Interview with Robert Albee, Big Dig Engineer (OH-077, transcript and recording)

Interview with Robert Albee, Big Dig Engineer (OH-077, transcript and recording)

2011

Robert Albee discusses his public works career which included service as chief engineer for the Boston Public Works Department and Public Improvement Commission during the 1980s, a position as director of construction services for the Boston Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel (Big Dig) project during the 1990s, a term as president of the American Public Works Association in 1998, and work as managing director of telecommunications engineering for the firm of Vanasse, Hangen, Brustlin, Inc. during the first decade of the twenty-first century. Much of the interview focuses on the challenges of public works projects in a 400-year old city such as Boston. The interview was conducted jointly by the Moakley Archive and the American Public Works Association.

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OH-077

Howington, Julia

Jacobson, Charles

Albee, Robert

7:42:31