How Murray Jamieson kept Snowy 2.0 breathing without shafts, upsetting fans or breaking the rules above Australia's deepest underground halls

Murray Jamieson reveals how Snowy 2.0’s powerhouse complex achieved safe underground ventilation without vertical shafts—using tunnel-based airflow, strategic ducting, and high-efficiency fans.
Jamie Wade
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Content By Jamie Wade on May 28, 2025
Safety, Occupational Health, Emergency Response, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Efficiency, Production Optimisation, Equipment Maintenance, Workflow Management, ESG, Environmental Impact Assessments, Water and Air Quality Monitoring, Regulatory Adherence, Workforce, Health and Well-being Programs, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Process Innovation, Risk, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Project Overviews, Case Studies
Australia, New South Wales, Central West Region

Ventilating one of Australia’s deepest underground builds was never going to be easy—but with ingenuity, modelling and a few...

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