The company will provide tunnelling assurance specialists for tunnel operations, including works related to the TBM operations.
“In providing delivery assurance specialist services, we are bringing genuine life cycle delivery experience built from working on some of the most significant underground infrastructure projects in Australia and abroad. We look forward to working closely with Transport for New South Wales and the wider stakeholder network to deliver such a critical part of Sydney’s future transport network,” said Jon Daley, executive general manager – infrastructure engineering.
The Western Harbour Tunnel – the first new road harbour crossing in 30 years – is designed to ease traffic flow on major artillery roads such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Western Distributor, and Anzac Bridge. The project involves the construction of a 6.3km-long tunnel with three lanes in each direction. It will cross underneath Sydney Harbour, linking the WestConnex with the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney.
The first of the project’s two TBMs passed its factory acceptance test in April.
“The Western Harbour Tunnel is an internationally significant and technically complex megaproject that demands specialised tunnelling expertise. As a once-in-a-generation harbour crossing, it includes the largest bored tunnel in the Southern Hemisphere. To support the government in ensuring the effective delivery and seamless transition of construction processes and road tunnel assets into operations, Transport has engaged Systra, drawing on their global tunnelling experience and proven technical capability,” said Simon Cooper, Transport for New South Wales Western Harbour Tunnel project director.
