Tunnel Name

7-13 Hunter St sewer deviation Adelaide - Crafters Motorway Tunnel APM Botany

Owner
MWD&DB

Contractors

Cross Section

Length (m)

Construction Period
1/1981 4/1981 1999 12/19712/1972

Description

Technical Notes
Max Cover 8.5m. 300mm pipe installed concrete backfilled. No support

Aust. Paper Mills SRA

Tunnel Sub Contractor: VVL Tunnellers.

1.2m wide x 12.5 1.8m high 9m high x 450 14m wide 1.52m wide x 122 2.29m high

Twin Tunnels under Eagle on the Hill Tunnel Dry. 150mm Overbreak av. Despite careful blasting with 1.8m rounds

Arnecliffe Tunnel under Forrest Road Avoca Drive

60

1884

Rail Tunnel, Opened into a Cutting in 1923 to accommodate 4 tracks

Hawkesbury Sandstone

PWD

Badgelly Bald Hill Tunnel Bay Rd, Waverton Blowering Pressure Tunnel

Contractor: 2.2m wide x 300 Allied 2.2m high Construction. MWD&DB 2.9m wide x 1154 2.3m high SRA 402 48 648

4/1979 9/1979 1881 1888 1919

Rail Tunnel, Replaced Bulgo Tunnel Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Delivers water from Blowering Resevoir to Blowering Power Station and Irrigation Outlets Tunnels to carry Blue mountains Sewerage to Winmalee STP Rail tunnels on NSW south Coast

Max Cover 17m. Mainly siltstone, minor sandstone for 23% of length, small sweeps of 1-10 L/min Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Narrabeen Fm, Bulgo SandStone

SRA Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Blue mountains Sewerage transfer NSW scheme Water board Bombo Tunnel Bondi deep ocean outfall Main drive Bondi deep ocean outfall Main drive Bonnet Sewerage Carrier Sect 1 Boomerang Creek Tunnel Boronia No. 1 SRA SRA Sydney Water Board Sydney Water Board MWS&DB

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Costain Resources

6.10m dia.

8/1964 7/1965

Concrete linned. In Phylites, Metasiltstones and quartzite. Flow Capacity 144m3/s

2.4m high x 1.5m wide

12200

1980-1997

500

1880 1987

Several tunnels, Hazelbrook carrier (Atlas Copco Mini Fullface TBM and Robins TBM, 1993), Lawson Carrier ans Katoomba Carrier(1997) and Winmalee Carrier. Enlarged in 2000-2001 for electrification Roadheader Excavation

1987

Roadheader Excavation

1.5m wide x 599 2.5m high 3m dia. 11000 Contractor: Amos and Co. Contractor: Amos and Co. Contractor: Amos and Co. Contractor: Amos and Co. Contractor: Amos and Co. 421

Atlas Copco TBM. Average 5.6m/shift. Max cover 42m 1987 1886 Unlinned Water carrier for Gosford Rail Tunnel, Double Track.

Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone

Boronia No. 2

SRA

602

1886

Rail Tunnel, Double Track.

Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone

Boronia No. 3

SRA

141

1886

Rail Tunnel, Double Track.

Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone

Boronia No. 4

SRA

75

1886

Rail Tunnel, Double Track.

Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone

Boronia No. 5

SRA

73

1886

Rail Tunnel, Abandoned 1900. Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone Double Track Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Excavation with Mitsui Miike s-200 and S-65 roadheaders.

Box Brisbane Duplication of rail Tunnels

MWD&DB Queenslan Concrete d Railways constructions, Design by Connel Wagner Brisbane Thiess city Council

2.9m wide x 124 2.3m high Horseshoe 726 5.5m internal dia.

1883 1888 1991-1993

2 single track Rail tunnels connecting Brunswick St and Roma St Stations

Brisbane Eastern Suburbs Sewer

1.65m Diameter

3050

1985

Concrete lined sewer trough eastern suburbs of brisbane.

9m - 14m cover

Brisbane Inner City Bypass

Brisbane S1 Sewer Brisbane South East Transit Project Bunnerong Stormwater tunnel Stage 1 Burnley Tunnel Burrawang Tunnel MWD&DB Transfield MWS&DB

2.4m dia. 10m wide

4500

2001 2001

1968 2002 26/7/200319/4/1974

4.6m diameter

2877

Includes Driven road tunnel under Normanby Fiveways, Cut and cover tunnels under RNA Showgrounds, Under Bowen Bridge Road, and at Breakfast Creek North Quay to Breakfast Creek Excavated by EPB TBM with 7 intermediate Sewer Tunnel Shafts. Fully Lined with UPVC As part of 30km busway, 4 Tunnels from 100m to 400m long. Includes Bus Station Intersected 2.6m wide dyke ate Luline bay Remained in it for 30m. Part of Melbourne City Link Under Yarra River. Encountered Difficulties TBM. av 14.5m/day. Water inflow = 1.3L/hr/m

Burwood beach ocean outfall

Calmsley Camden Sewer Submain Stg 1

Hunter Roberts District Construction Water board MWD&DB MWS&DB

2.7 dia.

1950

1986 - 1989

Ocean outfall for discharge of newcastle areas sewerage.

2.9m wide x 378 2.3m high 2.5m 626 diameter 3.2m wide x 2964 2.4m high 2.9m wide x 3234 2.3m high 3m x 3m 400

1886 1888 7/1976 12/1977 -1884 1884 1888 Runs over bondi outfall sewer 1922 1953 6/1984 5/1985 1933 - 1936 1971 2002

Cataract Tunnel Cecil Hill

MWD&DB MWD&DB Pearson Bridge.

