Expertise and Knowledge


Areas of Expertise

  • Tunnels
  • Shafts
  • Sewers
  • Watermains
  • Subways
  • Highways
  • Underwater works

 

Tunnelling Expertise

  • Tunnel drilling with jack legs and drill jumbos in both good and bad rock conditions
  • Shotcrete
  • Rockbolts of various types including mechanical shell, mechanical grouted shell and rebar/resin
  • Wire mesh
  • Ribs in rock tunnels
  • Excavation of tunnels in both good and poor rock conditions with a tunnel boring machine
  • Earth tunnels of various types including:
    • Ribs placed using the "Monkey Hole" method
    • Soft ground tunnel boring machines and shields with ribs and wood lagging for ground support
    • Liner plates
    • Pipe jacking reinforced concrete pipe over long distances i.e. 150 meters to 250 meters between shafts
  • Various kinds of concrete work
  • Cement grouting
  • Excavation and concreting of shafts in both earth and rock
  • Compressed air tunnelling
  • Shafts excavated by raising
  • Deep shafts (over 60 meters in depth)