The following is a partial list of publications written by Brierley Associates partners and staff. Further information can be provided upon request.

Gary S. Brierley, Ph.D., P.E.

"Contracting Practices for Underground Projects," with James D. Smith, Chapter 10 of a book entitled, 2002 Construction Law Update, Editor - Neal J. Sweeney, Esq., Apen Publishers, Inc., New York, 2002.

"Geotechnical Report Preparation"
with Dan Dobbels and Alan Howard. Proceedings of NAT 2000, Boston, MA, June 2000.

"Ground Improvement On The Central Artery Project - Examples of Innovative Applications"
with James R. Lambrechts and Andrew F. McKown, Proceedings of the 1999 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Orlando, FL, June 1999.

"Going Under? How about Urban Design/Build!"
World Tunneling, November 1998.

"Subsurfing USA"
World Tunneling, March 1998.

"Ground Improvement: Salvation or Snake Oil?"
Civil Engineering, December 1995.

"Split Contracts for Better Stations,"
with Ronald D. Drake, The Urban Transport Report, 1994/1995.

"Underground Transit Systems - Tunnel or Cut and Cover,"
with Ronald D. Drake, The Urban Transport Industries Report, 1993.

"Construction of the Phase II Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program, Rochester, New York,"
with James Smith, Philip Steinfeldt, and James Holzbach, World Tunneling, March 1993.

"Contracting Practices for Tunneling Projects,"
with Robert J. Smith, Proceedings of North American Tunneling Conference and Exhibition, Boston, MA, October 1992.

"Tunnel Planning in Urban Areas,"
with Michael J. Robison and M. H. Kobler, Proceedings of 10th Annual Canadian Tunnelling Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 1992.

"Construction of the MUC Outfall Tunnels: Conventional vs. TBM Tunneling Technologies, Montreal, Canada,"
with Alan L. Howard and Jean Moreau, Proceedings of the International Congress Towards New Worlds in Tunneling, Acapulco, May 1992.

"Toxic Tunneling,"
with James D. Smith, Michael J. Robison and Irene Fanelli, World Tunneling, November 1991, pp. 405-408.

"Digging for Profit: Opportunities for Underground Development",
Skylines, Building Owners and Managers Association, February 1991, p. 10.

"Subsurface Investigations Utilizing Large Diameter Borings for the Price Road Drain Tunnel",
with A. L. Howard and R. E. Romley, Proceedings of the 1991 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Seattle, Washington, 1991.

"It's OK to Drill the Rock, But Don't Forget to Excavate the Soil",
Mine to Drill, Institute of Shaft Drilling Technology, Volume 8, No. 1, Spring, 1991, p. 4.

"A Remotely Deployable Martian Habitat,"
with D. B. Neely and M. T. Newkirk, Proceedings of the Case for Mars IV, Boulder, Colorado, 1990.

"Tunnel Talk",
Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, December, 1989, p. 48 and 49. (This paper was also translated into Italian and published by the Italian Tunneling Society.)

"Final Construction of the South Interceptor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada",
with Jacques Mongrain and Jean Moreau, Proceedings of the International Congress on Progress and Innovation in Tunneling, September, 1989, Toronto, Canada.

"Cost Effective Transit Implementation: The Owner's Option",
with Russ McFarland, American Underground-Space Association, prepared for The Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, Susan R. Nelson, Editor (in printing).

"Tunneling Methods",
AUA News, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer, 1989.

"Mt. Lebanon Tunnel: What Went Wrong",
Tunnels & Tunnelling, Vol. 21, No. 4, April, 1989, pp. 61 to 62.

"Tunneling: A Battle Against The Ground",
Journal of the International Tunneling Association, Permagon Press Vol. 3, No. 4, December, 1988, pp. 341 to 343. (This paper was also translated into Portuguese and published by the Brazilian AEG.)

"The Geotechnical Aspects of Rock Tunnel Design",
with T. J. Lyman, Proceedings of the 1989 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Los Angeles, June, 1989.

"The Berthoud Pass Tunnel Project",
with R. Drake, Colorado Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 12, Professional Engineers of Colorado, October, 1988, pp. 9 and 10.

"Privatizing Tunneling Projects",
AUA News, Vol. 2, No. 4, Winter 1987, pp. 1 to 3.

"Successful Project Implementation",
Colorado Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 5, Professional Engineers of Colorado, March, 1988, pp. 7 to 10.

"Underground Engineering at the Basalt Waste Isolation Project",
National Academy Press, Member of USNC/RM Task Group, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1987.

"Controlling Ground Movements During Tunneling"
with E. J. Cording, J. W. Mahar and M. D. Boscardin, Geotechnical Engineering at the Dawn of the 21st Century, University of Illinois, April, 1987.