City East (Liverpool St Darlinghurst Telecom City Loop Coalcliff (Cliffton or Scarborough) SRA SRA

In Newcastle Coal Measures, complicated by close proximity to coal workings. 105m deep shaft, 1814m long outfall tunnel using TBM. 9 diffusers and sludgeline Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks 400m by TBM, 126m by pipejacking and 100m by drill and blast. Average advance ~8m/week Part of Upper nepean water supply scheme Black Powder Used. Unlinned Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Voest Alpine AM50 TBM. Av Advance 1m/shift. 15m cover.

Contractor: Proudfoot and Logan.

1002

Single track lined with 4 courses of brick. MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Part of M5 East From Beverly Hills - Sydney Airport

Max cover 225m. Liner has long history of slow failure up to present day.

Cogee Diversion Como Carrier Cooks River Tunnel, M5 East

MWS&DB MWS&DB RTA

4212 804 1000

Baulderstone Hornibrook Bilfinger Berger JV and Hyder Crafers Highway Tunnels, Adelaide Funded by Macmahon 13.5m wide x federal Constructions, 8m high Governme Connel nt Wagner, concrete constructions, SMEC Croom Tunnel SRA Cudgen Road Tunnel RTA Abi Group, 2 arches SMEC 18m wide and 20m wide Dalley St EC Davidson Park Carrier section 2 MWS&DB Davidson Park Carrier. Sections 4 MWD&DB and 5 Deep Creek Submain sect 1B Devil's Back Devine's Tunnels MWS&DB MWD&DB MWD&DB

Cut and Cover Tunnel built in coffer Dam. Up to 18m deep

480

1998

Twin tunnels, running parrallel. Cut and Cover Part opf upgrade of Mt barker road in adelaide hills.

40 136m

1880 2001

Part of the Yelgun to Chinderah Freeway in NSW

2165 29/4/74 14/7/78 23/10/19787/1979 1885 1888

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel 6% Concrete lined, remainder concrete lined channel. Max cover 120m. Atlas Copco TBM. Average 4.0m/shift. Max cover 96m. Encountered dyke. Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Part of Upper nepean water supply scheme

1.68m wide x 3374 2.23m high 1.5m wide x 2.4m high 2.9m wide x 2.3m high 3.2m wide x 2.6m high 1348 294 600m and 2680m

Domain Tunnel Domain-Rowe St Tunnels for Eastern Suburbs Railway Double Bay

SRA MWD&DB ~3m diameter 655

1947 1952

Rail Tunnel.

Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone Max Cover 33m. Intersected buried saturated sand filled gully ~24m wide. Severe run of semi-liquid sand into tunnel. Caused settlement and property damage on surface 80m above. Sand Drained and Grouted. Horizontal Sheet pilling from tunnel

Druid St Drummoyne Drummoyne - Fivedock Submain Stage 2 Dundas - North Rocks East Bankstown Submain

SCC MWS&DB MWS&DB MWS&DB MWS&DB

T A Mellens.

1.7m wide x 53 2.6m high 2104 1.5m wide x 1260 2.5m high 3220 1500

11/1979 9/1982 MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel 12/19763/1978 1971

Excavated by hand and air tools in Grey/White Sandstone. 117 Shifts (4 men)

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel

Atlas Copco TBM. Average 4.2m/shift. Max cover 14m. 100m excavated by hand. Six Access Shafts

Eastern Distributer, Sydney

RTA

2300

1996-1999

Two lane southbound Tunnel, 1.7km driven tunnel and 600m cut and cover William St - Drivers Triangle tunnel. and Two lane north bound Tunnel, Taylor Square - Palmer St. The unique "double-deck" design involves a single large tunnel excavation. A precast concrete deck located at midheight in the excavation creates the northbound tunnel sitting above the southbound tunnel Cover 10-21m. 200mm unreinforced concrete lined. Generally dry. Robbins TBM excavated Heading (Av 80m/week), Alpine AM50 excavated bench (Average 7m3/hour). Cover 3m-38m. Some sections had to be blasted Cover 9-21m, Drill and Blast

ESR - City Tunnels

SRA

ESR - Edgecliff - Bondi Junction

SRA

Contractor: CodelfaCogefar Codelfa.

5m wide x 6.3m high 5m wide x 6.3 m high

3378

5/1970 2/11/1972 24/7/197230/11/1973

4875

ESR - Kings Cross

SRA

Eucumbene - Snowy Tunnel

Contractor 5m wide x 737 Roberts 6.3m high Constructions Pearson Bridge. Snowy Snowy Horseshoe, 23520 Mountains Mountains 6.30m wide x Hydro Engineering 6.35m high Electric Corporation Authority

1969 12/6/1969

12/1961 10/1965

Part of Snowy Mountains 20% Concrete lined. Mostly in course Granite. Scheme. Diverts water of the Flow Capacity 96.3m3/s snowy river from Island Bend Pondage to storage in lake Eucumbene and when required returns water to the SnowyGeehi Tunnel at Island Bend Part of Snowy Mountains 28% linned. In Granites and metamorphised Scheme. Transfers water rock. Flow Capacity 113.3m3/s between Lake Eucumbene and Tumut Pond Resevoir MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel 15% of length hand excavated in sand. Max cover 7m. Rest by hand

Eucumbene-Tumut Tunnel

Extension to Jannali Park Foveaux St, Surrey Hills Sewer Speration

Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority MWS&DB MWD&DB

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

6.93m dia.

22190

11/1954 7/1959

1768 1 to 1.65m wide x 1.75 to 1.95m high 1932m

1970 8/1977 2/1980

Glebe Tunnel

SRA

745

1921

Goulburn Street (city) - Bondi main MWS&DB Sewer Grays point Carrier sewer section MWD&DB 3 Guolburn St - Sussex St SCC Guthega Pressure Tunnel Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Happy Jacks Shaft Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Heathcote-engadine carrier section MWS&DB 1 Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

1006 1.5m wide x 222 2.3m high 1.6m wide x 34.5 1.9m high Horseshoe, 4620 5.87m wide x 5.74m high 10/1976 8/1977

Sydney Metropolitan Goods line; Darling Harbour Canterbury MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Max cover 22m Excavated by hand and air tools in weathered mudstone. 12% Concrete linned. In Granite with dykes. Flow Capacity 34m3/s

12/1951 4/1955

5.49m dia.

