INFRASTRUCTURE

Hiwa-i-te-Rangi breaks through at Auckland's May Road B shaft

Tunnelling on New Zealand wastewater infrastructure project reaches halfway point

Jacob Liu & Sean Peterfreund
 The Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM breaking through at the halfway point of its 14.7km journey underneath Auckland, New Zealand

The Hiwa-i-te-Rangi TBM breaking through at the halfway point of its 14.7km journey underneath Auckland, New Zealand

The project addresses aging and vulnerable assets, accommodates growth, and mitigates wet weather overflows into Waitematā and Manukau Harbours. The system will store peak wet-weather flows, facilitating...

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