The bespoke facility at Eastern Creek will be used to manufacture more than 70,000 precast concrete segments needed to line the Sydney Metro West twin tunnels from The Bays to Sydney Olympic Park. The shed is 27 metres wide, 175 metres long and almost 12 metres at its highest point. More than 31,000 tonnes of […]
With a growing pipeline of major transport infrastructure projects transforming Victoria’s road and rail networks, there is an increase in demand for the construction of underground tunnels using the shield tunneling method. Such tunnels need to be designed for fire resistance in order to preserve both structural integrity and serviceability in the event of a […]
Riyadh Metro´s Head Contractor has started installing precast girders on line 6 which extends along Sheikh Hassan Ben Husain Ben Ali Road in East Riyadh. Line 6 “The Purple Line” is 29,7km long which includes 8km of underground tunnels and 9 stations, and is being constructed by FAST Consortium according to the official Twitter […]
Melbourne is experiencing a once-in-a-generation infrastructure boom. Construction is underway on the $11 Billion MetroTunnel which will untangle Melbourne’s city loop so that more trains can run more often across the city. Works to build the massive 9km twin rail tunnels and five new underground stations are also underway. This job employs four tunnel boring […]