90.8

9/1958 6/1959

Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Carries water from Guthega Pondage to the pipelines leading to guthega Power station Part of Snowy Mountains Concrete linned. Flow Capacity 155.7m3/s Scheme. Diverts flow of Happy Jacks and Tumut Rivers into Eucumbene-Tumut Tunnel

1.5m wide x 2720 2.5m high 1.5m wide x 1789 2.4m high 2.2m 83 diameter 1060 1.5m wide x 548 2.4m high 4m wide x 1700 3.6m high

12/1/1977

Heathcote-engadine carrier section MWS&DB 2&3 Holden St - Regent St Redfern EC TA Mellens Homebush Rail Tunnel Illawarra Road Carrier sect 1 Illawarra water filtration plant tunnels SRA MWS&DB Sydney Water Connel Wagner

5/1/1977 1/16/1981

17/10/19788/8/1980 1996

Illawong Carrier, Menai

MWS&DB

Atlas Copco TBM (except 87m side inlet by d&b).Max cover 87m. 400mm pipe installed, sand backfilled. Atlas Copco TBM. Max cover 80m. Numerous clay seams Mellen's TBM. Max Advance 1m/hour. Cover: 18-21m. No support, Unlined. Part of 5.3km extension of rail 300m of driven tunnel and 560m of cut and network to Olympic Site. cover plus 200m long station Atlas Copco TBM. Average 5.6m/shift. Max cover 60m Water supply tunnel from base Includes 115m , 2.4m dia. Drop shaft at of illawarra escarpment to avon resevoir and portal structure at base of resevoir. Tunnel houses 1.35m escarpment. dia. Pipeline on concrete pedestals MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel

Jindabyne - Island Bend Tunnel

John St Pyrmont John St Tunnel, Pyrmont

Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority SRA SRA

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

Horseshoe, 9860 3.96m wide x 3.96m high

7/1964 7/1968

Part of Snowy Mountains 10% Concrete lined. Mostly in Granite. Flow Scheme. Carries water Capacity 34m3/s, Pumping Capacity 25.5m3/s pumped from lake Jindabyne to the Snowy-Geehi Tunnel

132

1921

Sydney Metropolitan Goods line; Darling Harbour Canterbury Mellen's TBM. Av Advance 24m/week. 8m cover. Limonitic sandstone. 20m near King St excavated by hand and air tools hard Sandstone/Ironstone, 216 Shifts (2 men) Contractor: Barclay Bros. 60% Sandstone, 40% siltstone. Inflows of water at 8-10 L/min. Sandstone and siltstone with one 11.5m wide dyke. Water inflows = 0.2-1.1L/min/m 800m Power Tunnel, 380m Diversion Tunnel, 480m Drainage Tunnel + Various Access Tunnels

Kent St Sydney

SCC

TA Mellens

2.2m diameter

397m

11/1979 9/1982

Kincumber

PWD

Contractor: 2m wide x Barclay Bros. 2.5m high

3197

22/7/1978 16/4/1980 6/5/1978 23/7/1979 1987

Kincumber Outfall Tunnel King River Power Scheme HeadraceTunnel

PWD

Contractor: 2m wide x Barclay Bros. 2.5m high Tasmania 7m dia. n Hydro Electric Commissi on MWS&DB MWS&DB MWS&DB SRA SRA SRA MWS&DB Tasmania Tasmanian 5.8m dia. n Hydro Hydro Electric Electric Commission Commissi on

4408 7000

Part of Tasmanias Hydro Electric Scheme

Kings Cross Tunnel Lane Cove Lane Cove Section 4 Lane Cove Section 5 Lavendar Bay Lavender Bay Tunnel Longnose point - Manns point Lovers Jump Creek - Spring Gully Creek Lower Pieman Power scheme transfer tunnel

1845 915 103 309 536 2569 250

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel 1893 1913 - 7/1922 1972 1984 MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Twin tunnels from intake structure to turbines in power station. Part of Tasmanias Hydro Electric Scheme Part of M5 East From Beverly Hills - Sydney Airport, twin 2 lane tunnels Part of M5 East From Beverly Hills - Sydney Airport Rail Tunnel Under Blues Pt Road Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone Cable Tunnel under harbour, flooded in 1930's

Drill and Blast with atlas copco promec TH470 rubber mounted hydraulic drilling jumbo and cat.

M2 Tunnel, epping

Includes 700m Ventilation Shaft

M5 East Tunnel Malabar deep ocean outfall Main drive

RTA Sydney Water Board Sydney Water Board PWD

Hyder Phillip Holzmann AG / John Holland Costain Pearson Bridge / Skanska

8m - 19m wide

4000

2002 1986 - 1992

Cover 4m - 60m. Twin two lane road tunnels. Driven with Robbins TBM

Malabar ocean outfall decline

1985 - 1992

Mangrove Creek Dam Diversion Tunnel Melbourne North West Sewer

Melbourne Transfield, and Enetech Metropolit an Works Board Melbourne Southern Link - Burnley Transfield, Tunnel. Obayashi

Horseshoe 491 3.1m wide x 3.2m high 5m dia. 11000

190m by TBM, 300m by d&b. Av ~30m/week.

