TUNNELS: Devotion to St. Barbara is a tradition that dates back to the earliest days of tunneling

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• December 4th, 2015
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When tunnel workers began their Euclid Creek Tunnel shifts by brassing in—a safety practice of moving a small brass disc from one side of a signboard to another to signify they are heading underground—they passed an unassuming paragraph of text masking-taped to the corner of the painted plywood. Oh...

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LOOK: Have a peek at the restoration plans for two Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft sites

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• September 25th, 2015
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Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft site 5 Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft site4 With the Euclid Creek Tunnel now complete on time and under budget, the Sewer District has set its sights on site restoration at two important community locations: Shaft 4 at Triangle Park at East 174 Street, and Shaft...

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NEWS: Euclid Creek Tunnel completed $3.6 million under budget

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• September 17th, 2015
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First tunnel under Project Clean Lake now complete, sets benchmark for future cost-saving opportunities Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Board of Trustees passed Resolution 238-15, a Final Adjusting Change Order, for the Euclid Creek Tunnel. As a result of outstanding project management, this contract will close $3,602,637.77...

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BUSINESS: Huge investments, small businesses, and local success stories #SmallBizWeek

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• May 5th, 2015
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Infrastructure that lasts beyond a generation is a huge investment. Few often realize it’s small businesses that help make it possible. This week is National Small Business Week, and we join local voices in support of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses that contribute to our Northeast Ohio economy. “I’m...

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LOOK: Can you be afraid of heights 200 feet underground?

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• February 24th, 2015
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Can you say “Don’t look down,” when you’re already 200 feet below the earth’s surface? Based on the photo shown here, um yes. This is the current state of construction of the Easterly Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station taking shape 240 feet under Bratenahl. Upon completion, this cavern will house...

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SOURCES: Latest tunnel construction project to be powered by giant hamster wheel. Or not.

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• September 12th, 2014
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Not an Onion headline, just fun with an already great photo. When our Director of Engineering & Construction Kellie Rotunno tweeted her original pic earlier in the week, posting progress on our enormous Euclid Creek Tunnel project, it got our wheels spinning. Wholly ring beams batman! Check out this...

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LIST: 7 ways back-to-school jitters are like treating wastewater

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• August 13th, 2014
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Parents, it’s that time of year again. And we can make a few connections between our work and your kids’ first-day jitters that you might not have expected. Class is in session. 1. Sure maybe it stinks, but where would you be without it? OK, the end of summer...

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GREEN: Our Project Clean Lake agreement was groundbreaking, and here are 7 reasons why.

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• January 30th, 2014
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Project Clean Lake was a groundbreaking agreement in 2010 when we signed it, making our 25-year program to reduce pollution in Lake Erie official. A lot has happened in the last four years and our consent decree is still a groundbreaking agreement for the region and clean-water agencies across...

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HISTORY: Why are tunnel boring machines named, and why are they named after women?

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• December 13th, 2013
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Yesterday, our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie—who has been disassembled for more than a month but keeps right on tweeting—received a great question from a follower: Are all tunnel boring machines named after women? Why?@MomChungtheTBM @BerthaDigsSR99 @BigAlmatheTBM @LadyBirdTBM @MackenzieTBM — Kimble McCraw (@kimblem) December 12, 2013 With a little help...

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LOOK: Mackenzie, now in pieces, awaits a resurrection

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• December 2nd, 2013
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It is finished. Mackenzie—the 1,500-ton tunnel boring machine that once spanned more than three football fields in total length—now rests in hundreds of pieces in the cold December Bratenahl air. Since finishing her three-mile journey digging the Euclid Creek Tunnel back in August, she has been meticulously disassembled and...

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