Jonathan Klug from the company’s offices near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. KCS has an international Broker of Record, who along with the trading company of Nittetsu, can coordinate all ocean freight shipments to project sites and/or warehouses in North America. KCS will be warehousing the Nittetsu SuperFine cement in the Seattle, Washington, area to meet LTL project requirements. On April 24, DFI member Sebastian Lobo- Guerrero Ph.D., P.E., presented the webi- nar “Geotechnical Consulting Business” for the Department of Mining Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU). Lobo-Guerrero is a geotechnical project manager/laboratory manager at American Geotechnical & Environ- mental Services. As the conference chair for DFI45, Lobo-Guerrero highlighted the importance of being involved with professional organization such as DFI, and the career benefits of attending DFI events such as seminars and conferences. He also highlighted the available opportunities for students from the DFI Educational Trust. Remarkably, he avoided any reference to the “backyard brawl” associated with his alma mater Pitt and WVU. The National Academy of Construction (NAC) se- lected Janice L. Tuchman, editor-in-chief of ENR magazine, as the recipient of its highest honor: the Ted C. Kennedy Award. Tuchman has guided transformation of the weekly magazine that covers design, engineering and construction into the digital era, and expanded the ENR mission to include educating the broad public on the industries’ key policy and operational strategies, techniques and issues. The award honors late industry leader Ted C. Kennedy, founder of BE&K,whose career spanned more than 60 years. Criteria for the Kennedy Award include: commit- ment to people; obsession with safety; integrity and ethics; championing innova- tion; a lifetime of achievement; breadth of sector experience and roles; industry organization and leadership; generosity; and support of the greater community. Benesch Law has introduced its new platform to foster growth and connections for women across all sectors of the construction industry. Women in Con- struction — Breaking Ground aims to fill gaps in female leadership and address the lack of advancement due to unconscious gender bias, inadequate training, dis- crimination in the workplace, an aura of exclusion of women from the boys’ club, and the need for role models and mentors. The group offers legal bulletins, training, webinars, networking events, as well as a forum to foster connections in the construction community, educate one another on ways to perform more efficiently, and provide guidance on operating a successful construction business. The first newsletter is available at www.beneschlaw.com. Liebherr Equipment on Slurry Wall Project Slurry wall cutter Crawler crane LR 1250 To cope more efficiently with passengers in Munich, the Deutsche Bahn (German Railway) is building a second core line between the Laim and Leuchtenbergring stations. A central entrance to the tunnel is in the Altstadt at Marienhof. Here, the joint venture VE 41 com- prising Implenia and Hochtief is carrying out slurry wall work using Liebherr equipment. The challenges lie in the large dimensions of the slurry walls and extremely confined construction site near historical buildings. An application with low vibration was necessary for the installation of the slurry walls that also could handle compactness and verticality. To address the challenges, the contractor used the Liebherr slurry wall cutter type LSC 8-18 L. 3 The new equipment cuts its way through 1,165 ft (33 m) of soil per hour and requires 8 3 hours for a primary trench. A total of 108 trenches measuring 59 in by 126 in (1,500 mm by 3,200 mm) with 12.6 in (30 cm) overlap must be installed on the construction site in Munich. In addition to the cutter, the hydraulic slurry wall grab, type HSG 5-18, is in operation. It is also fitted with verticality measurement and a turning device for the frame, and is mainly being used for the initial excavation of the trenches. The carrier machine for both the grab and the cutter is a duty cycle crawler crane type HS 8130, which has excellent stability for such heavy equipment. The joint venture is using the separation plant SPC 600 C, which Liebherr offers as part and duty cycle crawler crane. The plant can process up to 21,119 ft (600 m ) of support fluid including excavation material per hour. In addition to the two duty cycle crawler cranes with slurry wall cutter and grab respectively, type LB 24 and LB 44 drilling rigs are also working on the cramped site for the expansion of the suburban line. Further, the crawler crane type LR 1250 lifts the reinforcement cages into place. The second core line is scheduled to open in 2028. 3 of a complete package for slurry wall applications. The package also includes grab, cutter 3 DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JULY/AUG 2020 • 115
