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Issue No 14 October 2025
Isolde Piet on leading the world’s
first all-female TBM crew
Special ATC 2025 issue
Celebrating the iconic status of the
Sydney Harbour Tunnel
Journal of the Australian & New Zealand
Tunnelling Societies
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Contents October ISSUE14
07 PRESIDENT AND EDITOR’S
COMMENTS
08 Q&A WITH BARRY MOORE,
CHAIR OF ATC2025
10 AUSTRALIA TUNNEL NEWS
22 NEW ZEALAND TUNNEL NEWS
26 ASIA TUNNEL NEWS
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31 MINING NEWS
32 NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
33 ARTIFICIAL GROUND FREEZING
COPES WITH CHALLENGING
CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA’S
LARGE UNDERGROUND
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
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34 THE “S
Issue No 14 October 2025
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Contents October ISSUE14 07 PRESIDENT
PLATINUM SPONSORS John Holland Pty Ltd Contact: D
GOLD SUPPORTING MEMBERS Ghella Pty Ltd Tel: +61 4
CPB Contractors, Australia's specialist tunnellin
Cover photo Underground spider - Winner, ATS phot
As chair of the organising committee, what excite
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Australian Tunnelling Updates and News North East
We keep your project rolling. Locomotives · R
7.24m in diameter and between 100 and 150m long.
crane, an automatic segment feeder, and a spacer
session, allowing for industry to meet and discus
Sydney Metro West – Eastern Tunnelling Package Jo
West Gate Tunnel CPB/JHG JV West Gate Tunnel Proj
Sydney CBD Pedestrian Tunnel Abergeldie Comple In
Micro Tunnel for sewer upgrade Victoria’s Eastern
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detection cameras; • a pair of 400 kL water tanks
80 acwhalan.com.au TSUPNENCEILALLIN
New Brisbane tunnel ACCIONA and Arup Brisbane Cit
ALWAYS ADVANCING www.terratec.co
Mangere East Wastewater Upgrade March Cato has be
Central interceptor: engineering a sustainable un
Asian Tunnelling Updates and News World’s largest
Breakthrough in the Himalayas: Rishikesh to Karan
FREEZE THE RIS ARTIFICIAL GROUND FREEZING: Sust
Bangkok Water Supply Project in Thailand. The suc
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Mining News Mount Isa Minerals inks Quinbrook fun
SUBMIT TODAY! In this section of the journal, we
Artificial Ground Freezing copes with challenging
The “Shape Factor” in Estimation of Tunnel Inflows
No rebar, steel fibre only CO2 1000 tons CO
ATS chapter and subgroup reports March 2025 to Au
TUNNEL SYSTEMS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE GROUP Ch
ATS News Packed house celebrates Sydney Harbour T
ACCIONA and ATS unite to honour women engineers o
ATS Young Members at forefront of connecting youn
Representing Australia at WTC 2025 Our bid team –
IN PROFILE Leading the world’s first all-women TBM
Lifecycle delivery Partners for Complex I
ATS PHOTO COMPETITION OCTOBER 2025 Huge thanks to
Historical Tunnelling Poatina Tailrace Tunnel – T
Silver Celebration: Heysen Tunnels mark a quarter
How did you approach capturing both the technical
Australian and New Zealand Tunnel Projects Region
Scope of work
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SCAN ME John Holland has been involved in deliv
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