Stuck Tunneling Rig to Cost Omaha $2.75M for Sewer Project
1/30/2017
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha will have to pay $2.75 million extra to complete one of its sewer overhaul projects because a tunnel boring machine got stuck.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that the machine was 70 feet underground between the downtown Heartland of America Park and the Missouri River when it ran into boulders and watery gravel.
It had to stop 900 feet short of its destination.
The City Council has agreed to pay the contractor for digging a shaft down to the machine and taking it out and then pay for the lowering of a heavier duty drilling rig into the tunnel to finish the work.
The project now is expected to be delayed at least until the end of his year – about one year later than the original completion date.
Related News
From Archive
Sign up to Receive Our Newsletter
- Ohio trench collapse kills one worker, injures two during pipe installation
- Inside Sempra’s 72-mile pipeline with 18 major trenchless crossings
- Dominion proposes 186-mile underground HVDC power line across Virginia
- Trump vetoes bill to finish $1.3 billion Colorado water pipeline
- Infrastructure failure releases 100,000 gallons of wastewater in Houston; repairs ongoing
- Glenfarne Alaska LNG targets late-2026 construction start for 807-mile pipeline project
- Massive water line failure leaves majority of Waterbury without service
- Infrastructure failure releases 100,000 gallons of wastewater in Houston; repairs ongoing
- Construction jobs stumble into 2026 after weak year
- Worm-like robot burrows underground to cut power line installation costs
Comments