1998

Sewer tunnel from western trunk sewer at millers rd to albion shaft in montgomery park. Carries three lanes of westbound traffic linking southeastern arterial to west gate freeway Carries three lanes of east bound traffic linking southeastern arterial to west gate freeway Part of 29km Western ring road linking hume highway to north Melbourne Single Track Rail Tunnel. Disused since 1914

Lovat EPB TBM

16m wide x 9m high

3400

1997 1999

2.9km of driven tunnel, part of which is deep beneath the Yarra River, and 500m of cut-andcover 0.7km of driven tunnel and 900m of cut-andcover which includes a shallow river crossing

Melbourne Southern Link - Kings Domain Tunnel.

Transurba Transfield, n City Link Obayashi Ltd. Connel Wagner SRA MWS&DB MWS&DB

1600

1996 1999

Melbourne Western Ring Road Tunnel Metropolitan Tunnel Middle Creek Carrier sect 1 Middle Creek Carrier sect 2

110

8/1990 3/1993 1914 2/197811/1979 10/19'78 3/19'79

Twin tunnels, excavated by Pipe Jacking. Cover 0.7m - 3.5m in Narrabeen Formation Atlas Copco TBM. Average 60m/week. Max cover 89m Voest Alpine AM50 TBM on hire from Pearson Bridge. Average 2m/shift. Some sections had to be blasted

134 1.5m wide x 1554 2.4m high 2.5m wide x 190 3m high

Mill Creek Carrier, Menai Mollesmain

MWS&DB MWD&DB 2.9m wide x 214 2.3m high 1882 1888

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks

Moores Creek - Gordon Creek, East Lindefield Mount Anna

MWS&DB MWD&DB 2.9m wide x 2.3m high 1.5m wide x 2.5m high Horseshoe, 6.93m wide x 6.93m high

1059 685 and 112 3354 11760

1974 1880 1888 5/197812/1979 3/1962 1/1966

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Atlas Copco TBM. Average 4.9m/shift Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Carries water from Geehi Resevoir to the pipelines leading to Murray 1 power station Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Carries water from Murray 2 pondage to the pipelines leading to Murray 2 power station Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Transfers headwaters of Murrimbidgee river from Tantangara Resevoir to Lake Eucumbene MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Concrete linned. In Granites and metamorphised sediment. Flow Capacity 243.5m3/s

Mt Ku-Ring-Gai Carriers sections 1 MWS&DB & 2. Murray 1 Pressure Tunnel Snowy Snowy Mountains Mountains Hydro Engineering Electric Corporation Authority Murray 2 Pressure Tunnel Snowy Snowy Mountains Mountains Hydro Engineering Electric Corporation Authority Murrimbidge - Eucumbene Tunnel Snowy Snowy Mountains Mountains Hydro Engineering Electric Corporation Authority Narrabeen MWS&DB Narrabeen Section 4 Nepean Nepean - Avon MWS&DB MWD&DB MWD&DB

Horseshoe, 2460 7.47m wide x 7.473m high

3/1966 6/1969

Concrete linned. In Granites and quartzite. Flow Capacity 243.5m3/s

Horseshoe, 16600 3.35m wide x 3.35m high

7/1958 2/1961

18% linned in shale, slate and quartzite. Flow Capacity 17m3/s

1585 2.8m wide x 7167 2.2m high 3m diameter 1800

1964 1884 1972

New Helensburg Tunnel New Lilyvale Tunnel New Long Island New Mullet Creek Newcastle St Newport Low Level Submain, Section 2 North Bridge Tunnel, Perth

SRA SRA SRA SRA PWD

455 259 457 301 867 + 330 1630

North Gerorges River North Head deep ocean outfall Main drive

2.3m diameter MWS&DB 1.5m wide x 2.4m high Main Baulderstone 2.1m dia. Roads Hornibrook, Western Clough Australia Engineering MWS&DB Sydney Water Board Sydney Water Board Costain Pearson Bridge / Skanska Costain Pearson Bridge / Skanska Contractor: Auscendac 16m wide x 9m high

T A Mellens

1914 1914 1945 1945 2/1983 9/1983 1/1976 6/1978 1998

Rail Tunnel. Rail Tunnel. Rail Tunnel. Rail Tunnel.

Part of Upper nepean water supply scheme Black Powder Used. Unlinned Water supply tunnel dewatered in 1979 and showed no significant deterioration. 1450m Hawkesbury Sandstone, 350m Narrabeen Fm. 30m Linned at each end. In Hawkesbury Sandstone In Narrabeen Fm, Bulgo SandStone Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone Mellens TBM. Av 2.7m/day Atlas Copco FF1542 TBM. Av 5.2m/shift

Part of Grahame Farmer Freeway in Perth. 1.6km 6 Lane Road Tunnel. MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel

Top down cut and Cover.

3200

1988

Driven with Robbins TBM

North Head ocean outfall decline

Inverted 'U' 820 5.3m wide x 5.0m high

1988

North Parkes Gold mine Decline North Sydney North Sydney North Sydney Tunnel Northern Beaches stub tunnels, North Sydney Northside Stroage Tunnel

PMG SRA SRA SRA Sydney Water

2.2m diameter

~90m

Mellen's TBM. Av Advance 1m/day. 10m cover. 1893 Rail Tunnel. Rail Tunnel. Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone

380

Design: Connel Wagner, Montgomery Watson; Constructor: Transfield

6.6m dia 3.8m dia.

21000

1997 - 2001

Project to stop diluted sewrage Includes 21km of TBM driven Tunnel, 2km of overflows from entering sydney Declines, 7 major caverns and 1050m vertical harbour shafts. Four TBM's were used ranging from 6.6m iameter - 3.8m diameter.

Nothern Suburbs Ocean Outfall System Nothern Suburbs Ocean Outfall System Section 1 to 7 (North Head - Dundas) Nothern Suburbs Ocean Outfall System Section 8 (Dundas Blacktown) Old Bulgo (Ottford Tunnel)

MWS&DB MWS&DB

26641

1930

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Single Track Rail Tunnel. Disused since 1920. Southern End blasted in 1942 for Army demolition Practice. Used for mushroom Growing Disused since 1914. Single track. Used for mushroom growing 4 Heeadings, 2 from access Shaft, In Narrabeen Fm.

