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President’s Message
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Director’s Message
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About The Awards
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2008 Winner’s Postcard
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2008 Winner’s Postcard
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About Engineers Australia
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Message From The Chair
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Meet The Judges
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Winner - Engineering Excellence Award & ANZSES Sustainability Award
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Winner - Research, Development & Innovation
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Winner - Reports, Procedures & Systems
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Winner - President’s Award & People’s Choice Award
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Highly Commended - Project Management
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Highly Commended - Community Engagement
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Highly Commended - Environment & Sustainability
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Professional Engineer Of The Year
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Young Professional Engineer Of The Year
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Engineering Technologist Of The Year
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Project Entrants
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President’s Message
The Engineering Excellence Awards are a fantastic chance to celebrate the achievements of our people and projects in the Territory. This year we have had a large number of entries - all of a high calibre. We have a good record of winning National Awards in Northern Division due to the excellence in engineering displayed by our Engineering Teams which have worked so hard to accomplish so much. As the Year of the Regional Engineering Team, the judges and I were fortunate enough to visit some of our regional members to share their projects with them. Electricity flowed in the Alice Springs Region with two power projects, both with their unique challenges. Katherine Region saw some interesting work for Defence at Tindal and the new Cullen River Bridge. A cycle path with recycled bridges, the new Park and Ride bus interchanges, the Defence of Darwin Experience and Berrimah Road Rail Overpass also added to the variety of projects the judges had to review. Those of you who attended the recent Excellence Awards technical presentations, held at Darwin City Council Civic Centre, will appreciate the quality of this year’s entries and the effort that has gone into both the projects and the entry presentations. Tonight we also recognise members of the Northern Division engineering team who have achieved significance in their profession in the People in Engineering Awards. I congratulate all of them. I would like to say a big thank you to all those involved in the Awards including the judges, our divisional staff, and our sponsors, all of whom make these awards such a success. Special thanks to all of the entrants and my congratulations to each of the winners.
Louise McCormick President
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Director’s Message
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About The Awards 2012 will see Northern Division celebrate 31 years of Engineering Excellence, Cat Projects in 2011 went onto win the “Sir William Hudson” Award for the Bushlight India Project, the highest accolade at the National Awards held in the Great Hall of Parliement in Canberra. A remarkable achievement for a small engineering firm based in Alice Springs. The Australian Engineering Excellence Awards acknowledge the world-class standing of Australian engineering and provides the engineering profession and its clients, industries and regulators, with an opportunity to demonstrate skills and achievements publicly. Celebrating “The Year of the Regional Engineering Team”, 2012 projects have been diverse and range from regional, rural, remote and suburban entrants. The scope and range of projects certainly help us celebrate this year’s theme. The projects this year highlight the way Engineering affects our every day lives.
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About Engineers Australia Engineers Australia is the national forum for the advancement of engineering and the professional development of members.
• Celebrate excellence in engineering outcomes
With more than 100,000 members embracing all disciplines of the engineering team, Engineers Australia is the largest and most diverse professional body for engineers in Australia. Our chartered engineers are regarded as trusted professionals not only in Australia, but worldwide.
• Sustain the integrity of the profession
Engineers Australia seeks to: • Advance the science and practice of engineering • Cultivate lifelong learning by our members • Promote the contribution of the profession as widely as possible • Champion professional and ethical conduct • Welcome all those who wish to practise engineering • Allow members’ aspirations to flourish, and learn from their creativity and innovation
• Draw inspiration from our engineering heritage
• Take the lead in advocacy of the profession Engineers Australia underpins the quality and credibility of engineers in Australia by accrediting tertiary engineering courses, managing national competency registers, and meeting its obligations to create and maintain standards accepted world wide, via its association with engineering bodies in other countries. The organisation promotes its Chartered Professional Engineering status as an internationally recognized symbol of quality and reliability in engineering. Engineers Australia is among the few bodies in its category that can speak with authority on behalf of the entire engineering team – professional engineers, engineering technologists and associates, and engineering managers.
