Award of contract to Parsons Brinckerhoff/LiRo for construction oversight and resident engineering services for new water siphon between Brooklyn and Staten Island in New York to be EPB-driven as 3.85 m-diameter, 2,883 m-long segmentally-lined tunnel which will house 1.8 m-diameter water column. Project completion late-2013. More from Judy Cooper at PB in New York, tel +1 212 465 5332. Visit us/107 and www.pbworld.com. 19/12.
