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Cutting Off Water in Queens

by Philip M. Rice, (M.ASCE), Sr. Professional Assoc.; Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc., Portland, OR,
Richard F. Flanagan, (M.ASCE), Sr. Professional Assoc.; Parsons Brinckerhoff International, Singapore,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1997, Vol. 67, Issue 8, Pg. 47-49


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

New York's Transit Authority wanted to dig a new tunnel for a Queens subway connection, but first contractors had to wall-off the potentially contaminated groundwater nearby.

Subject Headings: Water pollution | Groundwater pollution | Water tunnels | Walls | Tunnels | Subways | Contracts and subcontracts | New York | United States | New York City

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