News Briefs: Seattle Tunnel Partners Challenge Order to Stop Bertha

In this week's news, tunnel-boring machine Bertha is halted because of a sinkhole and the contractor is fighting the stop order, while a contractor in Wisconsin is fined by OSHA for trench violations
News Briefs: Seattle Tunnel Partners Challenge Order to Stop Bertha

The state of Washington’s order Jan. 18 to suspend digging at the Highway 99 tunnel “is wrongful and unjustified,” according to Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP).

The contractors say they already responded appropriately to a sinkhole that suddenly formed Jan. 12, in the wake of...

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