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HNTB appoints Hariharan senior tunnel engineer
He continues working on the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project in Los Angeles as lead engineer for construction support service.
August 5, 2019
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Murali Hariharan, PE, GE, has been appointed senior tunnel engineer for the national tunnel practice of HNTB Corp. He continues working on the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project in Los Angeles as lead engineer for construction support services and has undertaken geotechnical tasks on XpressWest High Speed Rail project from Victorville, Calif., to Las Vegas, Nevada, being provided at an accelerated schedule. He is based in HNTB’s downtown Los Angeles office.
Hariharan has more than 18 years of structural and geotechnical engineering experience in the design of tunnels, shafts, deep excavation support, slope stability and underground structures in a wide range of geotechnical conditions.
He joined HNTB in 2014 and, in addition to working on the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project and XpressWest, has worked on California High Speed Rail Project Segment CP4 in Bakersfield, California, and the San Juan Capistrano Passing Siding Project in Orange County, Calif., among others.
Prior to joining HNTB, Hariharan worked on tunnel projects for Metrolink/Southern California Regional Rail Authority, California Department of Transportation, Ottawa Light Rail Transit, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and San Diego County Water Authority. He also has been project engineer for tunnel projects in New York City, Vancouver, B.C., and Melbourne, Australia.
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