Schnabel Engineering
Mr. Eckert, located in Schnabel’s Columbus, Ohio office, has more than 30 years of experience in heavy civil underground construction. He is recognized throughout the industry as an expert in the design of structural support systems for major construction projects in the United States and South America. He has evaluated contract specifications, geotechnical data, methods of excavation, and assisted in the selection of underground support systems for water resources and sanitary facilities, highways, railroads, and transit systems. His project involvement ranges in size from the design of over 2,500 railroad and highway undercrossings to major projects such as the Red Hook and Port Richmond Tunnels for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP), the Super Collider in Texas, and Chicago’s Deep Tunnel System as well as more than 30 contract sections of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) system. Mr. Eckert has been at the cutting edge of tunneling technology, including involvement in a series of innovative project firsts including the first application in the United States of steel pan linings, pre-cast concrete segments, grout mix design and contact grouting system for pre-cast concrete segments, Earth Pressure Balance TBM (EPBM), development of concrete donut crib elements for use as an alternative to wood cribbing in mines where long wall systems were used, and evaluation of structural steel support and lattice girders for effectiveness with shotcrete, successfully used for the first time in the United States on the Washington Metro. Mr. Eckert has been responsible for scores of rail tunnel rehabilitation projects across the USA consisting of investigation, inspection, design, replacement, and contact grouting of tunnel lining.
