This week’s RMA speaker, Isabel Lopes, became involved in the Canarsie Tunnel project when a revised repair plan became needed to accommodate directions from Governor Andrew Cuomo to avert the originally planned 15-month shutdown of the tunnel. Her presentation will give an overview of the major modifications to the tunnel, with a focus on the repair of the tunnel bench walls by means of structural fiber-reinforced polymer panels. The revised final design of the modifications to the tunnel successfully allowed construction to take place over intermittent tunnel closures on nights and weekends only. Continue Reading →