"The Risks Associated with Tunneling Projects",
with B. Cavan, USNC/TT Newsletter, June, 1987, pp. 1 to 9. A discussion of this paper was published in the December, 1988 edition of the USNC/TT Newsletter.

"Construction of the South Interceptor, Montreal, Quebec",
with Jacques Mongrain and Serge Barbeau, Proceedings of the 1987 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, New Orleans, June, 1987, Chapter 69, pp. 1150 to 1173.

"Guidelines for Tunnel Lining Design",
Edited by T. D. O'Rourke, ASCE (Underground Technology Research Council), 1984.

"Managing Subsurface Explorations for Sewer Tunnels in Rochester, NY",
with J. W. Critchfield, Proceedings 1983 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Chicago, 1983.

"Correlations of Rock Index Values with Engineering Properties and the Classification of Intact Rock",
with B. E. Beverly and D. A. Schoenwolf, FHWA, Washington, D.C., January, 1979.

"Proceedings, Workshop on Tunnel Lining Design",
Editor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, published and funded by USDOT, March, 1979.

"Controlling Tunnel-Lining Costs - Tips for Owners and Designers",
Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 48, No., 7, July, 1978, pp. 51 to 53.

"Observations for Shallow Chambers in Rock",
with E. J. Cording and J. W. Mahar, Symposium on Field Measurements in Rock Mechanics, Vol. 2, Zurich, Switzerland, April, 1977, pp. 485-508.

"Construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, 1855 to 1876",
Journal of the BSCE Section of ASCE, Vol. 63, No. 3, October, 1976, pp. 175 to 208.

"The Behavior During Construction of the DuPont Circle Subway Station Lining",
with E. J. Cording, Proceedings of the Shotcrete for Ground Support Conference, Easton, Maryland, October, 1976, pp. 675 to 712.

"The Performance During Construction of the Liner for a Large Shallow Underground Opening in Rock",
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1975.

"Determining Bedrock Elevation by Acoustic Sounding Technique",
with W. E. Stimpson and T. K. Liu, Rock Engineering for Foundations & Slopes, ASCE, Vol. 1, 1976, pp. 1 to 12.

"Interpreting End-Bearing Pile Load Test Results",
with D. E. Thompson and C. W. Eller, Symposium on Behavior of Deep Foundations, ASTM, Boston, Massachusetts, June, 1978.

"Rock Weathering and Soil Formation",
Journal of BSCE Section of ASCE, Vol. 61, No. 4, October, 1974, pp. 185 to 200.

"Load Transfer for Long Pipe Piles in Clay",
with D. E. Thompson, Journal of BSCE, Vol. 60, No. 1, January, 1973, pp. 21 to 31.

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Gregg Sherry, P.E.

"Implementing a Large Tunnel Project - The San Vicente Tunnel" with Ahinga and Stine, G., Seattle, WA. June 2002.

"Tunnel Observations for the Muni Metro Turnback Project,"
with Castro, R.R., Sutter, D.A., Wu, C.L., Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground Symposium, London, UK, April 1996.

"Keys to Successful Construction Management in Underground Engineering",
with Henn, R.W., Strid, J.R., North American Tunneling 96, Washington D.C., April 1996.

"Tunnel Construction of Muni Metro Turnback Project",
with Sutter, D.A., Wu, C.L. and Connolly, J.P., North American Tunneling 96, Washington, D.C., April 1996.

"NORS Tunnel Project Case History",
with Gordon, B., Proceedings Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Boston, MA, 1993.

"Colorado Tunnel Case Histories",
with Brierley, G.S., presented at the Association of Engineering Geologists 1989 Annual Meeting.

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Alan L. Howard, R.G., C.E.G.

"Geotechnical Report Preparation",
with Brierley, Dr. Gary S. and Dobbels, Dan, North American Tunneling 2000, Proceedings of the North American Tunneling 2000, Boston, Massachusetts

"The Observational Approach Applied to Open Pit Mine Slope",
with Pease, Kent A., and Refer, Michael C., presented at the 1995 National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, Wyoming, June 5-8, 1995.

"Conventional vs. TBM Tunneling Technologies for the MUC Outfall Tunnels, Montreal, Canada",
with Brierley, Gary S., Moreau, Jean, Proceedings, 1992 ITA Congress, Acapulco, Mexico.

"Tunneling Challenges at Gulf Coast Industrial Plants",
with Sauls, David P., presented at the Poster Session at NAT '92, Boston, Massachusetts.

"Subsurface Investigations Utilizing Large Diameter Borings for the Price Road Drain Tunnel",
with Brierley, Gary S., and Romley, Ronald E., Proceedings, 1991 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Seattle, Washington.

