The J. Murphy & Sons Limited team received delivery of its Caterpillar TBM that will be used to bore a 1.3km long 2.59m i.d. cable tunnel for client, UK Power Netoworks.
Murphy is delivering a GBP 10M (USD 15.6M) contract from Brentfield Park to Taylor¹s Lane in Willesden which also includes the construction of two vertical 28m deep, 7.5m i.d. shafts at each end.
Secant piling was used for one of the shafts and a 143m of shallow tunnel for junction and reception chambers has also been constructed.
