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| 8TH - 14TH DECEMBER 2017 | UTILITY WEEK
Operations & Assets
High viz
The giant tunnel boring machine
(TBM), named aer a member of staff
at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, has
completed London's newest tunnel
under the River Thames.
The 330m-long subterranean
passageway starts in the grounds
of the famous home of the Chelsea
Pensioners and goes below the river,
before emerging in Battersea Park.
TBM Amanda was controlled
remotely by an above-ground operator
who was supported by an array of
engineers, technicians and specialists.
Made in Chelsea
