Boral has supported the introduction of a new precasting facility, which will support the construction of the Western Harbour Tunnel.
The company has leased 18 hectares of its Emu Plains site to Acciona, enabling the establishment of the precast facility near the purpose-built concrete batching plant. Boral will operate a wet mix concrete batching plant, capable of producing up to 120m3 of concrete per hour, adjacent to the precast facility.
This will supply concrete for the precast facility to make more than 13,000 concrete segments and nearly 1400 culverts for the Western Harbour Tunnel.
Boral executive general manager for NSW concrete and quarries Mark Campbell said the wet mix plant would be a key support for the precast facility.
“The concrete plant was made in Queensland and then transported via truck to the site where it was erected and recently commissioned,” he said.
“The plant utilises raw materials from our integrated upstream quarry operations at Peppertree and Dunmore, along with cement manufactured from our Berrima plant.”
NSW Premier Chris Minns and NSW Roads and Regional Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison attended the official opening of the precasting facility at Emu Plains.
Key part of Sydney
Boral chief executive officer and managing director Vik Bansal said the Emu Plains site had a rich history in the Sydney market.
“The establishment of a precast facility at our Emu Plains site – a former quarry and now recycling operation – continues its proud history of providing construction materials to landmark infrastructure projects in the Sydney region,” he said.
“During its life as a quarry, between 1883 and 2014, Emu Plains has supported Sydney’s housing and infrastructure projects for generations. Emu Plains has directly supplied construction materials to iconic projects including the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Warragamba Dam and Sydney Olympic Park. It is also proof of our ability to recycle assets.”
The Western Harbour Tunnel will connect the Rozelle Interchange to the Warringah Freeway near North Sydney, crossing underneath Sydney Harbour between Birchgrove and Waverton.
Alongside the precast and concrete batching facilities, Boral will maintain its recycling operations at Emu Plains. The recycling operations process and blend quarry materials stored on site. It also takes virgin excavated natural materials which it sorts, processes and blends to produce a range of materials for the Sydney market including aggregates, sands and engineered fill.
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