The residents of Cloncurry can now rest assured that they will have adequate supplies of water following the completion of the Cloncurry pipeline.
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Southern Regional Water Pipeline takes the gold
The Southern Regional Water Pipeline Alliance has won a Gold Award in the transport and civil infrastructure category at the 2009 Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA) Awards for Excellence for its work on the South East Queensland Water Grid Interconnection pipeline system.
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John Holland wins Mardi-Mangrove pipeline construction contract
The Wyong Shire Council has awarded an $A65 million contract to John Holland for construction on the Mardi-Mangrove Link Project, located in New South Wales. The project includes microtunnelling under Wyong River.
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Special edition: Tunnelling Supplement
The inaugural edition of Tunnelling, brought to you by Great Southern Press - the publishers of Trenchless Australasia, celebrates Australasia's dynamic tunnelling industry.
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In conversation with Russell Cuttler
John Holland Group's tunnelling business has achieved numerous milestones in the previous twelve months. In Victoria, Australia's second longest pipe jack tunnel was completed on the Sugarloaf Pipeline Project and a 3 m diameter tunnel boring machine was launched as part of the Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement Project.
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State of the industry
The industry has experienced a shifting emphasis on certain project types in recent years. Firstly it was road tunnels, then tunnels for desalination plants. Now the emphasis seems to be on underground metros. Whatever the emphasis, the increasing needs of our population - particularly in urban environments - has meant that the Australasian tunnelling industry has kept busy through the recession and is set to surge ahead in the years to come.
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CMS shaft construction
The trenchless industry is technologically advanced and consistently innovative. Cutter soil mixing technology is one such example that has been developed to construct shafts for microtunnelling projects. Norman Joyal told delegates at Trenchless Australasia 2009 about one of the first projects in the United States using this technology to build microtunnelling shafts.
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Navigating the Northern Sewerage Project
The Northern Sewerage Project will increase the capacity of the sewerage system for Melbourne's northern suburbs. The NSP Project Director Rob Muley spoke to Trenchless Australasia, providing a project update and status report on the three tunnel boring machines - Gemma, Victoria and Julia - named by a local primary school.
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Tunnelling industry news
First soil shifted for Victoria Park Tunnel Project
New Zealand Transport Minister Steven Joyce shifted the first soil in November for the Victoria Park Tunnel project, marking the commencement of construction for Auckland's first urban motorway tunnel.
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New Zealand Transport Minister Steven Joyce shifted the first soil in November for the Victoria Park Tunnel project, marking the commencement of construction for Auckland's first urban motorway tunnel.
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Tunnelling around the world
China
In a country of 1.6 billion people, The People's Republic of China is experiencing an unprecedented amount of economic growth, industrialisation and urbanisation. In order to ensure quality of life, it is necessary for infrastructure to continue to develop at the same pace as the population and development of China's megacities. As such, the extension and modernisation of traffic tunnels and efficient supply and disposal systems are a top priority in the People's Republic of China.
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In a country of 1.6 billion people, The People's Republic of China is experiencing an unprecedented amount of economic growth, industrialisation and urbanisation. In order to ensure quality of life, it is necessary for infrastructure to continue to develop at the same pace as the population and development of China's megacities. As such, the extension and modernisation of traffic tunnels and efficient supply and disposal systems are a top priority in the People's Republic of China.
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Around the curve
Precise navigation systems are one of the key elements for successful curved pipe jacking and microtunnelling.
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Project Hobson tunnel complete
A high performance tunnel boring machine (TBM) - named Te Kaha, literally "÷the strength' - has bored a three km tunnel, crossing Auckland's Hobson Bay.
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Connecting communities
Tunnelling is an essential component of $A4.8 billion Airport Link, Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) and Airport Roundabout Upgrade projects in Brisbane, Queensland - Australia's largest road infrastructure project.
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Bogong powers up in the high plains
The Bogong Power Development Project has been officially opened by Victorian Premier John Brumby. Earlier in the year Lucy Rochlin visited the site, getting up close with the project's tunnel boring machine, Aurora Australis.
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Sandy to tunnel under Frankston
Sandy the TBM has been officially christened by the Pipelines Alliance and will begin tunnelling under Frankston in January 2010 as part of the Frankston Drainage Improvement Project, located on greater Melbourne's peninsula.
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Bogong officially open for clean energy business
The Bogong Hydro Electric Scheme has been officially opened by Victorian Premier John Brumby.
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Four companies vying for Mardi-Mangrove Link
Tenders are currently being reviewed for the Mardi-Mangrove Link Project in Central Coast New South Wales.
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Adelaide desal TBMs christened by kids
South Australian Minister for Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald has joined students from the Hallett Cove Primary School at the Adelaide Desalination Plant construction site to welcome the arrival of Cora the Bora and Nessie - two 150 tonne tunnel boring machines.
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SRWP highly commended by AAA
The Southern Regional Water Pipeline (SRWP) project has been awarded a High Commendation at the Alliancing Association of Australia's (AAA) Excellence Awards for its extensive microtunnelling work.
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Tenders invited for pipe jacking
Sydney Water is inviting tenders for water main renewal works by installing concrete sleeving pipe and steel mains by pipe jacking in Homebush.
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WDS releases third annual report
WDS Limited has released its Annual Report 2009 outlining its current projects and financial situations.
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McDow closes tunnel door on Bogong
McConnell Dowell has completed the final inspection of the waterway and closed the tunnel plug door at the Bogong Power Development Project, located in Victoria's high country.
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Frankston flood protection with tunnel boring machine
Melbourne Water has announced $A41 million to build a stormwater drain to help improve drainage in Frankston and provide increased protection from flooding, using a tunnel boring machine.
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Botany Bay pipelines completed for Sydney
The construction of twin seven kilometre pipelines crossing Botany Bay, located in New South Wales, has been completed as part of the water delivery infrastructure component of the Sydney Desalination Project. The desal project involved the use of microtunnelling.
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TBM helps hydrate Melbourne
The Sugarloaf Pipeline Project involves the construction of a 70 kilometre pipeline linking the Goulburn River near Yea to the Sugarloaf Reservoir in Melbourne's northeast, including an 830 metre tunnel completed with a tunnel boring machine.
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Digging deep for the Airport Tunnel Link
In April 2009, Tunnel Boring Australia (TBA) was awarded a pipe jacking contract from Setlow Constructions as part of the Thiess John Holland Airport Link Project in Brisbane. The Airport Link is a tunnelled motorway road project for the northern suburbs of Brisbane with an estimated construction cost of around $A4 billion.
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