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Waterview Connection breakthrough
23 October, 2015
NEW ZEALAND – The TBM broke through on the second drive of Auckland’s Waterview Connection project last month. Billed by contractor McConnell Dowell as one of the largest TBMs ever used in the southern hemisphere, Alice, the 14.4m-diameter Herrenknecht EPBM completed its 2.4km-long journey.

Alice takes a breather
27 February, 2015
NEW ZEALAND – The backup train of the Waterview Connection TBM was in the process of being turned to join up with the cutterhead and shield already working on its second bore path as Tunnels and Tunnelling went to press.