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2011 Winner’s Postcard
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2011 Winner’s Postcard
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Message From The Chair
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Message From The Chair
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Meet The Judges
Alan Grove
MIEAust CPEng Civil Engineer
Alan Grove graduated from UNSW with BE and M Eng Sc in 1965 and has worked in Darwin ever since. After three years with the Department of Works he worked in the private contacting business for 14 years building pipelines, sub divisions, highway construction, marine works and concrete constructions. As part of the Palmerston Development Authority he oversaw the start of construction of the City of Palmerston. Then as Construction Manager for the Trade Development Zone Authority he was responsible for the construction of this industrial zone at East Arm and assisted manufacturers in the construction of their specialised factory requirements. During the last 10 years of his career, until his retirement in 2003, his main responsibilities were to the Department of Lands for their capital works programs and management of the private development of urban land throughout the Northern Territory.
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Dr Debbie Hall MSc, BSc(Hons)
I graduated with a PhD in Zoology from the University of Cape Town in 1993. Filling my childhood ambition to be a game ranger, my early work experience was in environmental education and interpretative roles in nature reserves and wildlife parks. An overseas adventure in 2003 provided an opportunity for reinvention when I moved to Papua New Guinea, and then to Darwin, with my young (now nearly 10 years older) family. I currently hold the position of General Manager Northern Territory for CPA Australia, one of the world’s largest professional accounting bodies. My role is focussed on member service and being an active and vocal advocate for members, the profession and the business community more generally. While in Papua New Guinea I worked for SAGRIC (now Coffey International), first in project management roles and later as part of a monitoring and evaluation team examining the delivery of large infrastructure projects funded through AusAID. This introduction into road and bridge building, water systems, sewage treatment and the challenges of EIAs and social impact was a useful reference point for me in the role of the panel’s nonengineer. The past weeks have provided an interesting view of what is happening around the NT in the engineering field, and has yielded a greater appreciation for the level of ingenuity and innovation employed in the delivery of the assets many of us take for granted.
Meet The Judges
Adam James MIEAust CPEng
Adam graduated from Central Queensland University in 2003 and moved to the Territory that same year as a graduate Structural Engineer for Wallbridge and Gilbert RFP. He is now a Structural Engineer and Director of Wallbridge and Gilbert RFP. His work experience is predominately the structural design of residential, commercial and institutional buildings in both the government and private sector. Adam has served on the Young Engineers National Committee representing Northern Division in the past and currently sits on the Engineers Australia Regional Special Interest Group. This is Adams second year as a Judge for the Engineering Excellence Awards.
Len Chappell TFIEAust CEng T
Len is a Director and senior electrical engineer with local Consulting Engineering practice Townes Chappell Mudgway Pty Ltd. 9TCM). He moved to Darwin in 1987 as an electrical Engineer with the Meinhardt Group and was made a Director of Meinhardt NT in 1995. Len, along with Graeme Townes and Kerrin Mudgway, purchased the Meinhardt NT Practice in 1998 and changed the name to Townes Chappell Mudgway Pty Ltd. Len’s work experience is in electrical building services including lighting systems, distribution systems, communications systems, automatic fire alarm systems and URD subdivisions. Len is the immediate past president of Engineers Australia Northern Division and is the Northern Division representative on the National Electrical College Board and the National Committee for Engineering Technologists
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2012 Engineering Excellence Defence of Darwin Experience
Dept of Construction & Infrastructure & Dept Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts & Sport The Defence of Darwin Experience, opened in time for the 70th anniversary of the first Japanese bombs falling on Darwin, uses technology to enhance understanding of the events leading up to the bombing of Darwin, the actual bombing and its aftermath. Located adjacent to the existing East Point Military Museum, the new facility is an interactive exhibition space that includes the immersive Bombing of Darwin Gallery, iconic objects from that time, firsthand accounts and multimedia presentations. The target was to provide Darwin with a facility that educates and provides a memorable visitor experience. This project has excelled on both counts: the facility and its technology have inspired other institutions to replicate similar displays in Perth and overseas. The development and construction of the Defence of Darwin Experience was a unique collaboration between the Department of Construction and Infrastructure, the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, and a team of creative and technical experts.
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The Defence of Darwin Experience was opened to the public on 18 February 2012 after a construction period of just 10 months: the project was completed on time, well under budget and to a high quality.
