{"id":2522,"date":"2020-12-01T10:18:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2020-12-01T10:18:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:18:24","slug":"central-interceptor-tbm-arrives-in-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=2522","title":{"rendered":"Central Interceptor TBM arrives in Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM was assembled in Herrenknecht factory in Schwanau, Germany over a ten month period and was finally arrived in Auckland, New Zealand after a month-long journey. The machine will start to excavate Watercare\u2019s 14.7km Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel in early 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project\u2019s worth is US$840m and is going to run from Western Springs to the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant. It is designed to decrease wastewater overflows throughout the wet weather by 80% &#8211; to the benefit of local beaches, waterways and harbors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">27 trucks transported the 5.4m-diameter TBM\u2019s parts from Ports of Auckland to the Mangere plant from where the machine is going to be launched by Mayor Phil Goff for the five-year tunneling operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the moment, multiple Central Interceptor construction sites are in progress. Works at May Road (Mt Roskill) and Mangere shaft sites are the most advanced ones. At Mangere, boring of the 38m-deep main shaft, wet well, and 32m-deep inlet shaft are done, with the concrete base slab at the bottom of both shafts now being installed. Further sites along the tunnel route will start in 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because of the Hiwa-i-te-Rangi\u2019s size, it will not be completely assembled by Herrenknecht and contractor Ghella Abergeldie JV until it is launched underground in early 2021.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1200px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2522-1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Our_Central_Interceptor_Tunnel_Boring_Machine_TBM_has_arrived_Oj-u8vBKE98_tag22.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Our_Central_Interceptor_Tunnel_Boring_Machine_TBM_has_arrived_Oj-u8vBKE98_tag22.mp4\">http:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Our_Central_Interceptor_Tunnel_Boring_Machine_TBM_has_arrived_Oj-u8vBKE98_tag22.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM was assembled in Herrenknecht factory in Schwanau, Germany over a ten month period and was finally arrived in Auckland, New Zealand after a month-long journey. The machine will start to excavate Watercare\u2019s 14.7km Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel in early 2021. The project\u2019s worth is US$840m and is going to run from Western Springs to the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant. It is designed to decrease wastewater overflows throughout the wet weather by 80% &#8211; to the benefit of local beaches, waterways and harbors. 27 trucks transported the 5.4m-diameter TBM\u2019s parts from Ports of Auckland to the Mangere plant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-project-show-case","post--single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Central Interceptor TBM arrives in Auckland - Tunnelingworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=2522\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Central Interceptor TBM arrives in Auckland - Tunnelingworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM was assembled in Herrenknecht factory in Schwanau, Germany over a ten month period and was finally arrived in Auckland, New Zealand after a month-long journey. 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