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 machines and utilizes a staggering 56,000 precast concrete segments to line these tunnels.
This massive, complex design and engineering project is the focus of this webinar.
The webinar will cover the following aspects of precast concrete production and construction on the MetroTunnel project –
- Site establishment -environmental and sustainability issues
- Production Process – concrete, QA/QC
- Technical information – REO vs steel fibre segments
- Objectives – strength, workability, sustainability
- Concrete durability – challenges due to sulphate and chloride attack
- Concrete fire performance– specifications and testing
- Innovation – concrete constituents, use of fibres, advanced curing methods.
It will be of great interest to all those involved in design and construction of major infrastructure.
Speakers
Carlos Sanabria
Carlos has over 14 years’ experience as a civil engineer in Australia and internationally working across major road and railway infrastructure projects, metro systems, building and industrial sectors. As Manager of the Metro Tunnel Project’s Tunnel Lining Segment Manufacturing Facility, Carlos is responsible for the production and delivery of the concrete segments required to build the Metro Tunnel, from initial concrete developemnt and firetesting, to overseeing a team of 80 workers at the purpose-built manufacturing facility in Melbourne’s west.
Wei Ming Lee
Wei Ming is Chartered Professional Engineer with more than 18 years of experience in precast and bridge construction. He has been involved in an extensive list of major precast viaduct projects such as Gateway Upgrade, Brisbane Airport Link, Hunter Expressway, Urban Superway, Sydney Metro Northwest, and Level Crossing Removal – Caulfield to Dandenong. He is currently engaged on the Metro Tunnel Project as Precast Technical Manager at the Tunnel Lining Segment Manufacturing Facility.
News Source: https://www.concreteinstitute.com.au