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Australia: Contractors CPB, Ghella and UGL abandon the $3.1 billion M6 project after sinkhole emerges during tunnelling
CPB, Ghella and UGL (CGU) have terminated their contract with the Transport for NSW. Reportedly for tunnelling conditions which could not be foreseen.
Right after he emergence of the sinkholes, Sydney Morning Herald has written that the contractor CPB had opted for a cheaper and riskier tunnelling strategy.
All in the Herald's reporting:
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M6 motorway works to cease after CPB pursued risky strategy despite sinkholes
www.smh.com.auAll work will cease indefinitely on the M6 motorway in Sydney’s south, after the contractors advised Transport for NSW the contract on the $3.1 billion project had been “terminated” because of ground conditions that “could not have been anticipated...