Boral has opened a purpose-built concrete batching plant at its Emu Plains site to support the construction of Sydney’s Western Harbour Tunnel project.
NSW Premier, Chris Minns and NSW Minister for Roads and Regional Transport Jenny Aitchison were present at the facility’s opening.
“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,” Boral CEO and managing director Vik Bansal said.
“It is also proof of our ability to recycle assets. During its life as a quarry, between 1883 and 2014, Emu Plains has supported Sydney’s housing and infrastructure projects for generations.”
Boral has leased 18 hectares of its Emu Plains site to Acciona, a global renewable energy and infrastructure solutions provider, to establish the precast facility adjacent a purpose-built concrete batching plant.
This will supply approximately 90,000m3 of concrete to manufacture precast segments and culverts for Western Harbour Tunnel.
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The tunnel will connect the Rozelle Interchange to the Warringah Freeway near North Sydney, crossing underneath Sydney Harbour between Birchgrove and Waverton.
Boral will operate a wet mix concrete batch plant, capable of producing up to 120m3 of concrete per hour, adjacent the precast facility. This will supply concrete for the precast facility to make more than 13,000 concrete segments and nearly 1400 culverts for Western Harbour Tunnel.
“The concrete plant was made in Queensland and then transported via truck to the site where it was erected and recently commissioned,” Boral’s executive general manager NSW Concrete and Quarries Mark Campbell said.
“The plant utilises raw materials from our integrated upstream quarry operations at Peppertree and Dunmore, along with cement manufactured from our Berrima plant.”
Boral continues to operate at Emu Plains with its recycling operations at site, alongside the precast facility.
Boral’s Emu Plains Recycling Operations include the processing and blending of quarry materials stored on site and the receipt of virgin excavated natural materials, which are sorted, processed and blended to produce a range of aggregates, sands and engineered fill products that are dispatched across the Sydney market.