ASCE Metropolitan Section - William Barclay Parsons Lecture

William Barclay Parsons Lecture

The William Barclay Parsons Lecture series was installed in 2003 with the sponsorship of Parsons Brinckerhoff. It honors the ingenuity, resolve, and engineering achievements of General William Barclay Parsons and his contributions to the advancement of the field of underground engineering and infrastructure construction in New York City. William Barclay Parsons was the Chief Engineer of the New York Rapid Transit Commission that designed and constructed the first section of the New York City Subway in 1904. The lecture series is intended to focus on the state-of-the-art topics in geotechnical engineering with a particular emphasis on tunneling and underground construction.

Past Speakers and Topics:

9th	April 12, 2011	William H. Hansmire	40 Years of Underground Engineering: From Soil Mechanics to the World's Largest Soft-Ground TBM Tunnel
8th	April 19, 2010	Harry G. Poulos	The Influence of Tunneling-Induced Ground Movements on Nearby Foundations
7th	April 21, 2009	Gregg E. Korbin	Lessons Learned – 35 Years in Underground Design and Construction
6th	April 17, 2008	Gerhard Sauer	Tunneling and Beyond
5th	April 12, 2007	Harvey W. Parker	Planning for Tunnels and Underground Space
4th	April 13, 2006	Thomas D. O'Rourke	Transient & Permanent Ground Movement Effects on Underground Structures
3rd	April 14, 2005	Edward J. Cording	Underground Cavern Design
2nd	April 29, 2004	Evert Hoek	The Yacambú-Quíbor Tunnel in Venezuela - One of the World's Most Difficult Tunnels
1st	April 10, 2003	James E. Monsees	Tunneling-An Ever Evolving Art