Technical Tours

Registration

It will not be possible to register onsite for the technical tours.

 

Technical tours will be organized for Thursday, May 20, 2010 to underground and tunnel projects that have been recently completed and are planned to be under construction.

The following technical tours will be available:

1. Brightwater, Seattle, USA at a cost of $80.00 and will include bus transportation and a lunch.  Limit of 25 participants.
   
   

   Site visit at Brightwater conveyance system, central contract, Brightwater tunnel, sections 2 and 3, Seattle

   Hydraulics / Wastewater treatment

   Underground works including 9.7 km bored with a slurry pressure TBM (external diameter 5.3 m) , 2 access shafts (28 and 60 m deep) and a 1 km long connecting sewer (with a diameter varying from 0.92 to 1.83 m) of which 500 m bored with a microtunnel boring machine.

   Participants will see the set-up at the work shaft and will be given a good description of the project by Vinci Construction experts. Participants will not go underground.

   
   (Before leaving their home country, each participant must make sure that their travel arrangements include proper documentation to cross Canada-USA borders. Please note that it is the responsibility of each participant to have with them the proper documentation to enter the USA (i.e. passport, visa (if required), etc.). 
   
2. Canada Line at a cost of $25.00 and it will be a walking tour.  Limit of 100 participants.