Award Winner
“Spotlight on the Defence of Darwin” The Top End’s wartime heritage is under the spotlight thanks to a unique project completed earlier this year in time for the 70th anniversary of the first Japanese bombing raid on Darwin. Officially opened on 18 February 2012, the $10 million Defence of Darwin Experience at East Point provides visitors with an immersive, interactive, multimedia experience that extends beyond the traditional museum format.
“A number of visitors said they have experienced just what it was like to be standing in Smith Street on 19 February 1942 when the first bombs fell. The facility and its technology have now inspired similar institutions interstate and overseas.”
Project Director Mark Dodt said the facility involved a collaboration between the Department of Construction and Infrastructure, the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, and a team of creative and technical experts.
The project encompassed the construction of two linked buildings housing artefacts, displays and supporting services. It also involved integrating an array of technological features and creating a complementary application for smartphones and tablets, making the Defence of Darwin Experience a hub through which people can access the Territory’s World War II heritage. Visitors can even share their own experiences, helping to further build the Territory’s archive of World War II stories and memories.
“One of the aims of the project was to create a facility that educates and provides a memorable visitor experience,” he said.
Construction took place adjacent to the existing East Point Military museum and was completed within just 10 months of the tender being awarded.
“The Defence of Darwin Experience has achieved that aim through the physical environment, the heritage items on display and the tailor-made technology that has been integrated throughout.
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2012 Engineering Excellence National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing
Territory Alliance, Northern Territory Government & the Australian Government
The National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing is the largest Indigenous housing and infrastructure program ever undertaken in the Northern Territory. In Maningrida and Wadeye, the program has improved the lives of over 450 families who now live in safer, healthier houses. Housing and infrastructure projects undertaken at Maningrida and Wadeye have developed 143 fully serviced allotments in three new subdivisions and delivered 215 new and 247 rebuilt or refurbished houses. Headworks have included 1.6MW increases in electrical generation in each township, and the construction of new 1.8 ML and 2.4 ML water storages. Training and employment, a key program requirement, has been provided for more than 260 Indigenous people living in Maningrida and Wadeye.
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Project scope included engineering design, site survey, geotechnical investigation, approvals, documentation and procurement of housing, construction of subdivisions, and major upgrades to the electrical, water and sewerage infrastructure in each township. The Australian and Northern Territory governments are investing $1.2 billion to 2013 across 73 remote communities and a number of town camps to deliver 934 new houses, 415 rebuilds and 2500 refurbishments. Employment has been provided to over 1300 Indigenous people across the program or around 30%, significantly in excess of the 20% employment target set by government.
Award Winner “Delivering housing, infrastructure and essential services in remote communities: Maningrida and Wadeye.�
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Auses Award Winner
Uterne Solar Power Plant, Alice Springs ngs GHD, PowerWater & Sitzler
As part of Power and Water Corporation’s continuous planning strategy, it was identified that the existing Ron Goodin Power Station (RGPS), located at Sadadeen Valley, Alice Springs was reaching the end of its economic lifespan. Power and Water Corporation’s Sadadeen Valley complex is the primary generation facility in Central Australia, leaving Alice Springs residents susceptible for long periods without power should a catastrophic fault occur on that site. This made it necessary to develop a new power station, decide on a new future proof location and transmission system. Through a scoping study undertaken by GHD Darwin in 2008 it was confirmed that the optimum location for a new gas-fired power station is within the existing Brewer Industrial Estate and following development of an EPC specification, the initial contract was let to design and build a new, efficient and reliable power station at the selected location. The Alice Springs Power Network System Expansion Project which is the subject of this nomination is the first major power system project for Alice Springs for more than 15 years. This project incorporates the first use of 66kV as the transmission voltage in the Alice Springs region, thereby introducing new equipment and technologies and skills to the community of Alice Springs. From the establishment of the new power station at Owen Springs the most critical consideration was the efficient transfer of the power from the new power station to the residents of Alice Springs. In order to transfer the current and future power requirements the following key elements were required to be designed and constructed in order to integrate the new power station into the Alice Springs power network including the provision of a new transmission system to transport the power into the towns existing distribution system: • An 11kV to 66kV step-up transformer arrangement, at Owen Springs Page | 16
• 66kV folded bus Air Insulated Switchyard, at Owen Springs • Twin 66kV overhead powerlines from Owen Springs switchyard to Ilparpa • Twin 66kV underground cables from Ilparpa, through The Gap to Lovegrove Substation • A new 66/22kV air-insulated substation constructed adjacent the existing 22/11kV Lovegrove Substation, consisting of an outdoor air insulated single bus 66kV switchyard and an indoor metal clad 22kV switchboard. Completed progressively in 2010 and 2011, this large, complex and innovative project ensures that the Alice Springs power system is ready for the future. With an overall capital budget of $180M, this is the biggest project Alice Springs has seen for a generation and establishes both new power generation and power supply systems for the town for many years to come
Project Management Winner
Tunnelled Gravity Sewer, Mitchell St to Dinah Beach Tu
Macmahon, PowerWater, SKM, Jacobs Associates & Winslow business with minimal impact to the community.
