As the legally designated depository library for Massachusetts state publications and a selective depository library, the State Library has collected an extensive collection of documents and other publications relating to the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project. Many items are available in both paper and electronic format.
Among the over 140 documents and other publications available are:
Available Documents:
Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
- Big Dig - Cost Recovery
Mass Room 500.1M3 P675 R63 2004
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
- [Metropolitan Highway System "Stem to Stern" Safety Review Final Close-out Report and Supporting Documents]
Mass Room 620M3 M48 2008
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/36353 - Web Resources on the Big Dig
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
- Big Dig Management Consultant and Designers to Pay $450 Million (2008)
Mass Room 340M3 B54 2008
http://www.mass.gov/ago/news-and-updates/press-releases/2008/big-dig-4582-million-global-agreement.html
Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor
- Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project's Outstanding funding issue with Massachusetts Port Authority (2008)
http://www.mass.gov/auditor/docs/audits/2008/200705103c2.pdf - Central Artery / Third Harbor Tunnel Project (CA/T) Accounting for All Costs Related to Inspecting and Repairing Tunnel Walls and Ceilings (2007)
http://www.mass.gov/auditor/docs/audits/2007/200705103c1.pdf
- Independent State Auditor's report on certain activities of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's Central Artery/ Third Harbor Tunnel Contract C22A1 (2005)
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35675
- State Auditor's Cost Recovery Referral on Certain Activities of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project Waterproofing.
Mass Room 336.7M3 A91 C4682 2004
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35674 - Independent State Auditor's report on the activities of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's Central Artery/ Third Harbor Tunnel force accounts : January 1994 through November 2002.
Mass Room 336.7M3 A91 C465 2003
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35677
- Independent State Auditor's report on certain activities of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's Central Artery/ Third Harbor Tunnel - Force Accounts (2002)
Mass Room 336.7M3 A91 T876 2002
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35673
- Independent State Auditor's report on certain activities of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's Central Artery/ Third Harbor Tunnel management contingency : October 1, 2001 through March 31, 2002.
Mass Room 336.7M3 A91 M3782 2002
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35678 - Independent State Auditor's report on certain activities of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's oversight over certain design and construction activities relating to the North/South Rail Link in Boston : November 1, 1989 through December 31, 2000.
Mass Room 336.7M3 A91 M378 2001
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35679 - Independent State Auditor's report on the activities of the Central Artery/ Third Harbor Tunnel Project Wrap-Up Insurance Program : November 1, 1992 through October 31, 1999.
Mass Room 336.7M3 A91 C461 2000
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35676
Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General
- Maintenance & Inspection of Covered Roadways & Highway Decks, Letter to John Cogliano, Chairman, MA Turnpike Authority, April 2007
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/cat-air-rights.pdf - Interim Review of the Partial Collapse of the Interstate 90 Ceiling & the Obligations of Various Commonwealth Entities to Inspect, Maintain, & Certify the Safety of the Tunnel, letter to Senator Steven Baddour & Representative Joseph Wagner, Oct 2006
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/bigdigcollapse.pdf - An Analysis of Construction Projects within the Commonwealth: January 2000 to December 2004, Revision One, May 2006
Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General
Mass Room 340.9M3 A632 2007
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35327
- Surety Bonds and the Central/Artery Tunnel Project, letter to Chairman Matthew J. Amorello, September 2005
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35333
- A Review of Big Dig Professional Liability Insurance Coverage, June 2005
Mass Room 340.9M3 L533 2005
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35331 - A Big Dig Cost Recovery Referral: Dewey Square Air Intake Structure, March 2005.
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35326 - A Big Dig Cost Recovery Referral: Waterproofing Mismanagement by Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff in East Boston, March 2005.
Mass Room 340.9M3 B548 2005
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35329 - A Big Dig Cost Recovery Referral: Paving Mismanagement by Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, January 2005.
Mass Room 340.9M3 B5462 2005
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35328 - A Big Dig Cost Recovery Proposal: Trench Drain Failures Led to Cost Increases
November 2004.
