TBM ‘Joan’ breaking through to the western tunnel entrance at South Kensington.
https://www.metrotrains.com.au/a-breakthrough-moment-for-tunnel-boring-machine-joan/
#Melbourne
#Victoria's construction industry receives half a million to help #women enter the industry.
#Melbourne #MetroTunnelProject #Tunnels
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-22/victoria-working-to-get-more-women-into-construction/11623824
#Victoria’s largest public transport project – the Metro Tunnel – continues to move forward, with the second tunnel boring machine (TBM) Meg having started its journey.
https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/2019/11/12/operations-begin-on-metro-tunnels-second-tbm/
#australia #metroTunnel
InfraBuild.supplies the first batch of 100,000-tonne reinforcing steel to Melbourne West Gate Tunnel Project’s Footscray launch site.
https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/2019/12/17/australian-reinforcing-steel-for-melbournes-west-gate-tunnel/
#Victoria #tunnelling
#MetroTunnel amps up work.
#Melbourne Metro Tunnel’s second tunnel boring machine (TBM) Meg has progressed 50 meters...w.trenchless-australasia.com/2019/11/25/metro-tunnel-amps-up-work/
#Victoria #Melbourne...
With #Herrenknecht Mixshield Tunnel Boring Machine Kathleen, consortium of contractors,...y.
https://tunnellingjournal.com/tunnelling-history-made-sydney-harbour/
#Australia #GermanTBMs
Stage one of M6 motorway from #Sydney's Arncliffe to Kogarah receives formal approval...the plan).
https://www.theleader.com.au/story/6553065/m6-formally-approved/
#Australia
Berejiklian's latest stunt:120 properties to be forcibly acquired for $20b Sydney's Metro West rail line.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/120-properties-to-be-forcibly-acquired-for-20b-metro-west-rail-line-20191020-p532dq.html
#Australia
Australian Tunnelling Society's Air Quality Working Group (AQWG) wins the “Safety Initiative of the Year” award as part of the ITA Awards 2019.
http://www.ats.org.au/2019/11/20/aqwg-win-safety-initiative-of-the-year-at-ita-awards/
#ats #tunnelling #australia
The Berejiklian government's much-vaunted metro rail line from central Sydney to Parram...es-to-be-forcibly-acquired-for-20b-metro-west-rail-line-20191020-p532dq.html
#Australia