For the last 45 years the Larrakeyah Sewer Outfall has been releasing untreated raw sewage into Darwin Harbour.
Despite a backdrop of high risk activities being carried out in densely populated and trafficked environment, the project provided for an outstanding health and safety performance.
In order to cease this controversial system of sewage disposal and at the same time increase the capacity of Darwin’s sewer to accommodate expected population growth Power Water developed the Darwin Region Sewerage Strategy As part of this strategy PWC invited tenders for the design and construction of a tunnelled gravity sewer between Mitchell Street and Dinah Beach and in July 2010 awarded the contract to Macmahon. This project is the largest ever carried out in the Northern Territory using micro-tunnelling methods and was completed in February 2012 by which time 90% of raw effluent flowing into Darwin Harbour through the Larrekeyah Outfall, had been redirected to the Ludmilla Waste Water Treatment Plant. Tunnelling works were carried out in a busy city centre location with high densities of residential complexes and
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Highly Commended Berrimah Road Rail Overpass
Aurecon Australia, Macmahon, Dept of Construction & Infrastructure & Dept Lands and Planning The $17.4 million Berrimah Road-Rail Overpass is Stage Three of the Tiger Brennan Drive project and was jointly funded by the Northern Territory and Australian Governments. The overpass, from the intersection of Wishart and Berrimah Roads to the nearby Weighbridge Station, carries just over 1 km of dual lane carriageway over the Alice Springs-Darwin railway. It improves access to the Darwin Business Park, East Arm Port, rail terminals and surrounding businesses and means an end to the traffic interruptions previously experienced at the railway crossing. Construction of the overpass began in late 2010. Early works included drainage and road detour construction. Works on the precast, prestressed concrete bridge planks began in May 2011. The overpass was completed on time and within budget in December 2011.
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Designed by Aurecon Australia, the overpass was officially named the Neville Walker Bridge in honour of road builder and co-founder of Territory mining and engineering company Henry Walker Eltin. The construction by Macmahon Contractors was managed by the Department of Construction and Infrastructure on behalf of the Department of Lands and Planning.
President’s Award
Darwin River Dam, Raise Full Supply PowerWater
Darwin River Dam, some 85 kilometres south east of the city was constructed in 1972 as the main drinking water supply source for Darwin and surrounding areas. Some 40 years later, it has been necessary to increase the capacity of the dam to meet the increasing demands of a growing and developing region. Power and Water has successfully increased the storage of potable water by increasing the full supply of the dam by 20 per cent.
• Intake tower works - upgrades to the existing intake tower to accommodate the new full supply level including the replacement of five intake gates and screen modifications. Works commenced on site in May 2009 and were completed in January 2012. With various challenges including environmental impacts, extreme seasonal weather and materials supply, the project has been a resounding success.
Raising the full supply level of Darwin River Dam consisted of three major components of work: • Embankment works - extension of the embankment filter zone with fine and coarse filter layers to protect the dam core against piping and construction of a 550 metre long concrete wave wall to protect against storm surge. • Spillway works - construction of a 1.3 metre high, 270 metre long concrete Ogee crested spillway to increase the volume of the dam.
