Company History

First "Bothar Built" auger boring machine - a 900mm diameter 3 cylinder machine

First "Bothar Built" auger boring machine - a 900mm diameter 3 cylinder machine First job for Integral Energy (Sydney) - 30m of 18" diameter steel casing for electrical cables

Completed first major tunnelling project - Oxley to Logan Trunk Water Main

Completed first major tunnelling project - Oxley to Logan Trunk Water Main Completed first excavation by drill and blast and pipe jack in rock up to 400mpa of 1200mm diameter pipe at Nerang on the Gold Coast

Undertake 3km of 400mm diameter auger boring crossings between Young and Botany, in Sydney, NSW for the Moomba to Sydney Ethane Line

Completion of Coronation Drive Drainage Project in Brisbane, Australia, from the Inn On The Park Hotel to the Brisbane River

Completion of Black Street Stormwater Drainage at Milton, Brisbane, Queensland for Brisbane City Council 350 meters of 3000mm diameter tunnelling for installation of Reinforced Concrete jacking Pipe from Lang Park to Brisbane River

Tunnelling was under a major CBD road and mall, involving shaft and manhole construction, traffic control, survey and community liaison

Opens office in Abu Dhabi

Commence first micro-tunnelling job – 1.7km of 2000m m diameter for insallation of Reinforced Concrete Jacking

Pipe for 400KVA Cables Works

Awarded first project in Kuwait – 15km of various diameter (ranging from 400mm to 1000m) for sewerage system upgrade

In June, Bothar received a significant equity injection from Petroserv Limited LLC, a wholly-owned Qatar company. Petroserv International was formed and opened its oil and gas business office in Brisbane

Executed a number of major projects including the Hunua Project in New Zealand, a 506 metre flood relief tunnel in Brisbane, the Al Sowa major sea bed crossing in UAW, and over 80 coal-seam gas export pipeline crossings for major CSG-to-LNG owners

First microtunnelling job for Petroserv Completion of Bothar’s first microtunnelling job for Petroserv Limited in Doha, Qatar

Bothar achieved independent certification. Bothar achieved independent certification of its safety management system to AS4801 & OHSAS 18001.

Established in-house certificate III in trenchless technology

Established in in-house Certificate III in Trenchless Technology in partnership with NSW TAFE, which provides the company with a nationally recognised means of professional development for key staff

The first Bothar built FSAS Microtunnelling machine successfully executes a major contract for Gold Coats City Council. Second larger diameter FSAS machine also commissioned and successfully completes maiden project for the Brisbane City Council.

Bothar launch into the South Africa market and exhibit at the No-Dig South African convention in Pretoria, South Africa

Aug - The Wagners Technology Company, through Wagner's Microtunnelling, complete first project in South Africa, the Mafenya Reservoir Project.

Sep - Wagner's Microtunnelling awarded the KIPP seawater intake and outlet tunnels, a Ghanaian branch is opened in Accra, Ghana.

Nov - Wagners Technology opens its new office in the Dubai, United Arab Emirates FTZ.

Bothar commences KIPP project in Ghana