CIVE 3800-01: Engineering Boston

Reports on the construction project from the US Dept. of Transportation.

A forensic engineering report into the tunnel ceiling collapse that resulted in the death of a car passenger..

A history of Boston's Big Dig from the University College of London.

A highly illustrated Powerpoint lecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, on the causes of the fatal ceiling collapse.

A report on slurry wall and roof/wall interface leaks in the Central Artery Tunnel.

An overview of the artifacts uncovered prior to construction excavation.

Provides a concise account of the project.

This article describes the challenges faced, and methods used, in constructing the cable-stayed Leonard P. Zakim Bridge.

Documents from the Mass. Office of the Inspector General involving legal issues, cost recovery, and engineering failures.

Links to a six-part series of articles on the use of precast concrete roadway and tunnel structural elements.

This 2001 article looks at some of the project's innovative engineering solutions.

In this CBS "Sunday Morning" segment from 2000, Charles Osgood look at the project then 7.5 years from completion (9 min.).

This nine-part series examines the successes of the Central Artery/ Third Harbor Tunnel Project and asks why it is so often described in disparaging ways.