{"id":5956,"date":"2018-10-05T10:35:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcconstruction.com\/blog\/?p=5956"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:03:10","slug":"tunnel-boring-machine-reaches-final-destination-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/news\/tunnel-boring-machine-reaches-final-destination-in-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunnel Boring Machine Reaches Final Destination in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TBM-Crew-e1654282906133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TBM-Crew-e1654282906133.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TBM-Crew-e1654282906133-768x629.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tunnel-Before-and-After.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5959 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tunnel-Before-and-After.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tunnel-Before-and-After.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tunnel-Before-and-After-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tunnel-Before-and-After-1290x718.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tunnel-Before-and-After-1536x855.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tunnel-Before-and-After-2048x1140.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of cheers in Atlanta yesterday as Driller Mike, the 853,000-pound tunnel boring machine, holed through to its final destination, right on target after five miles of hard rock tunnel boring. The PC\/Russell construction management-at-risk joint venture joined the City of Atlanta in celebrating this major milestone at the Peachtree Pump Station shaft site near the Chattahoochee River.<\/p>\n<p>The tunnel boring machine began its journey 2 years ago at the Westside quarry, which now connects to the Hemphill and Chattahoochee Water Treatment Plants via the 10-foot-diameter tunnel. The tunneling is part of the City\u2019s expansion of their raw water storage capacity, an effort that will provide Atlanta with a reliable supply of drinking water for the next 100 years and increase the emergency raw water reserve from three days to more than 30 days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C9mYjMgeeug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the live action on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos (top to bottom): The TBM crew after hole-through. Before and after the tunnel boring machined holed through at the Peachtree Pump Station in Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were a lot of cheers in Atlanta yesterday as Driller Mike, the 853,000-pound tunnel boring machine, holed through to its final destination, right on target after five miles of hard rock tunnel boring. 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