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Morgan Est lowers tunnel boring machine in Barry |
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Friday, 16 October 2009 |
 Leading infrastructure services provider Morgan Est has successfully lowered a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) into a shaft in Barry near Cardiff, as part of the £130 million, five year Welsh Water Asset Investment Framework to help alleviate flooding in South East Wales.
Leading infrastructure services provider Morgan Est has successfully lowered a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) into a shaft in Barry near Cardiff, as part of the £130 million, five year Welsh Water Asset Investment Framework to help alleviate flooding in South East Wales.
 The Tunnel Boring Machine being lowered at Barry, South Wales
The 18-tonne Iseki Unclemole TBM was craned into position on Thursday, 1st October, enabling Morgan Est to start work on creating an underground tunnel measuring 1,500 millimetres in diameter and 147 metres in length.
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