EUR160 million, 5.74 km-long, 7.64 m internal diameter Euclid Creek Storage Tunnel (ECT) getting underway by contractor McNally/Kiewit ECT JV in Chagrin Shale, with possible gas, at average depth 63.65 m. Contract includes construction of four flow drop shafts and 12.7 m-diameter access shaft completed on 5.4 acre site at Bratenahl. Tunnel lining from within TBM tailskin using bolted, gasketed, steel fibre reinforced concrete segments with backgrouting. More from Kellie Rotunno at NEORSD in Cleveland, OH, tel +1 216 881-6600 or visit www.neorsd.org/ect. Project history in tunnelbuilder archive us/76. Project management by Hatch Mott MacDonald www.hatchmott.com/projects/euclid-creek-cso. 23/12.
