.E., M.S., PMP, PgMP, SFPUC’s Bay Division Regional Project Manager, Water System Improvement Program.

The presence of environmentally sensitive habitats on the Bay margins precluded using cut-and-cover pipelines, which resulted in the need for a 5-mile long tunnel with only launching and receiving shafts and no intermediate construction shafts. These two shafts are located on properties owned by SFPUC in the city of Newark (Newark site) and the city of Menlo Park (Ravenswood site). The tunnel is the first of its kind built under the Bay, utilizing an earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine to effectively counteract the 3.2 bar hydrostatic pressure and sandy/silty soils. Despite numerous challenges, the tunneling was completed eight months ahead of schedule.

The Bay Tunnel was completed on May 20, 2015 within the baseline schedule and well below the baseline project budget.

McMillen Jacobs Associates is an employee-owned environmental, engineering, and construction company providing a comprehensive array of technical services to the heavy civil, underground, and water resources markets.

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