HRBT Tunnel Talk

In this episode, we get an update from Project Director Jim Utterback and Project Manager Megan Pym explains the North Island expansion process. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast for further updates.

A Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) will bore twin tunnels next to the existing Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnels as part of Virginia's largest-ever construction project. And, the big, bold machine will get a name before it comes out of final production. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has launched a TBM Naming Contest aimed at school age children On this next installment Of HRBT Tunnel Talk, we learn more about how the machine will get its name. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast.

As the Design-Builder for Virginia's largest construction project awaits Notice to Proceed, early work is underway on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project. The South Island is percolating with activity to prepare the island for the massive Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which will bore twin tunnels parallel to the existing tunnels. In the latest installment of HRBT Tunnel Talk, Paula Miller talks with Project Director Jim Utterback about the significant effort it takes to obtain such a large permit, and she learns about 8 months of preliminary island work from Xavier Billy, the Construction Manager for the Tunnel Approach Structures. Please subscribe to our podcast!

Preparing to build the HRBT Expansion Project, Virginia's largest-ever construction project, didn't happen overnight. Before you mine and widen under and over water, state and federal agencies have to sign off on plans. In the latest installment of HRBT Tunnel Talk, Paula Miller, VDOT's Communications Manager, interviews the project director and the owner and contractor's environmental experts about the vitally important preparations. Be sure to subscribe to the show.

The new twin tunnels to be built at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel will use tunnel boring technology. The existing tunnels are immersed tubes. In the latest installment of HRBT Tunnel Talk find out more about the Tunnel Boring Machine which will make a deep dive to dig parallel tubes. Be sure to subscribe to the show!

In this podcast, host Paula Miller explores the opportunities for DBE/Small, Women and Minority (SWaM) - owned businesses that hope to participate in the new Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project. Guests include: Malcolm Kates (DBE/SWAM Compliance Manager for the Hampton Roads Connector Partners - HRCP) Queen T. Crittendon (VDOT Hampton Roads District Civil Rights Manager)

In this podcast host Paula Miller talks with Kevin Page (Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission) about the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion project. VDOT's largest ever construction project.