Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) are not given a second thought these days, today we look at the evolution of this innovative piece of machine
Tag: TBM
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Metro Tunnels Near Completion
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.
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Yarra River Tunnels – TBMs Head Under
12-meters under the Yarra River are two 1,100 tonne tunnel boring machines (TBM), as they excavate the final few hundred metres.
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Snowy 2.0 Project Construction Milestone
The landmark Snowy 2.0 project has passed a key construction milestone with commissioning underway for the first giant tunnel boring machine.
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Tunnel boring machines arrive in Qld to dig Cross River Rail tunnels
Two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) have arrived in Queensland to be fitted out and deployed to dig Cross River Rail’s twin tunnels.
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Metro Tunnel construction continues with all four TBMs digging the twin tunnels
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
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Tunnelling begins on the Cross River Rail in Brisbane
Tunnelling has officially started on Queensland’s largest,game-changing underground rail project Cross River Rail.
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Metro Tunnel a critical piece of the puzzle in keeping Victorians in work
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.
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The top infrastructure stories of 2019 – Australia
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.
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It’s time to go down the hole – the Australian Tunneling industry
Australia’s never had such a prolific tunnelling infrastructure boom in its entire history with $28 billion tunnelling-related projects.
