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Wed, 3 March 2010 The Trenchless Australasia magazine team loves Trenchless Technology – do you?

Microtunnelling scheduled for Mardi-Mangrove

Thu, 25 February 2010 Construction of the Mardi-Mangrove Link in New South Wales is set to begin this month, with microtunnelling works under the Wyong River crossing to take place in June.

Loch Ness Monster seen in Adelaide

Tue, 23 February 2010 Nessie the tunnel boring machine has commenced tunnelling for marine works as part of the Adelaide Desalination Project.

HDD helps Hunter Water with upgrades

Wed, 17 February 2010 HDD and thrust boring are being used to install a new water main in Maitland and Cessnock in New South Wales as part of a water services upgrade program.

Sugarloaf opening boosts Melbourne’s water

Thu, 11 February 2010 Melbourne’s water supplies will be significantly boosted with Victorian Premier John Brumby and state Water Minister Tim Holding officially opening the Sugarloaf Pipeline, located in Victoria.

Scheduling the Mardi-Mangrove Link

Tue, 9 February 2010 The construction schedule for the Gosford and Wyong councils’ $A120 million Mardi-Mangrove Link Project, located in New South Wales, is expected to be released Friday 12 February, according to the Wyong Shire Council.

Laser boring the Bendigo sewer main

Mon, 8 February 2010 Laser boring will be used to install sections of the new 1.15 kilometre sewer trunk main in Bendigo, Victoria.

Trenchless to give Adelaide an extra jolt

Thu, 4 February 2010 Microtunnelling and HDD will be used to install a new 275 kilovolt underground transmission line from Torrens Island to Keswick Terminal in Adelaide, South Australia.

Contract awarded for Central Interceptor Project

Wed, 3 February 2010 Watercare Services has recently awarded the contract for the Central Interceptor Project in Auckland, New Zealand, to engineering consultants AECOM.

Environmental awareness wins the Qenos pipeline

Wed, 3 February 2010 Environmental awareness and sustainability has been the key factor in awarding the contract for a recycled water pipeline from the Altona Treatment Plant to Qenos Olefins in outer Melbourne, Victoria.

Casterton to Coleraine pipeline completed

Mon, 25 January 2010 Wannon Water has completed a 29 kilometre water pipeline running from Casterton to Coleraine, in western Victoria, which included 27 underground bores.

Glenelg - Adelaide Park Lands Recycled Water Pipeline completed

Wed, 20 January 2010 The $A76.25 million Glenelg to Adelaide Park Lands Recycled Water Pipeline, located in Adelaide, South Australia, has been completed four months ahead of schedule.

Quenching Cloncurry’s thirst

Tue, 19 January 2010 The residents of Cloncurry can now rest assured that they will have adequate supplies of water following the completion of the Cloncurry pipeline.

Southern Regional Water Pipeline takes the gold

Wed, 23 December 2009 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.

John Holland wins Mardi-Mangrove pipeline construction contract

Fri, 11 December 2009 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.

Tunnelling industry news

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 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.

Tunnelling around the world

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 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.

Around the curve

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 Precise navigation systems are one of the key elements for successful curved pipe jacking and microtunnelling.

Project Hobson tunnel complete

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 A high performance tunnel boring machine (TBM) – named Te Kaha, literally ‘the strength’ – has bored a three km tunnel, crossing Auckland’s Hobson Bay.

Connecting communities

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 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.

Bogong powers up in the high plains

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 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.

In conversation with Russell Cuttler

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 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.

State of the industry

Trenchless Australasia — Tunnelling Supplement 2009 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.

CMS shaft construction

Trenchless Australasia — December 2009 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.

Navigating the Northern Sewerage Project

Trenchless Australasia — December 2009 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.