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Professional Engineer of the Year Highly Commended Sumesh Dhir MIEAust CPEng
hydraulic design, benefit- cost analysis, civil and road Infrastructure projects, subdivision works, water & sewerage reticulation, contract administration, tender documentation, construction supervision and maintenance of infrastructure projects, scheduling, estimation, earthworks, water retaining structures, cost estimates, cost control, forecasting, refineries, irrigation & hydro power projects, industrial structures, dams and weirs and tunnel support systems.
Sumesh Dhir is a post graduate Civil Engineer with 30 years of experience in civil engineering and infrastructure projects both in private and public sector. He was elected as a Member of the College of Civil Engineers, Institution of Engineers, Australia in July 1999. Sumesh is also a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) of Engineers Australia for the last 13 years since July 1999. He is currently working with Road Network Division of NT Department of Lands and Planning (DLP) for the last eight years, since March 2004.
Sumesh migrated to Australia in 1996 and has worked on City-Link Project in Melbourne, Nabalco BauxiteAlumina plant (now Alcan) at Gove (NT), Queensland Nickel Refinery at Yabulu (Townsville) and Fraser-Osborne Consultants in Townsville. Sumesh came to Darwin in October 2001 and worked as Senior Civil Engineer with Acer-Forester Consultants Darwin for two and half years before moving to NT Department of Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) in March 2004. Sumesh is a hard working, pro-active, dedicated person with easy adaptability and has established himself as a team-participant who love challenges. He is also the Member of the Management Committee of the Northern Division of Engineers Australia continuously for the last nine years since 2004. He is also involved with the running of a Laughing Club in Darwin.
Sumesh did his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering with honours in 1982 and Masters in Water Resources Engineering in 1987 from India. He has worked in South-East Asian countries from 1982 to 1995 in hydro power sector, both in design and construction in various capacities as Design Engineer, Assistant Manager and Deputy Manager. Sumesh has a broad range of experience involving strategic planning, road project investigations and project development, capital work projects assessments, preparation of reports and recommendations, design and documentation, project management, roads & Page | 21
Young Professional Engineer of the Year John-Paul Foster MIEAust CPEng
Originally from the blue half of Liverpool, John-Paul started his engineering career in the UK, studying at the University of Birmingham and then working for engineering consultancy Peter Brett Associates in their main office in Reading, just outside London. After a brief stint as a structural engineer, he was asked to help out the civil engineering department on the award winning M4 Motorway improvements at Junction 11, and has remained a civil engineer ever since. His projects have mostly been in Reading, from local traffic schemes, through to high profile projects at Reading Station and in the town centre. Further afield he has lead design teams on the 2,500 house development at Kilnwood Vale, one of the few large scale housing projects that is going ahead in the UK, and the Abberton Project that will supply the South East of England with a further 15 million litres of drinking water. John-Paul was heavily involved in the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), undertaking the role of the region’s Vice Chair and the Chair of the Graduate and Student Committee. After achieving Chartered Status with the ICE in 2009, John-Paul found that the time was right for a new challenge and was able to fulfil a lifelong dream by moving to Australia by securing a four year visa to work for SKM. So he said good-bye to his friends, family and his beloved Lotus Elise that had taken him on some driving holidays around Europe, including a lap at the infamous Nürburgring, and moved to Darwin in June 2010. John-Paul has quickly settled in at Darwin, describing his time as just like being on holiday (when not at work or course). He soon became involved in the Young Engineers Australia committee by becoming the President for the Northern Division. The group has gone from strength to strength, holding their first gala dinner, and significantly increasing the number of professional events for graduates and students. Work in the Northern Territory has included the Tiger Brennan Drive extension, the new city of Weddell and the Ichthys Project. Page | 22
His experience has enabled John-Paul to take on a role at Charles Darwin University, volunteering to take the tutorial classes for the Road and Traffic Engineering course, passing on his knowledge and advice to the students. In addition he is currently helping all ten graduates at SKM’s Darwin office work towards Chartered Status by running workshops on their Career Episode Reports. In his spare time John-Paul plays (badly) in a weekly mixed doubles tennis competition, and loves to cook, having also previously accepted an invitation to cook at a food festival in Germany, and watching his favourite soccer team Everton.
