A summary of the major contracts awarded for infrastructure projects across the nation.

CONTRACTS IN BRIEF CONTRACTS IN BRIEF

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xx NEW SOUTH WALES Tunnelling works contract awarded for Sydney’s Western Harbour Tunnel The New South Wales Government has selected a joint venture between CPB Contractors and John Holland to deliver the Western Harbour Tunnel – Southern Tunnelling Works. The $722 million contract will see the joint venture build about 1.7 kilometres of tunnels from Rozelle to Birchgrove. The Western Harbour Tunnel will be a second road tunnel under Sydney Harbour. The tunnel will connect the WestConnex Rozelle Interchange with the Warringah Freeway in North Sydney. Once complete and via the Beaches Link, there will be a continuous connection from WestConnex at Rozelle to Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The mega-project includes a 6.5-kilometre tunnel, with three lanes in each direction and tunnelto-tunnel connection to the M4-M5 Link near Rozelle Interchange. Construction for Western Harbour Tunnel is expected to be completed in 2027. Tenderers shortlisted for stage two of Western Harbour Tunnel Project Transport for NSW has confi rmed the shortlist for the tenderers for stage two of Western Harbour Tunnel project which will see a second tunnel crossing across Sydney Harbour. The successful parties of Acciona Construction Australia, Bouygues Construction Australia and Vinci Construction Grands Projects joint venture, and John Holland, CPB Contractors and UGL Engineering joint venture will now begin the formal tender process. The second package of works will deliver the remainder of the Western Harbour Tunnel, including the balance of northern tunnelling from Birchgrove, through Sydney Harbour and onto North Sydney, the marine work and all the tunnel fi t-out. The successful tenderer will be announced later this year. UGL takes over NSW’s Country Rail Network as part of $1.5B contract Operation and maintenance of the rail assets on NSW’s Country Rail Network (CRN) has been transferred from John Holland to UGL Regional Linx (UGLRL) as part of a 10-year $1.5 billion contract. UGLRL won a $1.5 billion contract with Transport NSW early last year, allowing the company to take over the operation and maintenance of the rail assets, which link broad areas of regional NSW to interstate and metropolitan rail systems. UGLRL takes over from John Holland, which held to the rail maintenance contract for the previous 10 years. The CRN covers 27,000 hectares of land and infrastructure including 1200 property assets and almost 1000 bridges. It comprises more than 2,400 kilometres of operational rail lines, more than 3,100 kilometres of non-operational lines, and hundreds of bridges and property assets such as stations.

VICTORIA Transurban selects maintenance partner for Melbourne’s CityLink, West Gate Tunnel DM Roads, Downer Group’s road network management and maintenance business, has been awarded a contract by Transurban to provide maintenance and incident response for one of Australia’s busiest road networks. Under the multi-million dollar contract, DM Roads will be responsible for rapid incident response across part of Melbourne’s road network, including CityLink, along the West Gate Freeway, West Gate Bridge to the M80 interchange, and the West Gate Tunnel once opened. The contract will offi cially commence on July 1, 2022 for an initial duration of fi ve years. SOUTH AUSTRALIA CIMIC’s CPB selected for SA’s Augusta Highway duplication CIMIC Group company CPB Contractors has been selected by the South Australian Government to deliver the next stage of the Augusta Highway Duplication – Port Wakefi eld to Lochiel. The Augusta Highway Duplication project will overall aim to improve safety and travel times and will build on existing investments to duplicate priority sections of the highway from Port Wakefi eld to Port Augusta. The project duplicates the existing Augusta Highway with a new two-lane carriageway, and intersection/junction treatments, between the intersection of the Port Wakefi eld Highway, Copper Coast Highway and Augusta Highway, and the township of Lochiel. Work will commence in 2022 and is scheduled to be completed in 2023.

NORTHERN TERRITORY The Northern Territory Government is preparing to release a $145 million package of tender as part of a redevelopment of the Civic and State Square precinct in the heart of the Darwin CBD. The tender will be released in the coming months, in the form of an Early Contractor Involvement contract. The State Square overhaul is a critical part of the historic $200 million Darwin City Deal, delivered in partnership with the Australian Government and the City of Darwin. This tender will bring together the fi nal elements of the redevelopment, with the design and construction of the remainder of the precinct, including State Square Art Gallery, the central heart, pedestrian sheltered walkways, artwork, interpretation and wayfi nding within the precinct, shading, landscaping and water features.

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