# Gamuda Australia-Laing O'Rourke consortium wins A$2.16bn Sydney Metro West tunnelling package

The Gamuda Australia-Laing O'Rourke consortium was awarded the A$2.16 billion Western Tunnelling Package for the Sydney Metro West project. The consortium will deploy Australia's first autonomous tunnel boring machines to build 9 km twin metro tunnels between Westmead and Sydney Olympic Park.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-02-01
- Where: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Value: $1.58B (2.16B AUD)
- Status: announced
- Products: autonomous tunnel boring machines
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Gamuda](https://endata.com/companies/62060.md)
- [Laing O'Rourke](https://endata.com/companies/25057.md) (partner)
- [Herrenknecht](https://endata.com/companies/28609.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [gamuda.com](https://gamuda.com/2022/04/msian-technology-goes-to-sydney/news/), 2022-04-02: "These are Australia's first autonomous TBMs, and these two mega machines utilise artificial intelligence, developed by Gamuda, to automatically steer, operate and monitor a number of TBM functions."

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