Highly Commended Young Professional
Andrew McLeod MIEAust
Holleran Mouchel Parkman Joint Venture. Andrew worked as a civil design engineer where he was involved in various projects, one of which was finding innovative solutions to a repeating operational failure in ductile sewerage rising main. In 2007 Andrew moved to the home of his ancestors – Scotland. Andrew worked on several significant water and waste water infrastructure projects for twelve months, one such key project was the Sewer Renovation Program for Scottish Water. By 2008 Andrew had met his future fiancé Jess and decided to head back to Australia, it was here that Andrew started with GHD, and his association with Indigenous communities began.
Andrew grew up in the Central coast region of NSW and graduated with Honours in a Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) from Newcastle University in 2001.
Since moving to the NT in 2008, Andrew has become a member of local sporting groups and developed his passion for improving the lives of Australia’s Indigenous people through improved provision of remote community infrastructure.
Andrew didn’t always want to be an engineer, he originally wanted to be a ‘stunt-man’, but at aged 15 he decided, that he ‘wanted to be part of how things that came to be’. This is when Andrew set a course for a career in engineering. After graduating Andrew worked for the Wyong – Gosford Council’s Water Authority as a Headworks Project Officer. It was in this role he developed and managed the implementation of water supply catchment aquatic environmental monitoring program which was independently reviewed by a panel of aquatic monitoring and assessment academics. The monitoring program scope covered Mangrove Dam and Creek, Wyong River, Ourimbah Creek and Mooney Mooney catchments which served a resident population of 300,000 people, thus making a significant program for generations to come. It was in 2004 that Andrew decided to travel to the UK, his first job in the UK was as a Civil Engineer in the Southern Water Sector of the Mouchel Parkman under Page | 23
Project Submissions Park & Ride Facilities, Rural Darwin
Palmerston - Howard Springs Cycle Path
The Park and Ride facilities, Department of Lands and Planning projects, managed by the Department of Construction and Infrastructure, allow passengers to transfer to-and-from public transport buses. Commuters can park their vehicles and secure their bicycles onsite. Park and Ride centres introduce significant flexibility into public transport servicing these areas.
The Department of Lands and Planning in conjunction with the Department of Construction and Infrastructure, completed the Palmerston to Howard Springs cycle path within the old disused North Australia Railway Corridor. The path starts at the existing cycle path adjacent to the Yarrawonga industrial area and ends at the cycle path on Whitewood Road, Howard Springs.
Park and Ride facilities in the rural areas of Coolalinga and Humpty Doo were opened to the public on 26 September 2011and 9 January 2012 respectively.
Railway heritage features were preserved in building the 5.4 km cycle path. In November 2010 the project was awarded to BMD Constructions, a Territory construction company. It was officially opened on 11 September 2011. The project includes:
Dept of Construction & Infrastructure & Dept Lands and Planning
The Coolalinga Park and Ride is adjacent to the proposed Girraween Road roundabout. Existing commercial and retail development is located on the south side of the Stuart Highway. These are directly opposite (north side) of the existing service road, immediately to the west of the site. The environmentally friendly hub is the first in the Northern Territory. There is scope to expand the Park and Ride in the future to meet increases in demand. The facility includes: 12 m x 13.5 m shaded bus/drop-off terminal, CCTV surveillance, a self-cleaning toilet, a water bubbler, irrigated landscaping, secure bicycle enclosure, 60 car park bays, three disability car park bays, four motorcycle parking bays. The Humpty Doo Park and Ride is accessed off Challoner Circuit. The facility includes: 14.4 m x 13.1 m shaded bus/drop-off terminal, CCTV surveillance, a self-cleaning toilet, a water bubbler, irrigated landscaping, secure bicycle enclosure, 41 car park bays, two disability car park bays, four motorcycle parking bays.
