{"id":2227,"date":"2020-10-16T23:48:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T23:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2020-10-16T23:48:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T23:48:06","slug":"a-brief-overview-of-the-ohio-river-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Overview Of The Ohio River Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More information about tunnel excavation challenges of the 6.5-km long Ohio River Project built in Louisville, Kentucky, is now available.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A significant milestone was achieved in Sep. 22, once the Robbins-manufactured machine crossed the finish line despite the challenges due to methane gas and rock fallouts during tunneling underground.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shemek Oginski, Project Manager for the Shea\/Traylor JV, explained, \u201cAt first glance, this seems like a straightforward project, but it turned out to be much more challenging.\u201d Both the Robbins Main Beam TBM (of 6.7m diameter), as well as the conveyor system, had to overcome multiple difficulties to complete this mission<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2229 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"889\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, the Main Beam TBM in service was refurbished by Robbins Co., installing a brand-new cutter head as well as new electrical and hydraulic systems.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis was definitely an older machine\u2014I actually operated it on the DART [Dallas Area Rapid Transit] tunnels in Dallas, Texas in the 1990s, but with many of the components being new, we were confident in it,\u201d said Shemek Oginski, Project Manager for the Shea\/Traylor JV.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once the mission was finished, Oginski released an announcement saying, \u201cdefinitely proud that we got to the end, as this is a challenging project.\u201dMeanwhile, the machine is being dismantled, and the parts are being kept in Mt. Pleasant, PA, for future use.\u00a0 \u201cIf the right project comes up, then yes, it\u2019s likely we would use this machine again.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More information about tunnel excavation challenges of the 6.5-km long Ohio River Project built in Louisville, Kentucky, is now available. A significant milestone was achieved in Sep. 22, once the Robbins-manufactured machine crossed the finish line despite the challenges due to methane gas and rock fallouts during tunneling underground. Shemek Oginski, Project Manager for the Shea\/Traylor JV, explained, \u201cAt first glance, this seems like a straightforward project, but it turned out to be much more challenging.\u201d Both the Robbins Main Beam TBM (of 6.7m diameter), as well as the conveyor system, had to overcome multiple difficulties to complete this mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","post--single"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}