AN electric piling rig is being used to help build train stabling at Kananook.
The Level Crossing Removal project says the electric piling rig is the first of its kind in Australia. They claim it will save 15 tonnes of CO2.
The machine has completed 140 piles, each 18 metres deep and 900 millimetres in diameter.
Piling rig supervisor James Nicholson said “the machine works really effectively, it’s very responsive and for the team working on site no engine noise means it is a better environment to work in.”
After finishing up at Kananook, the piling rig is expected to be redeployed to the North East Link project.
The stabling at Kananook is set to expand from eight trains to 21 once works are complete.
