tunnel construction
North East Link’s $11.1B primary package contract awarded
Posted in Contracts and tenders, Industry News, Latest News//October 28, 2021Preferred bidder Spark consortium has inked a $11.1 billion deal with the Victorian Government to build, operate and maintain the tunnels of Melbourne’s long-awaited North East Link over the next 25 years.
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Elon Musk’s Not-A-Boring Competition winner announced
Posted in Civil Works, Latest News, Technology Update//September 16, 2021Tum 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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Not so boring: tunnel boring machines get a speed boost
Posted in Civil Works, Latest News, Technology Update//August 27, 2021“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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CIMIC Group reports $208m after-tax profit in first half of 2021
Posted in Civil Works, Latest News//July 21, 2021The CIMIC Group has reported net-profit-after-tax (NPAT) of $208 million in the six months to 30 June 2021, with the Group's revenue growing 10.6 per cent to $7.1 billion compared to the same period last year.
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Sydney Metro West planning enters new phase
Posted in Latest News//July 02, 2021Sydney Metro has applied to obtain the Environmental Impact Statement for major civil construction work between The Bays and Sydney CBD.
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Melbourne Metro Tunnel reaches 30 million hours milestone
Posted in Industry News, Latest News//June 29, 2021Melbourne's nine-kilometre-long twin Metro Tunnel project has been in the making for almost 30 million hours.