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Angeli connects Los Angeles and Geocomp is there to help LA Regional Connector Project

1ST QUARTER / 2017

The Los Angeles Regional Connector Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed “Angeli,” has embarked on its 1.1 mile journey underneath Los Angeles. Angeli will complete the first leg of its journey, digging from “Little Tokyo” to the Financial District. From there, Angeli will return, digging a second adjacent tunnel. Upon completion, the twin light-rail tunnels will connect the Blue, Expo, and Gold Lines in downtown Los Angeles, allowing passengers to travel from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica and Long Beach to Azusa without changing trains. Geocomp is providing real-time web-based performance monitoring services to help minimize damage to surface structures from the tunneling operations and to keep the tunneling activities going non-stop. Our skilled instrumentation and monitoring team is being assisted by our experienced geostructural engineers, who help interpret the measured performance data to determine the cause of any data exceedances. At the beginning of tunneling operations, Angeli had to bore through poor ground conditions beneath sensitive areas of “Little Tokyo,” in the center of Los Angeles. This presented a major challenge as work crews had to become familiar with the nuances of Angeli in these poor conditions and go through

the critical “learning curve” of the project during the start-up phase. To overcome this challenge, the ground was pretreated with grout to help reduce potential movements of surface structures above the TBM. The instrumentation and monitoring system installed on the buildings, was used to help establish when and where grout was needed. Some grouting was required as Angeli ate her way under the buildings on the first pass. Whenever an instrument indicated settlement of more than the allowable value, grout was pumped to that location until the instrument indicated that settlement had been reversed. The critical time has now passed but tunneling always presents surprises so we continue to monitor

the structures 24/7 to provide immediate warning of unacceptable performance. Our people and our experience monitoring major tunnels and deep excavations across the United States helps us provide clients, project owners, and regulators with the timely and high-quality data needed to help resolve support of excavation and ground movement exceedances without disruptive and expensive shut-downs.

TECHNOLOGIES TO MANAGE RISK FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

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Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel The Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel project in Virginia involves the construction of a new bored 1-mile, two-lane tunnel under Thimble Shoal Channel next to the existing two-lane Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT). The new tunnel, 42 feet in diameter, will be constructed using a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that will be advanced from the new man-made portal island. Once completed, the tunnel will expand capacity and improve safety for travelers who use the CBBT. Geocomp is providing monitoring services for Dragados USA and Schiavone Construction JV for the existing manmade Portal Island and tunnel before construction, as well as the temporary construction element needed to perform the tunneling in this unique environment. Our objectives include: • • •

Establishing baseline performance of existing facilities prior to construction in order to differentiate seasonal movement versus construction impacts on the existing tunnel; Providing real-time data to evaluate construction effects on the existing tunnel and minimize risk of damage; and Verifying performance assumptions used in the design of the support of the excavation system.

We will use our GIS web-based software, iSiteCentralTM, to provide real-time assessment of construction-related activity. iSiteCentral will integrate data from more than 500 sensors. The instrumentation and monitoring system is vital to: • • •

Ensuring the stability of the existing tunnel during construction; Verifying the design performance assumptions of various components; and Minimizing the risk of project delay from unexpected performance.

Having recently begun work on this project, Project Manager Ryan Drefus shared that “We are honored to be part of the team participating in this unique and challenging project.”

UPCOMING EVENTS Look for Geocomp and GeoTesting Express at the following upcoming trade shows: • WOCA Annual Meeting & Conference, Booth 43 May 8-12, Lexington, KY • RETC 2017, Booth 620 June 4-6, San Diego, CA TECHNOLOGIES TO MANAGE RISK FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

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