The front sections of a large Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), which will be used to build the £100 million Shieldhall Tunnel, have arrived in Glasgow.

The German-made TBM will help develop the 3.1 mile-long waste water tunnel between Craigton and Queen's Park.

The machine sections were transported along the M8 in central Glasgow to the project site.

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The TBM's remaining parts will be delivered and assembled in the next few weeks.

Its name, 'Daisy the Driller', was selected by a local primary school pupil after a naming competition.

Overall, 'Daisy' will be 180 metres long and weigh 1,000 tonnes.

The Shieldhall Tunnel project is being delivered for Scottish Water by the Glasgow Tunnel Partnership, a commercial joint venture between Costain and VINCI Construction Grands Projets called CVJV.

Preparatory works are progressing and the year-long project is due to begin in summer.

(LM)