article_snippet: Contractors building a highway tunnel under Seattle are preparing to remove the world's largest  boring machine so that the world's largest   can be repaired.
article_snippet: its stalling left crews working on the $80million project scrambling to determine how to rescue and repair the five-storey, 2,000-ton drill.
article_snippet: Now managers of the $80million project scrambling to determine how to rescue and repair the five-storey, 2,000-ton drill are preparing to show off the cutting head as the refurbishment takes place.
article_snippet: Workers are now preparing to fully extract the gigantic mechanism.
article_snippet: Supporters, including Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, have said it was important to make sure the $80million project scrambling to determine how to rescue and repair the five-storey, 2,000-ton drill is completed.
article_snippet: State transportation officials, contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), and manufacturer Hitachi Zosen were readying next steps in Bertha's removal and repair, a project spokeswoman said on Friday. '
article_snippet: Along with mechanical issues, the $80million project scrambling to determine how to rescue and repair the five-storey, 2,000-ton drill has been set back by other concerns.
article_snippet: Chris Dixon, manager of the Seattle Tunnel Project, speaks to the media as Matt Preedy, Deputy Program Administrator at Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), looks on near the access pit where the cutting head will be lifted out .
highlights_snippet: It left crews scrambling to determine the best way to fix the drill - which weighs around 2,000 tons .
  