{"id":50589,"date":"2024-05-22T10:28:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T00:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=116326"},"modified":"2024-05-22T10:28:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T00:28:27","slug":"foundations-set-for-inland-rail-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=50589","title":{"rendered":"Foundations set for Inland Rail construction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inland Rail<\/a> has ticked off a major construction milestone in Victoria, completing foundation pile drilling at the Seymour-Avenel Road site marking the end of the important pile drilling process across the first four Victorian Inland Rail construction sites.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fifty-six piles have been drilled and filled with concrete and will form the foundation of the new Seymour-Avenel Road bridge.<\/p>\n

Each pile is approximately 15 metres deep and a meter wide and will support the substructure of the bridge, including the pile cap, blade walls and bridge beams.<\/p>\n

Inland Rail Program Delivery Director B2A Ed Walker celebrated the milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe completion of the underground foundation work marks an important milestone in the delivery of the first four tranche 1 sites,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarnawartha North and Glenrowan sites are almost finished, and Wangaratta and Seymour-Avenel Road are progressing well.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe contract to build the eight remaining Victorian sites will be awarded in June and work will begin next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the material is excavated, a steel cage is inserted and roughly 15 cubic metres of concrete is poured.<\/p>\n

A 130-tonne piling rig completed the drilling of the 56 piles at Seymour Avenel Road in three weeks.<\/p>\n

McConnell Dowell Seymour-Avenel Road Area Manager Kelvin Kumangai explained even further.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an important milestone for the Seymour Avenel Road Bridge, and the Inland Rail project as it is the last site on Tranche 1 to complete piling works.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus now shifts to building the bridge structure out of the ground, at a new raised height to provide clearance for double-stacked trains.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inland Rail is a nation building project that will transform how goods<\/a> are moved around Australia, first connecting Beveridge to Parkes, NSW, by 2027 before later connecting from Narromine, New South Wales, to Ebenezer, Queensland.<\/p>\n

In Victoria, work will take place at 12 sites between Beveridge and Albury, to enable double-stacked freight trains to pass safely and ensure everyday products can be delivered faster and more reliably around Australia.<\/p>\n

The post Foundations set for Inland Rail construction<\/a> appeared first on Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Inland Rail has ticked off a major construction milestone in Victoria, completing foundation pile drilling at the Seymour-Avenel Road site \u2026 <\/p>\n

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