{"id":2394,"date":"2024-03-16T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2024-03-20T18:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T01:46:33","slug":"assembly-of-the-north-east-link-tbm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/assembly-of-the-north-east-link-tbm\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembly Of The North East Link TBM Is Now On Track"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the $11.1 billion North East Link TBM project in Melbourne prepares to dig the 6.5 km long twin road tunnels, sections of the first of the project’s two Herrenknecht 15.6m diameter TBMs have been lowered into the earth.<\/p>\n
The assembly of the North East Link TBM is happening at Watsonia’s TBM launch box, where two of the biggest TBMs in the southern hemisphere will begin tunnel excavation in the middle of 2024. Beginning in the middle of 2024, the TBMs will go southward from Watsonia in the direction of Bulleen, where they will install tunnel lining composed of about 44,000 locally produced concrete segments.<\/p>\n
An enormous amount of work is being done to get ready for tunneling throughout the northeast. The 200-meter TBM launch box in Watsonia is finished, and excavation has begun on the subterranean box structures that the TBMs will descend into as they travel south. These structures are located close to Lower Plenty and Manningham roads.<\/p>\n