Jay Cashman Marine-Boston Harbor Project Ventilation Pipe-Boston, Massachusetts


		Boston Harbor Project Ventilation Pipe Boston, Massachusetts

Owner:
Massachusetts Water
Resources Authority

Project Engineers/Managers:
ICF Kaiser Engineers

"Cashman engineers developed an innovative method to permit construction of the final connection to the outfall tunnel for the Deer Island Project"

--William Hodgson -MWRA, Project Manager

JCI re-mobilized our deep water jack-up barge used on the initial MWRA Outfall Diffusers contract to provide the final connections to the Outfall tunnel using an innovative ventilation pipe system.

Project Highlights

Boston Harbor Project Ventilation Pipe
Boston, Massachusetts

• Design of a steel caisson ventilation system providing a water-tight connection at the sea-bed interface in 120 feet of water.

• Work was performed at 55 diffuser locations, nine miles off-shore.

• Installation of ventilation system and final connections was performed in approximately 3 months.

• JCI received the prestigious NOVA award for innovation in construction from the Construction Innovation Forum.