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Sarasota News Leader November 15, 2013 Page 26 was the lubricant under extreme pressure, "fracking" to the surface, similar to the oil shale "fracking" process used in parts of the United States, especially in the West. Staheli recommended more robust pipe be used for this attempt, either steel or polymer concrete. And she recommended a careful lubrication regimen, along with the use of additives to counteract the impact of salt water. She further recommended a deeper route under the bayou. After delivering her remarks, Staheli departed to begin laying out geotechnical electrodes to get a better understanding of the strata around and under the bayou. The readings will be compared to various core samples that have already been taken in the area. "Her job and our job is to reduce the risk to the city," said Robert Garland, the project Kimberlie Staheli is the president of Staheli Trenchless Consultants. Photo courtesy of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology manager for the new contractor, McKim & Creed. A report issued last year by Andrew Robinson of Boregis Ltd. of the United Kingdom provided a top-to-bottom review of the AECOM effort as part of an ongoing lawsuit between the company and the city over the failed $12.5 million project. The report found AECOM had no experience in microtunneling. Instead, the company relied on the expertise of a Palmetto firm, Huxted Tunneling. Robert Garland is the new project manager on the Lift Station 87 initiative. Photo by Stan Zimmerman The pipe under the bayou will lead to a new sewage lift station, No. 87, near the intersection of U.S. 41 and U.S. 301, south of downtown. It will replace the old and infamous Lift Station No. Seven. The latter failed twice, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage into the bayou, which leads immediately to Sarasota Bay. %