On 28 March 2025 the TBM Hiwa-i-te-Rangi broke through into a 30-metre- deep shaft at Point Erin Reserve, Herne Bay completing the 16.2-km Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel running under ...
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On 17th December, the Ghella Abergeldie Joint Venture (GAJV) celebrated the arrival of the massive Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM in the Tawariki Street shaft in Grey Lynn as part of the construction of ...
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On 11th September the TBM Hiwa-i-te-Rangi broke through into the 30-m deep shaft at the Western Springs site. The TBM Had tunnelled a little over 13km and installing over 8100 segment ...
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Victoria, the smallest of the three TBMs working on Watercare’s Central Interceptor project, has completed her micro-tunnelling work beneath Auckland and joined Domenica at the finish ...
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Funding has been confirmed to extend the Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel by more than 1 km from Grey Lynn to Point Erin, Herne Bay. This will reduce wet weather overflows and ...
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In a significant milestone, the TBM Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, nearly 200 meters in length, has successfully breached into a shaft at a depth of 47 meters below ground. This achievement took place at the ...
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Hiwa-i-te Rangi TBM has reached the 10-km mark after leaving a site next to Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant in August 2021, as she heads to Pt Erin, Herne Bay to build the 16.2-km Central ...
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On 4 September the Hiwa-i-te Rangi TBM - more than 5m diameter -has broken through into a 69m deep shaft in May Road, Mount Roskill marking the halfway point of her 14.7km journey to central ...
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The 5.4m diameter TBM Hiwa-i-te-Rangi arrived at the 25m deep Pump Station 23 shaft in Hillsborough (Auckland) on 6th December. The TBM had left the southern shore of the Manukau in September ...
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Last week the TBM EPB Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, involved in the construction of the 14.7-km-long and 4.5m diameter wastewater tunnel from Grey Lynn to Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant at Auckland, started ...
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A micro Tunnelling Boring Machine (MTBM) called ‘Domenica’ has been successfully lifted into a shaft at the May Rd, Mount Roskill site for Watercare’s Central Interceptor ...
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After ten months, the Central Interceptor TBM has passed its official Factory Acceptance Test (FAT). The TBM, which has been named ‘Hiwa-i-te-Rangi’ after a Mataariki star, has been ...
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The TBM that will be used for the excavation of the Central Interceptor Project has officially been ordered. The Central Interceptor is New Zealand’s largest ever wastewater tunnel, that will ...
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Auckland’s Watercare have selected Ghella-Abergeldie Harker Joint Venture as the preferred bidder for the construction of the Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel.
The Central Interceptor ...
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Two Lovat TBMs for Lower Lea Valley Cable Tunnel in LondonAt the Underground Construction 2005 conference and exhibition held 26th-27th October, 2005 in London, J Murphy & Sons signed a contract ...
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