Students,
Reminder that this week we will be having Lunch & Learns with ARCO Construction on Tuesday, Oct 17th in MOR 220 (there will be free pizza!) and Delve Underground (formerly McMillen Jacobs Associates) on Thursday, Oct 19th in MEB 248!
RSVP for ARCO (by noon on Monday): https://forms.gle/E9g9ZU84ECXt8Xzg8
Join ARCO for an informational session on our work hard/play hard company culture, unmatched opportunities, industry-leading benefits, and some of the exciting projects we’ve recently completed!
RSVP for Delve Underground: https://forms.gle/haLup3yz36eiJz8U9
Engineers from Delve Underground (formerly McMillen Jacobs Associates) will give a brief summary of the kind of work they do, go over internship opportunities, and talk in more detail about two recent/ongoing projects performed out of the Seattle office:
- In 2021, the Keddie Fire in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California caused a 478-ft long portion of a railroad tunnel to collapse, blocking the rail line. Delve geologists, geotechnical engineers and structural engineers were called on to assess the damage, aid in temporary support measures, and design a permanent support solution. The firm also provided resident engineers, design services during construction (DSDC), and construction monitoring for a 24/7 construction schedule. The tunnel was reopened to rail traffic in 10 weeks.
- The Ship Canal Water Quality Project (SCWQP) is a program being undertaken jointly by Seattle Public Utilities and King County to reduce the volume of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) entering the Lake Washington Ship Canal by approximately 75 million gallons each year. Overflows from seven existing stormwater outfalls will be diverted to a 29-million-gallon (MG) storage tunnel designed by Delve, and later pumped back into the sewer system during low flow conditions via a new pump station. Delve was the prime design consultant and now leads design services during construction, which is scheduled to be completed in 2024. The Storage Tunnel contract includes:
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- A 14,000 ft long, 18’-10” diameter bored tunnel from Ballard to Wallingford
- 5 large diameter shafts constructed using secant piles and slurry walls
- Two SEM mined adits connecting the intermediate shafts to the mainline tunnel
- A 640 ft long, 8’ diameter curved microtunnel under the Ship Canal to convey flows from North Queen Anne to the mainline tunnel
- Several “near-surface structures” for wastewater conveyance, ventilation, electrical and mechanical controls
Delve Underground is a leader in heavy civil engineering, serving the transportation, water, wastewater, and energy industries. Our expertise includes civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering.
RSVP for all lunch & learns this quarter: https://forms.gle/be96udkgngwno5fZ6