Ausgrid, formally known as EnergyAustralia, will be using a tunnel boring machine as part of the Sydney CityGrid project to construct a new tunnel linking into the existing network of CBD tunnels.
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Industry comes together for relining in Sydney
In the lead up to No-Dig Down Under 2011, ASTT, along with Great Southern Press, hosted a trenchless networking event on the future of relining.
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Future tender opportunities
Queensland Urban Utilities is in the advanced planning stage for the Auchenflower branch sewer in Brisbane.
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Don’t miss a major Melbourne tunnelling event
The Future of Tunnelling seminar, hosted and supported by Melbourne Water, will be held on 14 April 2011 and will provide guests with an outlook on the future of tunnelling as well as networking drinks.
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Linking Queensland’s water supply
Microtunnelling was recently used to complete the Northern Pipeline Interconnector - Stage 2 Project. Connecting the Queensland water supply via a 48 km underground, reverse-flow water pipeline, the project completed the longest pipe jack in the southern hemisphere.
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New Zealand expansion to aid sewage works
Jacobs Associates has added to its Australasian presence, opening an office in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Darwin’s CBD gets jacked up
A project to upgrade the wastewater system in Darwin, Northern Territory, will use microtunnelling to bring the city's network up to modern standards.
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Breaking ground around the globe
In the past year, tunnelling projects have broken ground and finished up around the world. From high profile water transfer lines through the Andes to new metro tunnels, just metres below city streets, tunnel boring machine (TBM) tunnelling is more challenging, and more innovative, than ever.
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Frankston to be flood-ready
Tunnelling work to protect Frankston from floods during severe wet weather have been completed as part of the Frankston Drainage Improvement Project in Victoria.
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Gemma can rest after two and a half years of tunnelling
The final tunnel has been completed as part of the $A650 million Northern Sewerage Project, located in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
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Justification of a novel pipe-in-tunnel approach to a river crossing
As part of a major pipeline construction project, Laing O'Rourke was required to install a section of pipeline beneath a river estuary. Due to a number of reasons it was not possible to negotiate the crossing using conventional techniques such as horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and an alternate method had to be sought.
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New equipment for geothermal
Vermeer has introduced the industry-first flex-angle drill, capable of completing steep-angle geothermal loop installations. Heating and cooling using geothermal energy is an emerging industry that will be a boon to trenchless contractors.
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Going forward and under in Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay Regional Council, which services a rapidly-growing region just north of Brisbane, has recently undertaken a $A6 million contract to upgrade the sewer system at Murrumba Downs. Part of this contract involved the installation of sewer pipe using Trenchless Technology.
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Balnarring beach – Trenchless Technology
Delving deep into the archives of trenchless projects, Trenchless Australasia reviews the Balnarring beach project - when all options seemed exhausted, Trenchless Technology saved the day.
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Frankston tunnelling nearing completion
A major tunnelling operation under Frankston to reduce flooding is nearing completion in Melbourne's southern suburb as part of the Frankston Drainage Improvement project.
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Yarra Valley Water invests in water and sewerage services
Yarra Valley Water, the water utility servicing north and east Melbourne, has invested over $A180 million in major infrastructure during the past financial year including leak reduction, relining and projects using tunnel boring machines.
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Construction begins on the Melbourne to Geelong Pipeline
Victorian Premier John Brumby turned the first sod for the Melbourne to Geelong Pipeline; the largest infrastructure project in Barwon Water's 100 year history.
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Tendering up for Kyneton pipeline
Coliban Water is inviting tender submissions for the construction of a recycled water pipeline in Kyneton using boring methods.
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Darwin’s wastewater evolution
A project to upgrade Darwin's wastewater system will use microtunnelling to bring the city up to modern standards.
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Urgent call for microtunnellers
Brisbane City Council have invited tenders for a project involving microtunnelling at Bousfield Steet, Paddington, Queensland.
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That’s one big bore
The Airport Link Project team was joined by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh to witness the lowering of Australia's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) cutterhead into the ground at Kalinga Park, Queensland.
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Rockin’ the suburbs
Water Corporation has started work on a new sewer pipeline in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia that will use microtunnelling.
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Halfway there for the Melbourne Sewer
The 2.3 km Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement from Port Melbourne to Docklands, Victoria, has reached its half way point.
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Drilling – never a bore!
Country Energy's Lismore to Mullumbimby (via Ballina) upgrade may have set a new world record, with two teenage drillers possibly being the youngest to complete the task in South Lismore, New South Wales.
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Sandy bores through
The first part of the major tunnelling operation for Frankston Drainage Improvement Project has been completed.
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Frankston Drainage Improvement Project
As a low lying area, Frankston on Melbourne's Peninsula is subject to serious flooding during severe wet weather. Tunnelling works are currently underway as part of the $A41 million Frankston Drainage Improvement Project, which is one of Melbourne Water's biggest projects and will provide increased protection from flooding and improve drainage in the area.
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