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PROJECT OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by ARUP Winner: Melbourne Channel Deepening Project Port of Melbourne Corporation, Royal Boskalis Westminster, Cardno, Minter Ellison, GHD, Sinclair Knight Merz

The prestigious Project of the Year for 2010 was awarded to Victoria’s channel deepening project. The selection of this excellent project also marks the fi rst time that a project delivered under an alliance model has received the award.

Previous winners include:

2009: HQ JOCC (CTH) 2008: Eastlink Motorway (VIC) 2007: NSW Schools PPP (NSW)

Completed in November 2009, the channel deepening project underpins future growth for Australia’s most valuable container port and will deliver economic benefi ts of more than $2 billion to the national economy.

Giving the port at least another 30 years of capacity, the project involved the removal of nearly 23 million cubic metres of sediment from Port Phillip Bay, allowing ships to enter the bay and the Yarra River up to a depth of 14m at high or low tide. The previous maximum depths had been 11.6m, or 12.1m at high tide.

Dredging Port Phillip Bay was the largest marine infrastructure project in the Port of Melbourne’s 150-year history. Along with dredging, the project was also an opportunity to undertake a general upgrade of the port, including work on navigation aids, upgrading of berths and protection of essential underwater services.

Commencing in February 2008, the project was completed in November 2009, one month ahead of schedule and at least $200 million under budget.

Of particular note was the successful delivery of this project in the face of massive opposition from pressure groups, while being subject to the most stringent environmental management plan applied to any infrastructure project in Australia’s history.

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Finalists

Sydney Desalination Plant

Sydney Water, Blue Water Joint Venture (John Holland and Veolia Water Australia) and Water Delivery Alliance (Bovis Lend Lease, McConnell Dowell, Kellogg Brown and Root, WorleyParsons, Environmental Resource Management and Sydney Water).

Sydney’s $1.8 billion desalination plant was commissioned in January, representing the culmination of more than three years’ design and construction. It is capable of supplying up to 15 per cent of the city’s water needs, independent of rainfall, and can be easily doubled in size if demand for water rises as a result of population growth or climate change.

Built in partnership with the Blue Water Joint Venture and the Water Delivery Alliance and transferred to Sydney Water on commissioning, the plant runs on fully renewable energy.

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

Plenary Group, Brookfi eld Multiplex Constructions, NH Architecture, Lincolne Scott, Winward Structures, Minter Ellison and Deutsche Bank

Perched on the south bank of the Yarra River, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre was opened by Premier John Brumby in June 2009.

The centre incorporates world-class design, allowing the feature 5,500-seat plenary hall to transform into three separate theatre spaces. The venue was awarded a six-star environmental rating, the fi rst of its kind for a convention centre.

A major economic asset for the city, the MCEC – Australia’s largest convention and exhibition facility – will ensure that Melbourne continues to attract investment and high-value tourism compared to other Australian and regional cities.

Clem Jones Tunnel (CLEM7)

Brisbane City Council, RiverCity Motorway Group, Baulderstone, Bilfi nger Berger Australia, Leighton Contractors, AECOM, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Golder Associates, United Group, Bilfi nger Berger Project Investments, Leighton Holdings, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Bilfi nger Berger Services Australia, Leighton Services, Coffey, Clayton Utz.

Opening in March, the $3 billion Clem Jones Tunnel is Brisbane’s fi rst major road tunnel and will provide a valuable north-south crossing of the river.

The 6.8km tunnel will carry up to 100,000 vehicles a day, bypassing the CBD and 24 sets of traffi c lights, reducing travel times on Brisbane’s increasingly congested roads by up to 30 per cent. CLEM7 will eventually link to the inner city bypass and the Airport Link road when they are complete in 2012.

The project – one of the most complex and challenging of its kind in Australia – was completed on time and under budget.

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Chairman’s Prize

Sydney Water Managing Director, Dr Kerry Schott

The Chairman’s Prize acknowledges an individual for an outstanding personal contribution to national infrastructure.

Dr Schott’s career has spanned the public and private sectors. Before being appointed to head Sydney Water, Kerry served as a Deputy Secretary in the NSW Treasury, as well as having a distinguished career in academia and as a senior Deutsche Bank executive. In 2007, Kerry was selected to serve on the Board of Infrastructure Australia - recognising the depth of her understanding and commitment to the infrastructure sector.

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GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD Sponsored by the University of Wollongong’s Smart Infrastructure Facility Winner: Sydney Desalination Plant Sydney Water, Blue Water Joint Venture (John Holland and Veolia Water Australia) and Water Delivery Alliance (Bovis Lend Lease, McConnell Dowell, Kellogg Brown and Root, WorleyParsons, Environmental Resource Management and Sydney Water).

Finalists

Sydney Water, in partnership with the Blue Water Joint Venture and the Water Delivery Alliance, delivered this $1.8 billion project on time and $60 million under budget, with the plant coming into operation in January 2010.

The proponents included worldleading measures to minimise impact on the land and marine environment, which will include stringent monitoring of the marine environment and the development of a 67-turbine wind farm to offset the plant’s energy use.

The project was procured during an acute water shortage and long-term water restrictions, and demonstrated a strong partnership between the public and private sectors to deliver a project that ensured that the state was no longer dependent on rainfall.

The Government Partnership Excellence Award recognises innovation in the development and delivery of public policy objectives. Judges looked at the scale, size and complexity of policy objectives, how risk was allocated, and achievement of time, cost and quality objectives.

Calvary Mater Hospital, Newcastle

NSW Health and the Novacare consortium (Hastings Funds Management, Abigroup, Medirest and Honeywell)

Colongra Gas Turbine Power Station

Delta Electricity & Jemena

Long Bay Forensic and Prisons Hospital Project

NSW Corrective Services, NSW Health, and PPP Solutions (Brookfi eld Multiplex, Compass Group (Medirest), Amber Infrastructure)

Sydney Harbour Bridge Upgrade Project

NSW Roads and Traffi c Authority and Bridgeworks Alliance (Baulderstone, Freyssinet Australia, Aurecon)

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CONTRACTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD Sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland Winner: Clem Jones Tunnel (CLEM 7) Baulderstone, Leighton Contractors

Brisbane City Council opened the Clem Jones Tunnel earlier this year, inviting up to 50,000 people to walk or run through the 6.8km tunnel.

The project represents the culmination of thoroughly integrated fi nance, design, development, operation, maintenance and delivery, drawing on the strengths of all parties and standing as a testimony to the value of collaboration.

Two $50 million, 4,000-tonne boring machines imported from Germany tunnelled 20m a day, extracting 3.5 million tonnes of rock to build the twin, two-lane tunnels.

The tollway, which will carry up to 100,000 vehicles a day, and bypass the CBD and 24 sets of traffi c lights, will reduce travel times in Brisbane by up to 30 per cent.

The Contractor Excellence Award recognises innovation and best practice in the construction and delivery of infrastructure projects.

Finalists

New Perth Bunbury Highway

Leighton Contractors

Queensland Gas Pipeline Stage 1 Expansion

Jemena

ADVISORY EXCELLENCE AWARD Sponsored by Hansen Yuncken Winner: Biosciences Research Centre Project KPMG

The new La Trobe University facility is a $288 million world-class agricultural biosciences research and development centre built under a PPP for the Victorian Government and La Trobe University.

The Plenary Research consortium – comprising Plenary Group, Grocon and Honeywell Services – won the tender to design, construct, fi nance and provide facility management services required for the operation of the facility over a 25-year period. KPMG was the lead commercial and fi nancial adviser to the state government and La Trobe University.

The Biosciences Research Centre will be a key plank in protecting Victoria’s $11.8 billion agricultural sector, by fostering the development of new generation crops and livestock for drought-prone conditions, and enhancing the response to plant and animal, pest and disease outbreaks.

Special consideration in the Advisory Excellence Award was given to the special requirements of the advisory work and its scale, complexity and diffi culty.

Finalists

Adelaide Desalination Plant

KPMG

Victorian Desalination Plant

Corrs Chambers Westgarth and PricewaterhouseCoopers

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FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government Winner: Victorian Desalination Plant Macquarie, the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thiess and Degrémont

The $3.5 billion Victorian desalination plant is the world’s largest Public Private Partnership commissioned since the global fi nancial crisis. In spite of the liquidity crisis at the time of its procurement, the project has been fully fi nanced by the private sector – demonstrating confi dence in the sector both domestically and overseas.

Macquarie, the Victorian Government, sponsors including Thiess, Degrémont and Suez Environnement, and debt and equity fi nanciers, collaborated in an innovative fi nancial structure, with the state government saying it would step in as a lender of last resort to fi nance the plant. The measure was not required in the end, with the project 50 per cent oversubscribed after it was syndicated.

The Financial Excellence Award is judged on fi nancial engineering, structuring and innovation, and the scale, complexity, size and diffi culty of the fi nancial structure.

All nominees in the category should be recognised for being able to deliver major pieces of infrastructure during extraordinarily diffi cult economic times.

Finalists

Brisbane Airport Northern Access Road Project

Brisbane Airport Corporation

South East Queensland Schools PPP Project

Queensland Department of Education and Training, Aspire Schools Consortium (Leighton Contractors, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Broadgroup Holdings) and Ernst & Young

OPERATOR AND SERVICE PROVIDER Winner: Acacia Prison Serco Asia Pacifi c

Acacia Prison is Western Australia’s only privately managed prison, operated by Serco.

Serco expanded and invested in numerous education, training, rehabilitation and resettlement programs in 2009, focusing on restorative justice, and community and social responsibility. Enhancement and upgrading of correctional facilities and services – done at the same time as 200 additional prisoners were integrated into the prison – was aimed at ensuring prisoners left Acacia with the ability to make a positive contribution to society.

Acacia Prison was commended as one of Western Australia’s two highest performing prisons in the Offi ce of the Inspector of Custodial Services 2007–2008 annual report. Former Western Australian Inspector of Custodial Services, Professor Richard Harding, found that the change of operator had been very positive, with the performance of the prison improving markedly.

EXCELLENCE AWARD – Sponsored by Plenary Group IPA National Infrastructure Awards

The Operator and Service Provider Excellence Award recognises world-class operation of infrastructure. The judges considered effi ciency in delivery and operation, management of team and stakeholder relationships, and general satisfaction of stakeholder groups.

Finalists

Veolia Water (a multi-project entry comprising the Queensland Western Corridor Recycled Water Project, South East Queensland Desalination Plant and the Sydney Desalination Plant) Queensland Gas Pipeline Stage 1 Expansion

Jemena

Independent Judging Panel

The 2010 fi nalists and winners of the National Infrastructure Awards were selected by an independent judging panel of senior public and private sector leaders. IPA thanks the panel for their dedication to the awards. The panel comprised:

Tony Shepherd, Chairman Transfi eld Services (Panel Chairman) Mark Birrell, Chairman Infrastructure Partnerships Australia Adrian Kloeden, Chairman Serco Asia Pacifi c

Peter Duncan, then Deputy Director-General NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet John Fitzgerald, Deputy Secretary Victorian Treasury