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    • Steve McMillan

      Interesting pics of #Sydney Metro's underwater #tunnel construction 40 metres beneath the ocean floor. https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a191208gtauj/tunnel-vision-the-pics-that-show-the-scale-of-sydneys-underwater-commute-20191209 #sidneyMetro #tunnels #Australia

      Tags: Sydney, tunnel, sidneyMetro, tunnels, Australia

      • Lutz Genscher

        With #Herrenknecht Mixshield Tunnel Boring Machine Kathleen, consortium of contractors, John Holland/CPB/Ghella has completed boring the first of two metro railway tunnels up to 40m deep under Sydney Harbour in an historic milestone for public transport in Sydney. https://tunnellingjournal.com...

        Tags: Herrenknecht, Australia, GermanTBMs, Herrenknecht, Australia, GermanTBMs

        • Roger N.R. Denton

          Stage one of M6 motorway from #Sydney's Arncliffe to Kogarah receives formal approval It is comprised of 4 kilometre twin #tunnels from the New M5 motorway at Arncliffe to President Avenue, Kogarah. A contract will be awarded in December 2020, with construction to begin by early 2022 and the r...

          Tags: Sydney, tunnels, Australia

          • Robert Storman

            'How stupid could you be?' #Andrews government rezones West Gate tunnel land, doubles own bill. A developer that bought land in Altona North next to the West Gate Freeway for $8.7 million in 2017 more than doubled their money after the Andrews government rezoned the site – and then acquired th...

            Tags: Andrews, Australia, Corruption, Andrews, Australia, Corruption

            • Steve McMillan

              As a client, what is the senior executive of Transport for NSW with Mega Projects looking for?

                I like the part about improving the bidding process for contractors by holding workshops with them. This is an interview with the relatively newly appointed, a fresh import from UK, senior executive of Transport for NSW Paul McCormick. He happens to be owner of the major tunnelling p...

              Tags: Australia

              • Tim Altman

                Melbourne's West Gate Workers are Victim of Others' Greed and Incompetence

                  There has been a deadlock at Melbourne's West Gate tunnel construction. Contractors (John Holland and CPB Contractors) have switched off the tunnel boring machines and fired 137 workers, according to the Australian press. The dispute is between the contractors and the Victorian...

                Tags: John Holland, CPB Contractors, Victoria, Australia, exploitation

                • Tim Altman

                  Melbourne's West Gate Workers are Victim of Others' Greed and Incompetence https://tunnelcontact.com/discussion/view/10915/melbournes-west-gate-workers-are-victim-of-others-greed-and-incompetence #WestGate #JohnHolland #CPBcontractors #Melbourne #Australia

                  Tags: WestGate, JohnHolland, CPBcontractors, Melbourne, Australia

                  • Robert Storman

                    Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel builders had no road map for big dig dump plan

                    Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel builders had no road map for big dig dump plan Leaked documents from the West Gate builders (John Holland, CPB Contractors) show they had not settled on a transport plan or a dump site for the 2.3 million tonnes of soil as late as last October, two months after...

                    Tags: Australia

                    • Roger N.R. Denton

                      Despite West Gate Drama, Transurban's CEO is Upbeat for More Projects

                        One of his biggest projects, Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel construction is going through a project nightmare but Transurban CEO is talking about even more projects. I don't know what to think about it https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/transurban-sees-growth-at-end-of-tunnel-d...

                      Tags: public money, Australia

                      • Roger N.R. Denton

                        Councils launch North East Link legal challenge and ask the extension of tunnels

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a7Rs4mA24k A legal channel by Banyule, Boroondara and Whitehorse councils may delay the North East Link for months. Brisbane Times reports that the councils argue the draft design Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne signed off on was not developed enough ...

                        Tags: Australia, Victoria, NorthEastLink