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Construction of tunnels (in orange) in the city's busiest districts
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Project team received “Tunnelling Team of the Year” in the NCE (New Civil Engineer) Tunnelling Awards 2018
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Award received at the Good Housekeeping 2017-2018 Forum and Award Presentation: Good Housekeeping Plan (Construction) Silver Award
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19 November 2017: Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) “Athena” completed her final rail tunnel drive between the future Exhibition Station and Admiralty Station on Hong Kong Island
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19 November 2017: Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) “Athena” completed her final rail tunnel drive between the future Exhibition Station and Admiralty Station on Hong Kong Island
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Excavation of tunnels below the existing railway lines
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Tunnel Boring Machine equipped with Variable Density system can tunnel through different soil types
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Future Police Officers' Club on top of the South Ventilation Building
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Underpinning the Canal Road flyover
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Hong Kong’s first variable density TBM’s alignment
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Celebrating Hong Kong’s first variable density TBM completion drive of 680m in December 2016
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Starwheel with pre-stressed bars – one of our in-house innovations and believed to be Hong Kong’s FIRST – created a safer work environment
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Twin-circular TBM launch shaft
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Fabrication of TBM on site
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Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), Athena, launched in September 2017 to commence her final journey
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Launching of TBM Athena in March 2016
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TBM Launching Ceremony of SCL Island Section’s first TBM in March 2016
Railway Tunnel
MTR Shatin to Central Link – Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter to Admiralty Tunnels – Contract No. 1128
Current Project
Dragages was selected to construct one of Hong Kong’s most technically challenging tunnels – part of the 6km extension of the ongoing Shatin to Central Line – from Kowloon to the transit hub on Hong Kong Island.
The main scope and challenge of the project is to construct the Eastern Tunnels and Western Tunnels by Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), as both tunnels go through the city’s busiest districts. Meticulous project planning is essential in aiding the TBMs to navigate through a large volume of pile obstructions and utilities with zero interruption of services to citizens. To cope with the complex geological conditions, two different types of TBMs are being employed for excavation – a slurry TBM and an Earth Pressure Balanced (EPB) TBM.
The construction of the South Ventilation Building requires careful effort as well, as the existing Police Officers’ Club (POC) needs to be demolished and reprovisioned on the top of the South Ventilation Building.
| Client | MTR Corporation |
| Project | Construction of the Eastern Tunnels and Western Tunnels |
| Eastern Tunnels | 680m x 2 tunnels |
| Western Tunnels | 480m x 2 tunnels |
| Construction period | 2014 |
