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OFTA is ongoing, as well as site preparations. The TBM is scheduled to launch in autumn 2016.
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The USD $300 million water supply program is scheduled for completion by December 2018.
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The 8 km long tunnel is part of a water supply plan that will provide the city of Atlanta with a 30 day back-up supply of water.
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A 120 m deep hole in the ground, the Bellwood Quarry was mined for a century and is now in the process of becoming a reservoir and the city of Atlanta’s largest park.
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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed commemorates the arrival of the TBM’s large Main Beam at the Bellwood Quarry site on June 29, 2016.
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Local reporters gather to hear more about the city’s water supply tunnel, which will span 8 km between Bellwood Quarry and the Chattahoochee River.
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Robbins Project Manager Mark Belli discusses the design of the 3.8 m Main Beam TBM and the plan for Onsite First Time Assembly (OFTA) at the quarry site.
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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Robbins Project Manager Mark Belli celebrate the initial stages of TBM assembly at the Bellwood Quarry site.
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More than 70 trucks brought pieces of the 120 m long, 385 metric ton machine from Ohio to Atlanta, Georgia, USA.