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Dept of Construction & Infrastructure & Dept Lands and Planning
• Three road crossings at Tulagi Road / Thorngate Road / Wallaby Holtze Road intersections, Howard Springs Road and Whitewood Road (adjacent to the elevated Power Water tank). • Four bridges along the railway track. The existing rail bridge foundations and steel substructure, including piers and beams, have been retained in the new bridges. • Two shelters are constructed along the bike path one adjacent to the intersection of Wallaby Holtze Road and Tulagi Road on the eastern side of Tulagi Road and the second adjacent to Whitewood Road within the disused section of the road reserve. The path retains many heritage conservation features from the North Australia Railway including hand excavated cuttings, embankments, culverts and bridge structures dating from the 1880s and development of the project included working closely with heritage specialists.
Project Submissions Cullen River Bridge & Overtaking Lanes
Ostojic Group, Dept of Construction & Infrastructure Steelcon Constructions & Dept Lands and Planning Following a major upgrade to the Stuart Highway, motorists travelling between Katherine and Darwin can expect fewer wet season delays. The $9 million federally funded new high level Cullen River Bridge and 3.5 kilometres long overtaking lanes project was completed in November 2011. The NT Department of Lands and Planning, the NT Department of Construction and Infrastructure, Ostojic Group Pty Ltd (as main contractor) and Steelcon Constructions (as bridge subcontractor) were venture partners. The Stuart Highway is a key link from Darwin to the rest of Australia and is important for road freight access to deliver food and other important goods to the Top End. It is also the main route for military operations based in Darwin. Being the only north-south route available, high levels of flood immunity are essential to provide a viable access route from Darwin in times of cyclones. The newly completed project retains the existing bridge. It involved building a new high-level bridge downstream that is trafficable for a 100 year Average Recurrence Interval (ARI) flood. More than 35 Territorians were employed during construction of the new high level bridge crossing and overtaking lanes on the Stuart Highway, 60km north of Katherine. This project also provided employment and training opportunity for 11 Indigenous workers. With high benefit cost ratio of 4.13, this highway upgrade project also supports the Territory Government’s Territory 2030 Plan, where Katherine is being developed as a regional hub with a focus on tourism, transport, agriculture, mining and government services.
Airborne Early Warning & Control Facilities Aurecon & Leighton Contractors
RAAF Base Tindal AEW&C Facilities project is the second component of a combined project that incorporates new facilities to support the AEW&C capability and a general base-wide redevelopment project. The requirement of the AEW&C Facilities component of the Project was initiated with the announcement of the acquisition of the AEW&C Aircraft in December 2000. As part of this approval for the acquisition, open and enclosed Hangars, aircraft hardstands, and technical support facilities were included for RAAF Base Tindal. While the AEW&C Aircraft are to be home based at RAAF Base Williamtown, RAAF Base Tindal is to be utilised as a forward operating base for exercise, training and contingency purposes. Even though RAAF Base Tindal currently possesses many of the required facilities for operation of the aircraft, further dedicated facilities are required to ensure safe and effective operations. The aircraft will be operated by No 2 Squadron who are home based at RAAF Base Williamtown. In April 2009 Aurecon were ‘novated’ from our contract with Defence to work with Leighton Contractors who were appointed Managing Contractor for the Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft Facilities Project – being the design and construction of new facilities to support 2SQN and the AEW&C capability through a Forward Operating Base at RAAF Base Tindal.
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Project Submissions Royal Darwin Hospital Master Lock & Management System UNO Management Services Pty Ltd
The existing Security Lock Management System at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) consists of a number of departmental manual recording lock systems which work in isolation of each other. The system is extremely complex and fragmented with various departments reacting to the frustration by engaging their own lock management system. Individual departments keep their own records of which keys are issued to team members. As a result a number of keys have been allocated to team members and entered into digital databases without the knowledge of the Royal Darwin Hospital’s Campus Security Department. Discussions with internal stakeholders at the hospital suggest the current Security Lock Management System is insufficient to manage the security and safety of its team members, patients, visitors, equipment and the buildings. It has also been suggested that the current system has resulted in a number of unnecessary incidents which are costly to the hospital. The resulting MLMS contains some of the following key elements of engineering excellence: • Audit of 2,635 locks across the whole Royal Darwin Hospital for 70 buildings. • Exceeded the expectations of the Client with the outputs of the MLMS going beyond the scope of the brief. • Development of a database with current asset information for every lock.
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