{"product_id":"tunnels-caverns-looking-back-at-forty-years-in-underground-construction-estimating-9781499036466","title":"Tunnels \u0026 Caverns: Looking Back at Forty Years in Underground Construction \u0026 Estimating","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Harry Hilton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Technical \u0026amp; Manufacturing Industries \u0026amp; Trades\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Xlibris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45501765910679,"sku":"9781499036466","price":1281.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781499036466.webp?v=1767160018","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tunnels-caverns-looking-back-at-forty-years-in-underground-construction-estimating-9781499036466","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}