Victoria
Port of Melbourne Corporation
November 2013 – June 2016 (construction) May 2016 – May 2018 (maintenance)
$90 million
Complete
Our teams worked together to develop a program which not only successfully delivered the works but importantly minimised the impacts on stakeholders. The development and delivery of the communications and traffic management strategies are a credit to all those involved… Was impressed when attending site to see the way all the team were dealing with motorists, residents, confused drivers and the list goes on… we received absolutely no complaints to our hotline despite issuing works notices to all those affected. Well done and thank you.
Scope
The scope of work included:
- construction of new road connections, Kooringa Way and Webb Dock Drive, which linked Webb Dock to Melbourne’s arterial road network
- widening of Todd Road, Cook Street and the Westgate on and off ramps
- conversion of the roundabouts at Cook Street and the Westgate ramps to signalised intersections
- major service relocations including HV/LV power, Telstra, Optus, NBN, pipe works, Megaport and VicRoads assets
- installation of new services throughout the Port precinct including stormwater drainage, CCTV, sewer, five new pump stations, water, Telstra and high voltage ring main re-coating of the major gas and oil pipeline that services Melbourne and greater Victoria
- construction of ‘buffer zones’ including 2500m2 of timber boardwalk, 850 metres of noise wall with a moveable gate, an observation tower at Webb Point, new shared user paths and activity nodes
- construction of 6590m2 of exposed aggregate concrete pavements, 1200m2 of granitic sand paths and 400m2 of bluestone pavements
- construction of a 24 metre timber boardwalk installed on screw pile foundations
- supply and installation of over 180,000 plants to gardens and buffer zones
- supply and installation of over 45,000m2 of hydroseeding and 10,000m3 of soil
- installation of timber border and dune protection fencing
- supply and installation of furniture, drinking fountains, beach showers and lighting.
Outcomes
The project was delivered on schedule, on budget and with over 750,000 hours lost time injury free. Construction was safely and successfully delivered under heavy traffic conditions with 30,000 vehicles per day, including approximately 12,000 commercial vehicles travelling along Todd Road, Cook Street, the Westgate on/off ramps, and Williamstown Road.
