Tunnelling in the Binningup Desalination Plant

Alan Berry, Hendrie van Zyl & Mike Murray

The design and construction aspects of phase 1 of the Water Corporation’s new Southern Seawater Desalination plant in Binningup, WA, is being presented, highlighting the challenges presented to the Southern Seawater Alliance (SSWA) engineering and construction teams by the geotechnical conditions encountered at the site. Geotechnical, structural and construction aspects are covered by each of the above speakers respectively.

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