MWS&DB

5488

1973

SRA

1550

1886

Old Cawley Tunnel

SRA

382

1887

Old Helensburg Tunnel

SRA

624

1887

Old Lilyvale No. 1 Tunnel

SRA

80

1887

Old Lilyvale No. 2 Tunnel Old Long Island Old Wilsons Creek Tunnel Olympic Dam, South Australia Opera House Underground Carpark Ourimba Wier - Mardi Dam

SRA SRA SRA

262 488 80 1887

Single Track Rail Tunnel. Disused since 1914. Later used for mushroom growing, then sealed and used as water supply for the Metropolitan Mine Single Track Rail Tunnel. Disused since 1914. Used for mushroom growing. Single Track. Disused since 1915. Rail Tunnel. Abandoned 1946. Rail Tunnel. Disused since 1915 1100 vehicle Carpark, 117000 cubic meters. Entry in Macquarie St

in Narrabeen Formation

in Narrabeen Formation

in Narrabeen Formation Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone

Enacon

PWD

Contractor: Gren and McCahill.

1.8m wide x 522 2.2m high 1463 1.5m wide x 650 2.4m high 2.1m dia 1300

4/1977 15/10/1977 MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel 10/8/1975 2000 2003

Mainly in sandstone. 66% dry, 33% minor seeps, max=0.3l/min/m

Outlet Mains, Thornleigh Peppermint Grove Carrier (Engadine Carrier 3) Perth Main Sewer

MWS&DB MWS&DB Water SMEC, Corporatio Transfield n, Western Australia MWD&DB

Atlas Copco TBM. Average 3.5m/shift. Max cover 60m. Extremely weathered Sewer Tunnel From Wemberly Excavated by Lovat EPB TBM through Perth to Lake Monger, Section 3 of Sands Perth main sewer replacement.

Phillip St - Elizabeth St sewer separation Picnic Point Revesby

1.07m wide x 115 1.53m high Pipeline Boring 2.2m diameter 3.9m diameter 200m and 130m 7675

5/1978 12/1978 2/1978 9/1978 3/1973 4/1974 MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Tunnel for supply of iron ore fines by conveyor to BHP Plant.

Max cover 9m. 300mm pipe installed, concrete backfilled Mellen's TBM. Av Advance 13.2m/week.

EC

Pipehead - Potts Hill Port Hacking Port Hacking Section 2 Port Hacking Section 5, 6 and 7 Port Headland Conveyor Tunnel

MWS&DB MWS&DB MWS&DB MWS&DB BHP Transfield Kumagai, connel Wagner

Robbins mole TBM. 15m - 65m Cover. Av 140m/week.

1970 - 1974 5.1m dia. 1030 1999

Concrete segmentally linned. Bored by Lovat EPB TBM.

Potina Hydro Project Potts hill - Waterloo Prince edward park carrier Prospect Resevoir Outlet Tunnel Prospect to pipehead tunnel

MWD&DB MWS&DB MWD&DB Sydney Costain Water Resources Board MWD&DB Newcrest Mining MWS&DB MWD&DB Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation EROC 1.5m wide x 525 2.4m high 3.76m 284 Diameter 3.9m dia. 7000

1961 6/1925 2/1927 5/1980-6/1981 1888 1888 1991-1994

Robbins TBM No. 8 17 Shafts, 46-115m deep. Atlas Copco TBM. Average 5.5m/shift. Max cover 75m Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Upgraded open channel that used to carry drinking water. Max cover 50m. Concrete lined invert. Set area fully concrete lined. Drill and blast, 1:5.3 gradient. Av advance 40m/week. Excavated from both ends.

Tunnel To carry potable water from prospect resevoir to 'Pipehead' Distribution center.

Ridge Road Carrier sewer sect 1 Ridgeway Underground Mine Conveyor Tunnel Sandakan Road Carrier Sewerage extension Tunnel, Sydney Snowy - Geehi Tunnel

1.3m wide x 366 1.75m high Arch 4.7m 3800 high, 6.0m wide 418 1.6m Horse 212 shoe Horseshoe, 14430 6.30m wide x 6.30m high
2

5/1977 11/1977 2001

Part of 34km development at ridgeway copper mine. MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel

4/1976 5/1977 3/1962 2/1965

Max Cover 7.5m, 15% of tunnel in fill. Part of Snowy Mountains 13% Concrete lined. Mostly in Granite. Flow Scheme. Diverts to Geehi Capacity 113-147m3/s. Resevior water from Snowy River from Island Bend Pondage, the water returned through the Eucumbene-Snowy Tunnel from storage in lake Eucumbene and water pumped from lake jindabyne MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel

South and Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall No. 1 South and Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall No. 2 South Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall No. 2 Section 3 (OatleyHearne Bay)

MWS&DB MWS&DB MWS&DB

3233 3369 4800 1949

South Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall No. 2 Section 6 South Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall No. 2 Section 8 South Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall No. 2, Section 1 and 2 (Rockdale-Oatley) Springfield

MWS&DB MWS&DB MWS&DB

1510 1055 12000

1963 - 1964

1942

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel

Cover 12-43m

SRA - Central - Redfern Tunnel

Stanwell Park No. 1 Stanwell Park No. 2 Sugarloaf Tunnel Suntown Stormwater drain

TBM: Bass 1.95m wide x 1202 Engineering 2.35m high d&b: B Lacey SRA 5m wide x 2100 6.3m high (twin tunnel) SRA 116 SRA 277 MWD&DB 2.9m wide x 1191 2.3m high Gold Brandrill 1.5m dia. 200 Coast City Council PWD SCC 1.6m wide x 147 1.9m high 1.1m wide x 89 1.5m high, Rectangular

8/2/83 10/4/83 1947 1972 1919 1919 1879 1888 2001 Rail Tunnel. Rail Tunnel.

