ATS – Queensland Chapter NorthConnex – Constructing Australia’s longest road tunnel project NorthConnex is a $3 billion project in Sydney’s north. It will provide a tolled motorway, linking the M1 Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga with the Hills M2 Motorway at West Pennant Hills. The project will provide twin motorway tunnels around nine kilometres in length with a clearance of 5.3m and a speed limit of 80 km/h. Each tunnel will be built with the long- term capacity for three lanes. As part of NorthConnex, integration work along the Hills M2 Motorway has been undertaken to allow the safe merge of traffic from the tunnel onto the Hills M2 Motorway via a new westbound lane from Pennant Hills Road to the Windsor Road interchange. This presentation provides an overview of the project works, its current status and the challenges ahead. The main focus is on the tunnelling works, fit out and implemented design changes. th Technical Session – Thursday, 08 March 2018 5:30pm – 6:00pm Assembly, light refreshments Venue: Engineers Australia Hawken Auditorium Brisbane 6:00pm –6:45: pm Presentation 6.45 – 7:00pm Questions, Discussion ULRIKE PELZ – ENGINEERING & DESIGN DIRECTOR, LENDLEASE Ulrike Pelz is currently Engineering and Design Director on the NorthConnex Tunnel Project for Lendlease. She brings a wealth of engineering experience, having worked for about 23 years as a Civil Engineer on major tunnelling and infrastructure project in Europe, Asia and Australia. Her experience covers all aspects of project delivery including design, design management, claim and contracts management and construction management. Ulrike has been involved in some of the major recent infrastructure projects in Australia including Epping to Chatswood Rail Link, Lane Cover Tunnel, Airport Link Brisbane, Northwest Rail Link, WestConnex Stage 2 and recently NorthConnex. Please register via this link: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/event/design-and- construction-northconnex-tunnels-sydney Professional Development: This meeting is worth 1.0 hour CPD. For information regarding CPD refer to Engineers Australia website: http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ .