It will take around 75,000 working hours to assemble the TBM – Bella – with up to 30 people per shift working around the clock.
The cutter head – which will be one of the last pieces to be assembled - will be moved into place by a 500-tonne gantry crane, one of the largest of its kind in Australia.
Major tunnelling works are set to start this year.
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