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catrench.pdf
- Big Dig Water Leaks, letter to Chairman Matthew Amorello from Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan and Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35330 - Investigation Leads to $146 Million Big Dig Lawsuit
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catcostr.pdf
- A Big Dig Cost Recovery Referral: Poor Contract Oversight by Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff May Have Led to Cost Increases
Mass Room 340.9M3 B546 2004
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/costreco.pdf - A Big Dig Cost Recovery Referral: Contract Mismanagement by Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff May Have Increased Big Dig Costs
Mass Room 340.9M3 B545 2003
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catref.pdf - Proposal to Pursue Big Dig Cost Recovery: Ceiling Installation in the Ted Williams Tunnel
Mass Room 340.9M3 P766 2003
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catbolts2.pdf - Analysis of Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff's Reply to The Boston Globe's Investigative News Series Concerning the Big Dig
Mass Room 340.9M3 A53 2003
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catglbrp.pdf - A Recommendation for Cost Recovery Against the Big Dig's Management Consultant: Grout Heave-Related Contractor Claims on the C11A1 Contract
Mass Room 340.9M3 B43 2003
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catgrout.pdf
- A History of Central Artery/Tunnel Project Finances 1994 - 2001: Report to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth
Mass Room 340.9M3 C463 2001
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/history-central-artery-tunnel-project-finances-1994-2001-march-2001.html
- Proposal to Pursue Big Dig Cost Recovery: Ceiling Installation in the Ted Williams Tunnel
Mass Room 340.9M3 P766 2003
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catbolts2.pdf - A Review of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project Cost Recovery Program
Mass Room 340.9M3 C46 2000
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/review-central-artery-tunnel-project-cost-recovery-program-dec-2000.html - Central Artery/Tunnel Project : management issues and recommendations, 1993-2000
Mass Room 340.9M3 C48 2000 - Statutorily Mandated Reviews of Central Artery/Tunnel Project Building Construction Contracts 1997-1999
Mass Room 340.9M3 S732 1999
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/catmatrt.pdf - A Review of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project's Use of Anchor Bolts on the C05B1 Tunnel Finishes Contract
Mass Room 340.9M3 R48 1998
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35332 - A Review of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project's Materials Testing Laboratory Function
Mass Room 340M3 R475 1997
http://www.mass.gov/ig/publications/reports-and-recommendations/central-artery-big-dig/review-central-artery-tunnel-project-materials-testing-laboratory-function-dec-1997.html - Oversight plan for the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project
Mass Room 500.1M3 P675 O93 1995
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/48819
National Transportation Safety Board
- Ceiling Collapse in the Interstate 90 Connector Tunnel, Boston, Massachusetts, July 10, 2006 (2007)
HE5614.4 B7 U55 2007
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2007/HAR0702.pdf
United States Department of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration
- FHWA tunnel leak assessment Boston Central Artery interim report
HE356.5.B6 F49 2005
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/centralarterytunnel/index.htm - Federal Task Force on the Boston Central Artery Tunnel Project Review of Project Oversight and Costs, March 31, 2000
HE356.5.B7 U56 2000
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/114378 - Metropolitan Transportation Management Center, a Case Study: Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Integrated Project Control System, Responding to Incidents Rapidly and Effectively, October, 1999
http://tmcpfs.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/cfprojects/uploaded_files/11063.pdf
United States Department of Transportation - Office of the Inspector General
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Safety Review of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project was Comprehensive, But FHWA's Oversight Approach has Shortcomings (2010)
HE356.6.B6 C66 2010
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/50070 - Report on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project May 2007 Finance Plan Update (2008)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4240 - Initial Assessment of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project Stem To Stern Safety Review (2007)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4843 - Final Report on the Independence of Central Artery/Tunnel Project Inspection Contractors (2007)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4650 - Impact of Water Leaks on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project and Remaining Risks (Testimony of the Inspector General before the House Committee on Government Reform at a field hearing in Boston, MA on April 22, 2005)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4197 - Status of Audit Report on the 2004 Central Artery/Tunnel Project Finance Plan (2005)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/3875 - Water Leaks Within the I-93 Tunnels of the Central Artery Project (Testimony before the Joint Committee of Transportation of the 183rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Debra S Ritt, Assistant Inspector General for Surface and Maritime Projects on December 2, 2004)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4192 - Report on the October 2003 Finance Plan for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (2004)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4637 - Follow-Up on Central Artery/Tunnel Project's Owner-Controlled Insurance Program (2003)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4789 - Oversight of the Cost Recovery Program of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (2003)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/5007 - October 2002 Finance Plan for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (2003)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4543 - FHWA Actions to Recover Excess Reserves from Central Artery Owner Controlled Insurance Program (2002)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4540 - Report on the October 2001 Finance Plan for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (2002)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4539 - October 2000 Finance Plan for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4532 - Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel Project Highlights Need for Effective Federal Oversight
(Written Statement of testimony given on May 3, 2000, at a hearing before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4948 - Current Costs and Funding of the Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel Project
HE 356.5 B6 C877 2000
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4946 - Overpayment of Premiums for the Central Artery Project's Owner Controlled Insurance Program
HE 356.5 B7 O94 1999
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4939 - Report on the Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel Project (April 3, 1998)
TE 250 .R47 1998
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4921 - Management Advisory Memorandum on Relocation of Utilities, Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel (1997)
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4797 - Quality of Construction, Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel (1996)
TE250 .Q35 1996
http://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/4796
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