138m by TBM,1064m by d&b. Under houses. Av 13m/week. Av 17% overbreak. Day labour ~700m full face Ashfield shale, ~400m mixed Ashfield/Hawkesbury. In Narrabeen Fm, Bulgo SandStone In Narrabeen Fm, Bulgo SandStone Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Struck hard quarts, PCF technology had to be utilised.

Pipejacking project to drain new subdivision inot adjacent land.

Sussex St - Liverpool St

Sussex St sewer adjustment

MWS&DB

8/1976 3/1977 MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Rail tunnel Connecting Sydney Airport to CBD, including 4 new stations Links existing approach roads to Sydney harbour bridge with a tunnle under the harbour 4 Underground Stroage caverns, 150m below the surface. store 60000t of propane Rail Tunnel.

Excavated by hand and air tools. 38m in strong ironstone, 109m in mudstone. 334 Shifts (5-6 men) Excavated by hand in Soil. Cover 6m clay and 3m sand. 2.3m/week. Steel Supports

Sutherland Carrier Sydney Airport Rail Link

MWS&DB SRA Transfield, Bouygues Transfield, Kumagai Gumi Geostock 10.5m 10000 2000

5.8km of soft ground excavated by TBM, rest in hard rock by roadheader. Northern approach 900m driven tunnel, Southern approach 400m driven tunnel, 1000m underwater consisting 8 R.C. immerssed tube units of 120m.

Sydney Harbour Tunnel

RTA

26.1 wide x 7.43m high

2300

1992

Sydney LPG Cavern

ELGAS

14m wide x 11m high

230

1995

Sydney railway yard to Darling Harbour under George St Tahmoor Colliery

SRA 4.2m wide x 4.9m high (1 in 3.4 grade) 2.2m wide x 572 2.2m high 1.5m wide x 1079 2.5m high 1982 2.1m wide x 439 2.3m high Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation 3.43m dia. 14300

1855

Clutha Contractor Developm Cementation. ent Terrigal Allied PWD Construction Thornleigh Gully Carrier Sect 1 (W MWS&DB Pennant Hills) Thornleigh Section 2 MWS&DB Thornleigh submain section 4 MWD&DB

Through Hawkesbury sandstone and nepean group 4/1979 10/1979 3/25/1977 1973 11/1976 10/1977 6/1958 3/1961 MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Max cover 51m. 30% unreinforced concrete lined 2% reinforced concrete lined, remainder brick invert. Part of Snowy Mountains 20% linned. In Granites and Granitic Gniess. Scheme. Transfers headwaters Flow Capacity 38.5m3/s of Tooma River into Tumut Pond Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Exploritory Tunnel into powerstation area 152m by TBM, 420m by d&b. Slow progress with TBM. Minor water Atlas Copco TBM. Average 5.0m/shift

Tooma-Tumut Tunnel

Trafalgar Tully Millstream

Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority MWD&DB Queenslan d Electricity Commisio n Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority

2.9m wide x 201 2.3m high 5m dia. 1300

1889 1888 1986

Tumut 1 Power station

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

48900m3

Tumut 1 Power station

51400m3

Tumut 1 Pressure Shafts

3.66m

250

Part of Snowy Mountains 366m Cover Scheme. Underground power station generates electricity from water diverted from Tumut pond resevoir Part of Snowy Mountains 244m Cover Scheme. Underground power station generates electricity from water diverted from Tumut 2 pondage Part of Snowy Mountains Bifurcates into two 2.44m dia. horizontal pipes Scheme. Delivers water from Tumut 1 Pressure tunnel to the Tumut 1 Power station

Tumut 1 Pressure Shafts

Tumut 1 Pressure Tunnel

Tumut 1 Pressure Tunnel

Tumut 1 Tailwater Tunnel

Tumut 1 Tailwater Tunnel

Turramurra Victoria Rd Underpass Waterfall Tunnel Waverton (Bay Road) Tunnel West Branch Main West Cliff Men & Materials Drift, Appin West Lane Cove

Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority MWS&DB

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

3.51m

224

Part of Snowy Mountains Bifurcates into two 2.44m dia. horizontal pipes Scheme. Delivers water from tapering to 1.8m dia. Tumut 2 Pressure tunnel to the Tumut 2 Power station 1/1955 2/1959 Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Delivers water from Tumut Pond resevoir to the Tumut 1 Pressure shafts Concrete linned. In Granites and Granitic Gniess. Flow Capacity 124.6m3/s

6.4m dia.

2440

6.4m dia.

4760

11/1958 9/1961

Part of Snowy Mountains Concrete linned. In Granites and Granitic Scheme. Delivers water from Gniess. Flow Capacity 125m3/s Tumut 2 Pondage to the Tumut 2 Pressure shafts Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Delivers water from Tumut 1 Power station to Tumut river downstream Part of Snowy Mountains Scheme. Delivers water from Tumut 2 Power station to Tumut river downstream MWS&DB Wahronga-Pymble Tunnel Pipejacking of precast stacked abutments Rail Tunnel. Opened into 2 track cutting in 1914 Rail Tunnel. MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel 54% Concrete linned. In Granites. Flow Capacity 124.6m3/s. First 300m enlarged to form surge chamber

Horseshoe, 1310 8.53m wide x 7.77m high

4/1957 3/1959

6.4m dia.

