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NorthConnex – Australia’s deepest road tunnel

Progress and Challenges

The NorthConnex Project is currently under construction in Sydney and will provide twin motorway tunnels, around nine kilometres in length, linking the at West Pennant Hills and the M1 at Wahroonga. NorthConnex will be Australia’s deepest road tunnel. The project is being delivered by the NSW and Australian Governments, , M7 Westlink Shareholders and Lendlease and Bouygues Joint Venture. This technical session will focus on key design and construction challenges for the underground works, both in shallow cover and deep sections of the project, with an emphasis on the risk and safety aspects considered for the underground works.

th Technical Session – Wednesday, 18 April 2018 5:30pm – 6:00pm Assembly, light refreshments Venue: Engineers Australia Auditorium 6:00pm – 7:00pm Presentation 3/8 Thomas St, Chatswood 7:00pm – 7:30pm Questions, Discussion & Drinks

Please register via this link: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/event/northconnex-%E2%80%93-australia%E2%80%99s- deepest-road-tunnel-progress-and-challenges

UWE HESTERMANN – ENGINEERING MANAGER – LEND LEASE BOUYGUES JOINT VENTURE (LLBJV) Uwe is Engineering Manager with Lendlease with over 20 years of experience in delivering complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects across different disciplines. During his career Uwe established an excellent track record in the successful delivery of landmark projects in Australia, Europe, Asia and the U.S. Uwe has been working in senior management and leadership roles for more than 15 years. On NorthConnex Uwe led the development and implementation of the design and engineering solutions for all underground works including the driven tunnels, shafts and cut & cover sections.

MARK SHEFFIELD – TUNNEL DISCIPLINE LEAD – AURECON-SMEC JOINT VENTURE (ASJV) Mark is Technical Director with Aurecon with over 25 years’ experience in heavy civil engineering. He has extensive experience in underground construction for major infrastructure schemes in densely populated urban environments around the world, including New Zealand, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos and Singapore. Mark’s recent experience has included the delivery of the tunnel design for NorthConnex, where he is currently the Tunnel Discipline Lead overseeing provision of design support to LLBJV during construction together with the recent WestConnex Stage 3A tender as well as an ongoing involvement with Sydney CBD infrastructure projects over the last 12 years.

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Professional Development: Sponsored by: This meeting is worth 1.0 hour CPD. For information regarding CPD refer to Engineers Australia website: http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/