Cross River Rail Shotcrete Lining Feb 2, 2024 | Sprayed Concrete Shotcrete, TunnellingIn an Australian first, BarChip fibre was used as the primary reinforcement in the primary shotcrete lining of the commuter rail tunnels at Brisbane’s Cross River Rail.
BTS Specification for Tunnelling 4th Edition Dec 18, 2023 | News, TunnellingThe British Tunnelling Society has released the fourth edition of Specification in Tunnelling. You can download the fourth edition here.
Recycled Pastic for Mining Ground Support Nov 16, 2023 | Civil, Flooring, Mining, Paving, Precast, Testing and Design, TunnellingBarChip reduce carbon footprint of shotcrete ground support by over 70 million kg of carbon.
BarChip Paraguay Factory Oct 4, 2023 | Civil, Flooring, Mining, News, Paving, Precast, TunnellingWe are excited about the opportunities this facility brings, both in the global construction market and throughout Latin America.
World Record 2 km Fibre Reinforced Concrete Pour Jul 16, 2023 | Civil, Concrete Trackslab, TunnellingBarChip FRC pumped a world record 2km for the Forrestfield-Aiport Link Track Slab and won the 2023 CIA state award for excellence…
BarChip Reinforced Tunnel Segments – Full-Scale Testing Part 3 Apr 19, 2023 | News, Precast, Precast Concrete, Testing and Design, TunnellingFull-scale testing of BarChip fibre reinforced tunnel segments proves that anyone who says you can’t use maco synthetic fibre in segments is wrong.
BarChip Reinforced Tunnel Segments – Full-Scale Testing Part 2 Apr 19, 2023 | News, Precast, Precast Concrete, Testing and Design, TunnellingFull scale testing shows without a doubt that BarChip is a suitable material for use in precast concrete tunnel segments.
BarChip Reinforced Tunnel Segments – Full-Scale Testing Part 1 Apr 19, 2023 | News, Precast, Precast Concrete, Testing and Design, TunnellingAnyone who says you can’t use macro synthetic fibre in a segmental tunnel lining is wrong and in this series of posts we’ll show you why.
BarChip Reinforced Courthouse Commons Tunnel Aug 30, 2022 | Sprayed Concrete Shotcrete, TunnellingPremix fibre reinforced supersacks utilised at the Courthouse Commons tunnel, an American Shotcrete Association project of the year.
BarChip Reinforced Lyon Turin Base Tunnel Aug 25, 2022 | Sprayed Concrete Shotcrete, TunnellingBarChip fibre is reinforcing the shotcrete ground support at the Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel, one of the longest railway tunnels in the world.
BarChip Reinforced Brenner Base Tunnel Aug 17, 2022 | Sprayed Concrete Shotcrete, TunnellingBarChip is reinforcing the shotcrete works on the Brenner Base Tunnel which will be the largest underground railway connection when complete.
Sydney Metro wins 2022 ACAA Award May 5, 2022 | News, Sprayed Concrete Shotcrete, TunnellingBarChip reinforced Sydney Metro wins 2022 Australian Construction Achievement award.