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Tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Bella’ has reached the one-kilometre
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Australia’s first autonomous TBM’s to be used on Sydney Metro West
Australia’s first autonomous tunnel boring machines (TBM) will be used to build twin nine-kilometre rail tunnels between Sydney Olympic Park and Westmead.
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Elon Musk’s Not-A-Boring Competition winner announced
Tum Boring, a team from the Technical University Of Munich, has taken first place in “Not-a-Boring Competition” – a tunnel construction competition designed by Elon Musk's company.
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West Gate Tunnel Project: Building the portals
Roads & Infrastructure goes behind the scenes with the West Gate Tunnel Project contractors CPBJH JV and their lifting partner, Premier Cranes and Rigging, to look at the challenges in shaping the tunnels’ entry and exit portals.
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Not so boring: tunnel boring machines get a speed boost
“Faster than a snail” is the goal of Elon Musk’s “Not-a-Boring Competition” aiming to improve tunnel boring machine speeds. LAPP Australia has provided a suit of 200 products used in a design by Munich university students.
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Closing the loop: Premier Cranes on North East Link Project
North East Link is the biggest road transport project in Victoria’s history. Roads & Infrastructure catches up with the project team, as well as with the sub-contractor Bothar Boring & Tunnelling and their lifting partner Premier Cranes and Rigging to find out about the latest progress.
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New milestone for Melbourne’s Town Hall Station excavation
The third roadheader has broken through at Melbourne's Town Hall station, marking the completion of excavation for the first level of rail tunnels running alongside the station's platforms.
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New TBMs unveiled for Melbourne’s North East Link project
The second and third mini TBMs will join TBM Izzy, with seven launch and retrieval sites dotted around Bulleen Road.
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First Cross River Rail tunnel boring machine launched
The first of two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to work on the Cross River Rail project has been launched under the Woolloongabba site station cavern.
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Tunnel Boring Machines reach halfway mark on Melbourne Metro Tunnel
Two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) have broken through key sections of the Metro Tunnel to make the half way mark on tunnelling for the project.
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