CONTRACTS & TENDERS
CONTRACTS IN BRIEF ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE CONTRACTS AND TENDERS RECENTLY AWARDED OR PUT TO MARKET ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR. NEW SOUTH WALES Contract awarded for 570km Inland Rail project section The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has appointed Australian owned contractor Martinus as the preferred contractor for the delivery of the Rail Corridor Program for Inland Rail sections in New South Wales and Southern Queensland. The collaborative framework agreement includes approximately 570 kilometres of railway between Narromine and Moree in New South Wales and North Star (New South Wales) to Gowrie in Queensland, taking in the project’s largest greenfield sections. Martinus would employ approximately 600 people at the peak of construction. Track works between Narromine and Gowrie will be completed ahead of Inland Rail operations in 2027. VICTORIA Contract awarded for Melbourne’s Bridge Inn Road upgrade Laing O’Rourke has been awarded the contract to deliver the Bridge Inn Road Upgrade in Melbourne’s north. The project, part of a $2.27 billion Suburban Roads Upgrade, will include the duplication of 3.5 kilometres of Bridge Inn Road from two lanes to four lanes from Plenty Road to Yan Yean Road. A new bridge will also be built over the Plenty River, with the existing bluestone Morang Bridge to be retained and upgraded. The Federal and Victorian governments are contributing $1.1 billion each for the package. Major construction on the Bridge Inn Road Upgrade is expected to start in the first half of 2022 and be completed by 2025. McConnell Dowell awarded design contract for Inland Rail in Victoria The Australian Rail Track Corporation
has awarded a contract to construction company McConnell Dowell to complete the first phase of designs and early delivery activities for Inland Rail in Victoria. The first phase of the project will see a section of Inland Rail between Beveridge to Albury modified to provide sufficient height and width to support the safe running of double-stacked freight trains. McConnell Dowell will conduct site investigations to inform the preliminary and detailed designs for utilities, signalling, track slews and the update of rail structures at the SeymourAvenel Road bridge in Seymour, Murray Valley Highway in Barnawartha North, Wangaratta Station Precinct, Wangaratta and Beaconsfield Parade precinct in Glenrowan. SOUTH AUSTRALIA New tenders released for Torrens to Darlington Project Five new tenders have been released by the South Australian Government for works on the $9.9 billion Torrens to Darlington Project (T2D) North-South Corridor in South Australia. These include tenders for the construction of tunnels, building inspection service, cable laying, bridge construction including construction from prefabricated components and asphalt surfacing. Potential contractors are now able to register their interest for providing services to the project. All five tenders expire on 20 December 2022. Alliance selected for $560M SA Fleurieu Connections projects The Fleurieu Connections Alliance, a consortium comprising CPB Contractors, the South Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Aurecon and GHD, has been selected by the South Australian Government to deliver duplication works on the Main South
Road and the Victor Harbor Road in South Australia. The Main South Road duplication involves duplicating approximately ten kilometres from south of Griffiths Road, Seaford to Aldinga. Work will include grade separations (overpass) at a number of intersections along Main South Road and upgrade of Main South Road from Aldinga to Sellicks Beach with a ‘2+1’ lane road layout. The Victor Harbor Road duplication involves duplicating approximately five kilometres between Main South Road, Old Noarlunga and Main Road, McLaren Vale. It also includes additional safety treatments along Victor Harbor Road. The Australian and South Australian governments have committed a total of $560 million to fund the road duplication projects. Construction will start in early 2022 and is scheduled for completion in 2024. QUEENSLAND Coomera Connector’s first major contract awarded The first major contract has been awarded for the construction of Coomera Connector stage one North project, connecting Coomera to Helensvale on the Gold Coast. Acciona Construction Australia and Georgiou Group Joint Venture, with WSP and BG&E as the designers, will undertake enabling works and finalise the design for the project, providing an alternative route for the busy M1 motorway. The 16-kilometre stage one section between Coomera and Nerang has been identified as the priority section to be built first, with the project being delivered in three construction packages. Future stages of Coomera Connector will see the delivery of the remaining 29 kilometres between Loganholme and Coomera. This section is currently in the planning stage.
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