6460

6/1958 9/1961

Concrete linned. In Granites and Granitic Gniess. Flow Capacity 125m3/s

2580

1951 - 1957 1987 1887 1893

SRA SRA MWS&DB Coal Cliff Collieries MWS&DB

221 144 1738 5m diameter 1595 152 1.62m wide x 2962 2.64m high

Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone

1/197511/1976 1973 1978 - 3/1980

TBM. av 27.6m/day. 1 in 3 downgrade. MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel Partly Excavated by Robbins 75-110 TBM 2600m by Atlas Copco FF1524 TBM, 362m by hand. Max cover 25m. Av 27m/week MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel

West Liverpool Submain Section 1 MWS&DB

West Middle Harbour West Middle Harbour Section 2 West ryde Stormwater Tunnel

MWS&DB MWS&DB Sydney Water Transfield Connel Wagner Melbourne Robbins Co. and Metropolit an Works Board MWD&DB Water Board MWS&DB MWD&DB PMG 3.5m dia. 3445 1800 1999

Excavted by roadheader and 300m cut and cover. Upgade of Melbourne Metro sewer system. Connects Brooklyn pump station Hoopers crossing Pump station. TBMConcrete linned, 4.4m dia. Includes 2x 50m deep shafts, 30m dia. Also 7.3 km shallow conduit linking Hoopers Creek Pumping Station with Werribee purification farm. Part of upper nepean water supply scheme. Lined with 3 rings of bricks Excavated by TBM Through Saturated Alluvium max cover 21m. Probably intersected dyke but not recorded. Excavated by hand in Soil with clay and ironstone. 7.5m/week. Full timber Support Drainage tunnel on NSW south Excavated in sandstone by roadheader coast. Atlas Copco TBM. Average 4.7m/shift. Tunnel flooding damaged TBM

Western Trunk Sewer, Melbourne

5.5m dia.

15300

1989-1990

Weston's Whale Beach Sewer Wheat St (City) William - Henry St, Ultimo Carrier diversion William St Conduit

2.9m wide x 137 2.3m high 2.3m dia. 360

1887 1888

MWS&DB Sewer / Drainage Tunnel 1.0m wide x 411 1.75m high 1.1m wide x 30 1.7m high rectangular 3m dia. 650 1.5m wide x 450 2.4m high 960 Contractor: G. Blunt. 1790 6/1979 12/1980 4/1/1974

Wombara Drainage Tunnel Woronora (Barden Road) Worronora Carrier tunnel section 3A and 3B Woy Woy

SRA MWS&DB MWD&DB SRA

SMEC, Transfield

2000

1975 3/1884 17/7/1886 Rail Tunnel. Drill and Blast in Hawkesbury Sandstone. Air Driven Drills used. 95260m3 excavated on 53.2m2 face (9m wide x 7m High. Powder factor: 1.28kg blasting powder and dynamite per m3 of rock). Mostly constructed form eastern haeding with Eimco 25B and Atlas Copco 2-boom Promec drill jumbo. In Granite and Dolerite

Wungong Tunnel Perth

Metropolit SMEC an water authority

2.5m dia.

3664

1984

Tunnel 35km south of Perth, built to amplify existing water supply system from Wungong Dam to Perth city

Tunnel Name
Bells Line of Road

Owner
RTA

Contractors

Cross Section

Length (m)
1200

Construction Period

Bondi Facing Cross-Over

RIC

Brisbane CBD Commercial Complex Brisbane City Hall Connecting Tunnel Brisbane Cross City Tunnel

Connell Wagner (Preliminary design) King and Co Tennent Isokangas Pty Brisbane City Council Brisbane City Council

2.5m wide x2.5m high

4500

Cairns to Western Tablelands Road Link Diamond Bay to Vaucluse Sewer Tunnel Energy Australia Greenacre Project

Cairns County Council Sydney Water Energy Australia

7000

URS, McConnelL Dowell

1.5m dia

EnergyAustralia 132kV Cable Tunnel

F3 to M2 Road Tunnel

EnergyAustr Halcrow, 4m x 4m, alia Downer Construction, GHD RTA and SKM Federal (preliminary DOTARS design)

1400

F6 Transport Corridor Fairfield and Richmond Main Drain Melbourne GHD Diversions Water Fernleigh Tunnel, Newcastle City Council GHD

Footscray Rail Tunnel

Melbourne Rail High Speed Rail Line, Wollongong RIC to Sutherland

Connell Wagner Connell Wagner: Thirroul tunnel study.

Hobsons Bay Main Sewer

Melbourne Water

Illawarra Transfer Scheme

Sydney Water Qld Transport

Inner Northern Busway Section 1

PPK, Walter/Viven d JV GHD

Inner Northern Busway Section 3

Qld Transport Qld Transport Qld Transport RTA

SKM

Inner Northern Busway Section 5

KBR

Inner Northern Busway Section 6

Lane Cove Tunnel

Hyder (Concept)

Lytton Feeder M4 East Link

Energex RTA

EIS Route: Connell Wagner

5500

Melbourne North Central City Corridor

VicRoads

Mitcham to Fankston Freeway

VicRoads

North West Rail Link

RIC

Arup concept designers

NSW Central Coast Rail Upgrade

RIC

Connell Wagner (Concept) complete

8m dia

11500

NSW North Shore Rapid Transport Federal System Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics

Old Quarry Development, QLD

Parramatta Rail Link

PRL (DOT, RIC, SRA)

GHD / PB

6mx6m

21000

Patrick Street Bus Tunnel Blacktown Perth Metro Rail Development

Westpoint

KBR/Hyder, Baulderstone Hornibrook

270

WA Government

Philip Bay Maroubra - La Perouse Sydney main sewer Water Rail tunnel to Bondi SRA

Robb Carr 0.6m dia Microtunnellin g Connel 6m x 6m Wagner, Clough Eng, Bovis Lend Lease

585

2100

RGA Tanna Coal Terminal recliam Gladstone tunnel Port Authority Roma Street Railyards Redevelopment Scrivener Dam Emergency Exit National Capital Planning Authority RIC SMEC

Second Sydney Harbour Rail Crossing

Connell Wagner

SWOOS Cross City Tunnel, Sydney

Sydney Water RTA

Connel Wagner, Baulderstone Hornibrook Bilfinger Berger JV

2000

Sydney Metro Pitt

RIC

Sydney Metro West

RIC

Connell Wagner

Talford St Catchment Drainage Improvements

Manningham City Council SMEC, 3.4m dia Walter Construction, Connell Wagner PB, Walter 3500

Transgrid Haymarket Cable Tunnel Transgrid

Upper Georges River Wastewater Sydney Strategy Water Westgate Corridor VicRoads

7800

Description
1.2km tunnel to remove 13% grade near Kurrajong

Technical Notes
Study undertaken by Maunsell. Tenders have closed for design consultants.

