CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF OUR 2020 GOLD AWARD WINNERS COLLABORATION FOR PROJECT EXCELLENCE Logan Enhancement Project SMEC GHD Design Joint Venture (SGJV)
SMEC and GHD have been awarded the Consult Australia Collaboration for Project Excellence Gold Award for the Logan Enhancement Project (LEP) The LEP was delivered and managed under a Design and Construct Contract between Transurban Queensland and CPB Contractors and its designer, the SMEC and GHD Design Joint Venture (SGJV). Jared Cooke, SGJV’s Design Manager, said the award is unique as it recognises the critical nature of open and successful collaboration on significant infrastructure projects. "We are particularly proud to win this coveted award as it recognises exemplary collaboration initiatives between firms, member firms or project partners. "The Logan Enhancement Project (LEP) is an outstanding example of ingenuity and collaboration overcoming significant engineering challenges.
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"Due to our shared key objective to ‘keep the road users moving,’ detailed design was substantially completed in a fast-tracked 48-week period, enabling construction to begin early. "We worked collaboratively with Transurban Queensland, the State, wider stakeholders and the community to maximise return on investment for Transurban and deliver whole-of-life value.” The $512 million LEP represents the first successfully delivered market-led proposal in Queensland. It involved upgrading four kilometres of the Logan Motorway and ten kilometres of the Gateway Extension motorway. “LEP improved key congestion hot spots through the construction of new southfacing ramps, 18 bridges and the laying of approximately 500,000 tonnes of asphalt, all under live motorway conditions,” Jared said.
“It was designed to improve safety and reliability, reduce travel times, enhance connectivity to key residential and business areas, and futureproof the network. "We were able to ensure delivery of incremental improvements on traffic-flow during construction through a genuinely collaborative approach.” Ian Brodie, SGJV’s management representative, said the award was a testament to the team’s willingness to engage collaboratively with all project stakeholders. “We are honoured to receive this coveted award as it is a great example of how successful collaboration can result in the best project outcomes when based on strong and trusted relationships. "We aimed to deliver excellence against every project objective, and provided design solutions that optimised safety and efficiency, travel times and flow across the network.”
