Australasia: services

Tunnelling

The Melbourne Office is a Centre of Excellence for Tunnelling in the region.

Halcrow has an established reputation in tunnelling, the result of over 75 years’ experience in the planning, design and procurement of underground works. This reputation depends on our ability to provide specialist advice and well-engineered, economic and innovative solutions to challenges in infrastructure development.

Halcrow also has worldwide experience in tunnel ventilation and fire / life safety in underground spaces which include the use of 3D computational fluid dynamics.

Since Halcrow has been in Australia we’ve been involved in all the country’s major tunnelling projects. Our work with contractors, private developers, government agencies and financial institutions means we offer the full range of tunnelling services.

These services include:

Planning

	Transport planning studies
	Route alignments
	Preliminary design and cost estimates
	Tender design
	Rock support and lining design
	Design verification/Proof engineering
	Ventilation design
	Seismic design
	Drainage design
	Design of portal structures, approach roads and retaining walls
	Safeguarding structures through prediction of settlement
	Fire and Life Safety systems design
	Risk assessment

Project management

	Tender documentation and assessment
	Construction methods and programmes
	Capital and operating cost estimates
	Quality assurance

Supervision of construction

	Resident Engineers control systems, inspection and staffing
	Audit/monitoring of contractors quality assurance systems
	Financial monitoring and reporting