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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:

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
 
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