Eight Hundred, Ninety-Five Feet
Eight hundred, ninety-five feet—that was the distance Chicago-based contractor James McHugh Construction Company had to install 84-inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) as part of the WB 290 Flyover Project (Contract 60W28). McHugh subcontracted Dynamicx Enterprises to install the shoring, and tunneling contractor LJ Keefe Company to do the pipe jacking/tunneling. Keefe planned to use a […]
Case study: Chicago municipal rehabilitation and pipeline project
September 8, 2021 Jake Shevik As part of a project that lasted a year and a half, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) performed structure rehabilitation and pipelining along 175th Street and Ridgeland Avenue in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, Illinois. The project’s objective was to update the infrastructure and prevent […]