Thiess Tunnelling was awarded a AUD 134M (USD 141M) contract by Saipem Australia, the national arm of worldwide pipeline specialist Saipem, to construct the tunnel for the Santos GLNG project in Gladstone, Queensland. Thiess purchased one of the EPB tunnel boring machines used to construct the Northern Sewerage Project (NSP) in Melbourne, which was completed last year, and plans to use the refurbished machine to construct the Narrows Crossing.
