Equipment Corporation of America (ECA) pro- moted Jeff Harmston to vice president of sales and marketing. Harmston was ECA’s southeast regional sales manager in its Greensboro, N.C. location. In his new role, Harmston will expand his focus from the Southeastern U.S. to ECA’s entire territory, including the Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canadian Provinces. He will oversee corporate sales management, business development, marketing, vendor relations and business forecasting while reporting directly to President Benjamin Dutton. “Jeff was very successful in developing our market share in the Carolinas,” said Dutton. “He also did a great job in leading us in the transition into the Florida and Georgia markets.” Harmston earned a B.S. in finance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was awarded the ADSC President’s Award in 2015 for his accomplishments with the ADSC Carolinas and Southeast Chapters, and currently serves as secretary for the Carolinas Chapter. REV Drill announced the addition of Wequips SA as its new distributor in Central and South America. Wequips has a well-established reputation for providing customers around the world with the right solutions in the construction, maritime and offshore industries. In addition to REV Drill products, Wequips offers a wide range of equipment, tools, materials and services to contractors, port authorities and govern- ment agencies. CZM Foundation Equip- ment has appointed John Burns as West Coast sales manager. Burns will over- see all aspects of sales including business devel- opment, creating and maintaining rela- tionships with customers, and attending industry meetings and events such as DFI and ADSC. Burns has worked in the foundation industry for 10 years, most recently as the Western U.S. utilities manager for Bay Shore Systems. ALLU announced Scott Stogsdill as its new terri- tory sales manager for the Western U.S. He will be responsible for increasing and working with ALLU’s network of dealers in the region, as well as field sales activities. Stogsdill brings decades of construction and technology sales experience to ALLU. Prior to joining the company, Stogsdill served for four years as sales manager, Western U.S. and Mexico, for Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology’s conveyor products division. His experience also includes seven years with FMC Tech- nologies, working in its material handling division as a regional manager and Western distribution manager. American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has published LRFD Tunnel Design and Construction Guide Specifications, which is available on its website at https:// bookstore.transportation.org/. The specifications are intended for the design, evaluation and rehabilitation of road tunnels constructed using cut-and-cover, bored, mined and immersed tunnel construction methodologies. A literature search was performed to review existing design codes and standards, project- specific design criteria, reports and technical publications. Limited calibration of the load factors was performed based on results from the analysis of a circular bored tunnel. The Guide Specifications are the result of a five-year research effort by WSP USA performed under a task order from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). GEI Consultants was awarded the 2017 Silver Engineering Excellence Award in April by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) for work on the Gay Head Lighthouse Relocat ion project in Aquinnah, Mass. GEI was engaged by the Town of Aquinnah to provide geotechnical engineering services to assist in relocating the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard, which stood less than 50 ft (15 m) from the edge of eroding bluffs. The community raised $3.4 million through 122 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • SEPT/OCT 2017 fundraising and charity events, to move the lighthouse to safety. The engineering team worked against time and an impending hurricane season, and applied innovative methods to save this historical structure. Gay Head Lighthouse In the June issue of the TreviGroup Journal, Trevi reported that the five waterways that control the water flow into Mosul Dam in Iraq were open in May 2017 for the first time in 12 years. Since the water supply lake is now at its highest level since 2005, the 2,625 ft (800 m) long spillway is back in action to help control a reservoir of more than 388.5 billion cu ft (11 billion cu m) due to its discharge capacity of more than 3.4 million gallon/sec (13,000 cu m/sec). After seven months of repairs, the massive Mosul Dam was saved from impending disaster. The extensive drilling and grouting treatment being performed by Trevi continues at a steady pace and there are no significant signs of distress despite the high level of water. Restoration of the bottom outlet and maintenance of the tunnel structures were carried out simul- taneously with grouting, and now all of the dam mechanisms for water inflow control are operational. CZM Foundation Equipment recently expanded its comprehensive line of drill rigs with two new innovative products: the EK65 and the EK160. The EK65 is designed to be transported in one load, built on the CAT 316F base, offered in both standard and short masts, and has the versatility to convert efficiently from long to short mast by simply replacing the top mast assembly and Kelly bar. When equipped with a standard mast, EK65 drills to a depth of 90 ft (27.4 m) and has a trans- port/operation weight of just 61,000 lb (27,670 kg). When equipped with the short mast, it has a transport/operation weight of
