Posts In: Tunnelling

The New Zealand Tunnelling Society (NZTS) will hold a short course on 5 October in Auckland focused on the topic of ‘Managing Uncertainty: Aspects of underground infrastructure delivery in New Zealand’.

CIMIC Group has appointed Michael Wright as its Deputy CEO, effective immediately.

Queensland Urban Utilities is relying on Trenchless Technology to construct almost AU$175 million of major water and sewerage projects that are currently underway.

Registration for Australasia’s only dedicated Trenchless Technology conference, No-Dig Down Under (NDDU), closes on Friday 8 September 2017.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan have inspected a mini tunnel boring machine (TBM) that has started relocating utilities in preparation for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel under St Kilda Road.

The Forrestfield-Airport Link’s first tunnel boring machine (TBM) has begun operations on the project in Perth, Western Australia.

The ASTT has successfully hosted a Technical Forums in Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand during July.

John Holland has appointed Rod Heale as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).

After the first stage of tunnelling was completed a year ago, Sydney Metro has prepared to start tunnelling under Sydney harbour and through Sydney’s CBD.

The Victorian Government has revealed the joint venture (JV) that has been selected to build the AU$6 billion Metro Tunnel and announced that nearly 7,000 new jobs will be created by the project.

John Holland has been awarded the contract to tunnel underneath Sydney Harbour as part of the AU$2.81 billion Sydney Metro project.

The first of two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will be used on the AU$1.86 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link has arrived onsite.

Advertising opportunities are available for the 2017 edition of the Australasian Trenchless Directory.

Work has started to relocate utilities at one of the Forrestfield Airport Link’s major construction sites in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

The first portion of microtunnelling has been completed on a new rail infrastructure project in Auckland, New Zealand.

The CEO of one of the largest transport infrastructure projects even undertaken in Australia, will make a presentation on the project at an event in Melbourne next month.

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed a new Geotechnics and Tunnels Team Manager in New Zealand.

The company has expanded its Australian and New Zealand transport team with the addition of six tunnelling specialists.

William Cox, a spokesperson for infrastructure and asset management consultancy firm Aurecon Group, has praised the Federal Government’s support of metro rail projects in the most recent Federal Budget.

The Melbourne Metro Rail Authority (MMRA) has opened expressions of interest (EOIs) to join the Public Private Partnership (PPP) that will deliver the Melbourne Metro rail project, and is anticipating applications from several international companies.

The Victorian Government is now seeking expressions of interest to join the Public Private Partnership that will deliver the Melbourne Metro Rail Project.

Sydney Metro is now inviting expressions of interest for the second stage of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project, which involves the construction of twin rail tunnels under Sydney Harbour.

The NSW Chapter of the ASTT will hold its first 2016 Technical Forum on 27 April at the Parramatta RSL in Sydney.

John Holland recently confirmed the latest TBM breakthrough on Yarra Valley Water’s Amaroo Main Sewer Project.

Our list includes Australian utilities, significant industry associations, and major infrastructure project channels.

The Melbourne Metro Rail Project has caught the attention of 44 organisations from 11 different countries.