The Quinns Main Sewer is part of a $150-million suite of civil engineering projects being delivered through an Alliance contract with the Water Corporation of Western Australia. The project involves tunnelling a 4.8 km section of sewer to connect the existing Quinns Main Sewer to the proposed Alkimos Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is under construction [...]
Gold Coast Desalination Plant
Ben Ives2016-11-21T23:00:51+11:00The largest desalination plant on the Eastern Seaboard – featuring two marine tunnels to be constructed by purpose-built Tunnel Boring Machines from Germany – is now under construction on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Located in Tugun, Queensland and adjacent to the Gold Coast Airport, the 125ML/day facility is being constructed by the GCD Alliance comprising John [...]
Bogong Hydro Power Project
Ben Ives2016-11-21T22:51:30+11:00McConnell Dowell Constructors have been awarded a design and construction contract for the Bogong Hydro Power Project by AGL Southern Hydro in Victoria, in what is expected to be the largest hydropower project to be constructed in Australia in 25 years. The scope of work consists of approximately 6km of 5m-diameter headrace tunnel, two vertical [...]
Airport Link M7
Ben Ives2017-07-25T15:30:13+10:00Thiess and John Holland were awarded a contract by BrisConnections to deliver the Airport Link project in Brisbane, Queensland. It is Australia's largest road infrastructure project constructed to cut congestion and fix one of Brisbane's most notorious bottlenecks. The project scope included the construction of the Airport Link toll road, Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) and Airport [...]
Waterview Connection
Ben Ives2020-01-13T12:09:00+11:00The Waterview Connection project is one of the most important infrastructure developments ever to take place in New Zealand. Completing a motorway ring route around the city, it will unlock Auckland’s potential to become a truly world class city, combatting regional congestion and creating a direct, time-saving link between the International Airport and CBD, The [...]
North South Bypass Tunnel (CLEM7)
Ben Ives2016-11-21T22:07:53+11:00The Clem Jones Tunnel (CLEM7), formerley the North South Bypass Tunnel, is a tolled motorway linking the Pacific Motorway (M3) and Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba to Lutwyche Road and the Inner City Bypass (ICB) at Bowen Hills. The 6.8 kilometre toll road includes twin, two-lane 4.8 kilometre tunnels. The Clem Jones Tunnel is the first [...]
Legacy Way
Ben Ives2016-11-21T21:44:18+11:00Legacy Way opened to traffic on Thursday 25 June 2015 and is Council’s 4.6 kilometre road tunnel that connects the Western Freeway at Toowong with the Inner City Bypass (ICB) at Kelvin Grove. The tunnel provides motorists with a four minute journey between the Western Freeway and the ICB, and reduces traffic congestion on alternative routes [...]
City East Cable Tunnel
Ben Ives2020-01-13T12:09:00+11:00Ausgrid is constructing a new cable tunnel running from our property on the corner of Ann, Riley & Albion Streets in Surry Hills to our new City North zone substation on the corner of Sussex and Erskine Streets, Sydney. This project is part of Ausgrid's Sydney CityGrid project which is our plan for the CBD [...]