{"product_id":"tunnels-caverns-looking-back-at-forty-years-in-underground-construction-estimating","title":"Tunnels \u0026 Caverns: Looking Back at Forty Years in Underground Construction \u0026 Estimating","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarry was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. On finishing high school, he went to England and was hired as a Trainee Engineer by a large Civil Engineering \u0026amp; Building contractor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraining initially was at the home office and included drafting, quantity \"take-off\", and surveying basics. Following a year at the home office, he was assigned to a construction project as an Instrument Man, assisting the Project Engineer. In less than two years he was appointed Field Engineer and a year later was moved to rank of Superintendent. His first assignment in that capacity involved supervision of a large sewer installation in a suburb of London. That project included about three thousand feet of small diameter hand-minded tunnel. A succeeding project also included some tunnel work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1960 Harry immigrated, with his family, to Canada. His fi rst job interview was with a Civil Engineering company. Th is company, McNamara Corporation, happened to have a tunneling division and from that point on, it became a \"life of tunneling\" for Harry, with a number of contractors, and then as a consultant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarry took a position in the U.S. in 1976 as Chief Estimator, with a tunneling specialty company - S \u0026amp; M Constructors, Solon, Ohio. In 1986 he moved back into field-work and supervised a variety of tunnel projects, both in rock and soft ground over the next ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow retired, Harry lives with wife Beverley in Kansas. They spend time visiting their five children and eight grandchildren throughout the U.S. and Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Hilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499036466\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53325631914282,"sku":"9781499036466","price":22.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_4dc2d112-42b2-4782-99eb-0dad6fa5c851.jpg?v=1793060222","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/tunnels-caverns-looking-back-at-forty-years-in-underground-construction-estimating","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}