Tag: Skanska Costain Strabag
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Video | HS2’s TBM Anne lifted to the surface in west London
Engineers from HS2’s London tunnels contractor, Skanska Costain Strabag JV, have begun lifting the last of four giant tunnelling machines to the surface. Weighing a total of 1,700 tonnes and stretching for around 150m, tunnel boring machine (TBM) Anne must be lifted out of the shaft in sections using a giant gantry crane. The first…
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Video | HS2 lifts 850t tunnel boring machine using gantry crane
HS2 has removed a huge tunnel boring machine (TBM) after completing an 8km drive from West Ruislip to Green Park Way, West London. The TBM, named Sushila, weighs 850 tonnes and was lifted in one piece using a 750-tonne gantry crane. Its cuttterhead spans 9.48m in diameter. During its journey from October 2022 until December 2024,…