"Foundation Grouting Repair of Gurley Reservoir Dam, San Miguel County, Colorado",
with Johnson, James M., presented at the Association of Engineering Geologists, 1989 Annual Meeting, Vail, Colorado.

"Large Diameter Inspection Borings Facilitate Urban Soft Ground Tunneling in Phoenix, Arizona",
with Lyman, Tracy J., presented at the Association of Engineering Geologists, 1987 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

"The Differing Equipment Performance Clause", with Dr. Gary S. Brierley, AEG News, Vol. 45, No. 1, March 2002, p. 20.

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James D. Smith, P.E.

"Going Under? How About Urban Design/Build!,"
with Gary Brierley, World Tunneling, November 1998, pp. 442-446.

"Engineering a Challenging Trenchless Utility Crossing,"
Proceedings of the ASCE Specialty Conference on Pipeline Construction, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1997.

"Hemlock Tunnel Rehabilitation,"
proceedings of the 24th Ohio River Valley Soils Seminar, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1993.

"Construction of the Phase II Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program, Rochester, New York,"
with Gary Brierley, Philip Steinfeldt, and James Holzbach, World Tunneling, March 1993.

"Rock Support in the St. Paul Boulevard Tunnel,"
with Ralph Angarola, Sajjan Jain, and Fred Amos, North American Tunneling Conference Proceedings 1992, Cambridge, MA.

"Toxic Tunneling,"
with Gary S. Brierley, Mike Robison, and Irene Fanelli, World Tunneling, November 1991, pp. 405-408.

"Load Testing of Deep Foundations Using the Osterberg Load Cell,"
with David Thompson and Chris Erikson, presented at the Deep Foundations Institute, Baltimore, MD, October 1989.

"Testing Rock Socketed Drilled Piers with the Osterberg Load Cell,"
with Timothy Crowl, proceedings of the 20th Ohio River Valley Soils Seminar, Louisville, KY, October 1989.

"Station 5 Hydroelectric Plant Intake Tunnel Restorations,"
with C.A. Forbes, 1987.

"The Effects of Sample Preparation and Overconsolidation on the Initial Elastic Modulus of Sands,"
Master Thesis, Clarkson College of Technology, 1981.

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Russell Jernigan, Ph.D., P.E., P.G.

"Pore Pressures in Partially Saturated Soil: A Case History",
with Smith, M.G. and Arita, A.A., 2000, GeoDenver 2000

"The Physical Modeling of Soils Containing Oversized Particles",
Jernigan, R.L. 1998, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado

"The Directional Dilatometer: A New Option To Determine Rock Mass Deformability",
with Amadei, B., Valverde, M., et.al., 1995, Proceedings Pressurementer Conference

"Environmental Challenges During the Reconstruction of Echo Lake Dam",
with Regan P.J., 1993, USCOLD

"Seismic Rehabilitation of Echo Lake Dam",
with O'Connell, D.P., 1993 Proceedings of Geotechnical Practice in Dam Rehabilitation, ASCE

"Foundation Investigations of Concrete Dams",
Jernigan, R.L., 1991, WaterPower 91, ASCE

"Soil Nails as Temporary Powerhouse Excavation Support",
Jernigan, R.L., 1991, WaterPower

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Arthur J. McGinn, Ph.D.

"Performance of Deep Excavations in Boston Marine Clay Stabilized by Deep Mixing Methods", McGinn, A.J., (2003), Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

"Performance of Deep Mixing Methods at Fort Point Channel", with McGinn, A.J., O'Rourke, T.D., (2003), prepared for Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Massachusetts Highway Department, and Federal Highway Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

"Case Study of Excavation Base Stability in Deep Marine Clay",
with O'Rourke, T.D. Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities (GSP 94), Eds. Lutenegger, A.J. and DeGroot, ASCE, Reston, VA.

"Case History of an Excavation Stabilized by Deep Mixing Methods",
with O'Rourke, T.D., Dewsnap, J., and Stewart, H.E., (1998), Design and Construction of Earth Retaining Systems (GSP 83), Eds. Finno, R.J., Hashash, Y., Ho, C.L., and Sweeney, B.P., ASCE, Reston, VA, pp.41-62.

"Study of Stability and Soil Mix Performance during Dredging Adjacent to Ramp D",
with O'Rourke, T.D., (1999), prepared for Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Massachusetts Highway Department, and Federal Highway Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

"Parametric Study of Proposed Excavation for Ramp D Sta. 29+00",
with O'Rourke, T.D., (1998), prepared for Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Massachusetts Highway Department, and Federal Highway Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

"Performance of Excavations Stabilized by Deep Soil Mixing",
with O'Rourke, T.D., Dewsnap, J., and Stewart, H.E., (1997), prepared for Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Massachusetts Highway Department, and Federal Highway Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

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