This project on the California/Nevada border consists of establishing a laydown area and staging yard and driving a 17-foot diameter drill and blast tunnel 1,145 feet long through granite. Tunnel support is with rock bolts and shotcrete. Spiling, steel ribs, and shotcrete were used in a 46’ long reach of glacial till.
Owner:
Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Brent Eisert, Project Manager
General Contractor:
Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring, Inc., Brett Mainer, Project Manager
Engineer/Architect:
Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Chris Struffert
DTDS Project Manager:
Brett Mainer
Completion:
March 2015
Service Type:
Tunneling
Project Scope:
Tunnel