09/2009 - mts2000 - Adelaide, Australia
Winslow Infrastructure is currently completing six tunnel bores as part of the Adelaide Desalination Project for SA Water.
An important part of the Adelaide Desalination Project is a pipeline that will deliver desalinated water from Port Stanvac to the Happy Valley water treatment storage facility, a distance of approximately 11.5 kilometres.
The bores, ranging from 30 metres to 160 metres each in length, are excavated using a mts2000. This equipment was selected to ensure accuracy to within 20 mm and minimal settlement under roads and rail lines.
Minimal cover and hence decreased depth to these assets could then be achieved.A mixed ground cutting disk was selected to excavate through the varied ground conditions including sands to stiff clays and weathered rock.
