Historic Quarry Becomes Critical Western Harbour Tunnel Site

Boral opens precasting facility at Emu Plains site for Harbour Tunnel project - Australian Manufacturing

Boral Limited has commenced a new phase of operations at its Emu Plains site with the official opening of a precasting facility dedicated to supporting the Western Harbour Tunnel project, continuing the site's 140-year legacy in Sydney’s infrastructure development.

Historic quarry becomes critical Western Harbour Tunnel site

Image: Ines Porada/stock.adobe.comA historic Boral quarry has continued its 140-year history of helping to build key infrastructure projects in Sydney as it now serves a key purpose for the Western Harbour Tunnel. Boral has welcomed the official opening of the tunnel’s precasting facility at Emu Plains this week, with NSW Premier Chris Minns attending the event to honour the site’s tradition of helping build Sydney. Boral has leased 18 hectares …

New facility to deliver jobs and Western Harbour Tunnel - Infrastructure Magazine

Image: LuisM/stock.adobe.com A new high-tech facility is now open that will fabricate the new Western Harbour Tunnel and create around 700 manufacturing jobs in Western Sydney.   The new, purpose-built facility at Emu Plains will precast individual concrete segments and culverts. They will then be put in place by the two largest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the Southern Hemisphere as they excavate under Sydney Harbour.  The walls, roof and f…