The Sydney Metro West (SMW) project is a new 24-kilometre underground metro railway, which will double the rail capacity between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD, link new communities to rail services, and support employment growth and housing supply.
The Sydney Metro West station locations have been confirmed at Westmead, Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, North Strathfield, Burwood North, Five Dock, The Bays, Pyrmont, and Hunter Street in the Sydney CBD.
Boral Concrete is proud to be selected as a supply partner responsible for mix development, concrete production and product testing for the Western Tunnelling Package, Eastern Tunnelling Package and Central Tunnelling Package.
Working with the Gamuda Australia and Laing O’Rourke Consortium (GLC) with support from Sydney Metro for the Sydney Metro West – Western Tunnelling Package, Boral has designed and developed an innovative product providing the following benefits:
- A lower upfront carbon concrete segment mix with 49.4% granulated blast furnace slag cement to replace Portland cement using Boral’s proprietary ZEP additive.
- The use of this precast concrete mix will significantly reduce the embodied carbon footprint of the Sydney Metro West – Western Tunnelling Package tunnel segments.
Boral's experienced teams have designed, developed, and tested the concrete mixes for the precast tunnel segments, and manufactured the concrete to ensure this critical infrastructure is completed to a high-quality standard, on time, on budget, and most importantly, safely and sustainably.
Targeting an opening date of 2032, Sydney Metro West will feature a new generation of fast, safe and reliable metro trains, new driverless technology, and platform screen safety doors to keep people and objects such as prams away from tracks.
Boral is proud to have been given the opportunity to share and demonstrate its expertise when it comes to transport infrastructure, leveraging our capabilities across testing, concrete and quarry materials for this iconic project.
Project details
Project: Sydney Metro West
Location: King Street, Sydney
Client: Gamuda Australia and Laing O'Rourke Consortium (GLC)
Owner: Sydney Metro
Products: Precast concrete mix development, production and testing for the Western Tunnelling Package, Eastern Tunnelling Package and Central Tunnelling Package
