Remote tunnelling project in the Chilean Andes

摘要

Main contractor Queiroz Galvao is using the machines, purchased from Atlas Copco Chile in Santiago, for sprayed concrete and forotherancillary works such as rock descaling.rnThe client for the project is Hidroelectrica La Higuera (HLH), a 50:50 joint venture formed by Pacific Hydro of Australia and Statkraft Norfund Power Invest of Norway to build, own and operate the 155MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant, located in the Tinguiririca Valley, about 150km south of Santiago.