After completing a number of successful ocean outfall projects, UEA was awarded a 1,300 metre design and construct HDD ocean outfall and beach manhole construction contract by Hawaiki Submarine Cable. The project at large involved a new submarine cable linking Australia and New Zealand to Hawaii and mainland United States, which will help eliminate the distance between all Pacific communities and boost socio-economic development through the provision of broadband access. With a design capacity of 42 Tbps, Hawaiki is now currently the highest cross-sectional capacity link between Australia, New Zealand and the United States.