City Rail Link’s Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), Dame Whina Cooper, broke through into the Aotea Station in central Auckland today, marking the end of its epic underground journey for the project and for the city.
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City Rail Link progress: One TBM on the move again, two others “retired”
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City Rail Link’s TBM has started the second leg of its four-stage journey below Auckland streets for the country’s largest transport infrastructure project.
A Short History of Tunnel Boring Machines TBMs
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Tunnel boring machines, or TBMs are giant machines used to build tunnels. Today, we bring you a short history of their development and use.
Melbourne’s Metro Tunnels Near Completion
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The Metro Tunnels will aim to free up space in Melbourne’s City Loop to increase the frequency of trains to and from the suburbs.
Yarra River Tunnels – TBMs Head Under
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12-meters under the Yarra River are two 1,100 tonne tunnel boring machines (TBM), as they excavate the final few hundred metres.
Snowy 2.0 Project Construction Milestone
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The landmark Snowy 2.0 project has passed a key construction milestone with commissioning underway for the first giant tunnel boring machine.
Tunnel boring machines arrive in Qld to dig Cross River Rail tunnels
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Two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) have arrived in Queensland to be fitted out and deployed to dig Cross River Rail’s twin tunnels.
Metro Tunnel construction continues with all four TBMs digging the twin tunnels
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All four of the Metro Tunnel’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are now digging the project’s twin tunnels across Melbourne, with the launch of TBM Meg from the Arden site in North Melbourne
Tunnelling begins on the Cross River Rail in Brisbane
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Tunnelling has officially started on Queensland’s largest,game-changing underground rail project Cross River Rail.
Metro Tunnel a critical piece of the puzzle in keeping Victorians in work
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Creating some 7000 jobs over the life of the project, the Metro Tunnel is a critical piece of the puzzle in keeping Victorians in work and our state on-track for recovery.
The top infrastructure stories of 2019 – Australia
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2019 was a huge year for the Australian infrastructure sector, with unprecedented spending in various road and rail major projects. Here are the top stories of 2019.
The Australian Tunneling Industry
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Australia’s never had such a prolific tunnelling infrastructure boom in its entire history with $28 billion tunnelling-related projects.