Rail facing cross-over at Bondi Junction Station.

Concept

Underground Shopping Center

Feasibility in progress

4.5m long connecting basement areas in City Hall Driven tunnel from the ICB to the SouthEast Freeway at Wooloongabba.

Tenders closed 24/5/2002 Feasibility Stage. BCC considering options and seeking Government support. One known consortium: Multiplex/John Holland/Price Waterhouse/KBR. EOIs for Client Engineer: April/May 2003. Geotech and design studies completed by SMEC Concept. Possible storage tunnel Construction complete

7km twin tube road tunnel, two lanes each direction, max grade 6% Possible HDD (horizontal directional drilling) 1.5m diameter pipejack in weathered shale for cable tunnels across Salt Pan Creek Surry Hills to Haymarket 132kV cable tunnel. Roadheader excavated beneath Sydney CBD. Road tunnel to connect the southern end of the F3 Freeway with the M2 Tollroad Possible tunnelling. 900m and 1300m long 1.8m diameter tunnels. Installation of reinforced concrete lining in a brick lined tunnel Enlargement of existing 19th century rail tunnel 14km Thirroul and Waterfall

D&C contract awarded to Downer Oct 2001. Shafts complete. Main tunnel drive broke through 27/9/02. Preliminary concept design and costing.

Study being undertaken of options for access to city. EOI called.

Study and preliminary design. Tenders called for Options and Patronage Study.

Lowering of main sewer under Yarra River and tunneling

Feasibility Study

Horizontal directional drilling for upgrade of Illawarra Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potential driven or cut and cover tunnel from Queen St Bus Station to Roma St.

D&C contract awarded to Walter

On hold, probably permanently. Too expensive and Brisbane City Council would not cooperate in permitting tunnel to pass through King George Square Carpark. Tunnelling under 8-track railway Awarded to Thiess. Target Cost estimate adjacent to Countess St. stage. Cost possibly too high at present. Two cut and cover tunnels Under Construction (290m and 130m long) under Victoria Park Golf Course. Cut and cover tunnel in Herston On hold, possibly for a few years. Road/ Bowen Bridge Road. Road tunnel between M2 Tender shortlist: Leighton, Baulderstone, tollroad and Gore Hill Freeway. Thiess-Transfield, Abi. Tenders closed: 21 January 2003.

5.5km long, privately funded, Concept. road tunnel to connect the Report due June 2003. eastern end of the M4 Motorway with the CityWest Link. Integrated transport and Draft strategy being prepared landuse study for abbotsford, Carlton and collingwood, including potential tunnel between Tullermarine freeway and eastern Freeway 1.5km 2 way. Initially 3 lane EOI's due late April 2003. Tender mid 2003. maybe 4 lane including auxilary lane for ringwood bypass interchange, combined with Scoresby freeway Cheltenham to Mungarie Park via. Castle Hill. Twin single track rail tunnels, average 30m up to 50m depth. Next rail tunnel project after PRL. Likely post 2010. SKM awarded Environmental Constraints Study. Options study: Parsons Brinckherhoff Patronage study: Booze Allen Not before 2010. EIS being finalised.

Hornsby to Hawkesbury. Rail tunnels.

Middle Harbour tunnel, from Feasibility study completed (January 2003). Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation to Cammeray, linking northern beaches peninsular to Warringah Freeway.

Potential waste transfer station, self storage/archive storage, light commercial. 2 single track rail tunnels, 4 underground stations, connecting Parramatta and Chatswood via Carlingford, Epping. Budget constraints have reduced scope to Epping to Chatswood.

Concept Stage

Bovis Lend Lease appointed contract managers. Maunsell appointed Technical and Geotechnical Advisor. Hyder appointed Independent Verifier. Tunnel contractor: Thiess-Hochtief. Construction started. Chatswood enabling works underway. Parramatta Interchange architect appointed: Hassell. 270m tunnel and bus station as Design underway part of new shopping centre development Propoasl to put main rail into Route Selected. Tunnels under perth CBD: Perth under-ground with new Section F (inner city) EOI's invited from 4 station beneath William St. $40 consortia March 2003, closes mid April. 2 to Million federal funds for cut and be shortlisted. cover proposal. 6m dia. Bored tunnel option being considered 1 to 3km tunnel 600mm diameter 585m long Complete micro tunnel in sand and rock BOOT project Driven tunnel. Raise bore vent/access Shafts Preliminary design complete. EIS not exhibited. Project rejected by Government in May 2001

160m reclaim tunnel. 670m elevated conveyors. 180m tunnel conveyor transfer tower and mobile tipped car. Consideration of underground Approval for construction within next 2-3 years space component of parkland proposal Sensitive Excavation of small Contract awarded to Haskins tunnel in existing mass concrete dam built in 1960 Wynyard to St Leonards, Infrastructure Study awarded to Connell extending from proposed Wagner. MetroWest. Both a beneath harbour and Harbour Bridge crossing to be considered. Refurbishment of sewer culverts Expressions of interest received Tollroad project Driven 2km tunnel beneath Sydney CBD Baulderstone Hornibrook Signed Contract with RTA December 2002. Construction started 30/1/03