Bayswater Alliance and North Eastern Program Alliance: Highlights and Case Studies
Location: Melbourne | State: VIC | Asset Type: Road and Rail | CAPEX: $177m for Bayswater Level Crossing Removal Project | CAPEX: current $395m for NEPA Initial Works Package
Project Stakeholders:
NEPA: An Alliance consisting of Laing O’Rourke, Fulton Hogan, Jacobs Group, the Level Crossing Removal Authority and Metro Trains Melbourne.
Bayswater: An Alliance consisting of Laing O’Rourke, Fulton Hogan, AECOM, the Level Crossing Removal Authority, VicRoads, Public Transport Victoria and Metro Trains Melbourne.
Project Description:
NEPA: The North Eastern Program Alliance is the first of three Program Alliances that are geared to manage programs of level crossings removal work. The Initial Works Package for the North Eastern Program Alliance comprises the first three projects to be undertaken on the Hurstbridge Rail Line. Two level crossings will be removed at Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna and Grange Rd, Alphington, a new Rosanna Train Station will be built and duplication of the rail line at Heidelberg will be constructed. The Alliance has also started planning to remove more level crossings across the north-eastern area of Melbourne.
Bayswater: The Bayswater level crossing removal project included the removal of two dangerous and congested level crossings at Mountain Highway and Scoresby Road, rebuilding the Bayswater Train station, reconstructing the bus interchange and train station car park, constructing a grade-separated shared use path and modifying the streetscape along Mountain Highway. The project is more than a station and grade separation; it’s an attractive and dynamic space which will deliver direct economic benefits to stakeholders and create a productive and open environment and a place for people. Helping to create better cycling and pedestrian facilities, widening footpaths and bike lanes on Mountain Highway, and creating better connections into and around the station and activity centre.
Project Stakeholders: The Department of Transport and Main Roads, Transurban Queensland and Lendlease Engineering
Description:The Gateway Upgrade North project will deliver safety and efficiency improvements to the Gateway Motorway between Nudgee and Bracken Ridge. The motorway will be widened from four lanes to six between Nudgee and Deagon, to ease congestion on this critical transport corridor which carries more than 83,000 vehicles each day. The project will increase the capacity and freight efficiency along this important freight corridor, which is part of the National Highway and services the Port of Brisbane, Trade Coast and the Brisbane Airport precinct.
Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia and Coffey International proudly partnered with Destination Trades New Zealand to support women in infrastructure and promote sustainable procurement.
Destination Trades is a social purpose organisation dedicated to the effective recruitment, training, social support and retention of women in the construction trades so that they achieve positive economic change and inspiring futures.
“This is an important initiative that is providing rewarding careers for women but it’s also addressing the needs of an increasingly resource constrained industry” said Andrew Mailer, Regional General Manager Coffey, A Tetra Tech Company New Zealand.
Emma Waterhouse, Principal Environmental & Social Consultant, spoke at the event and commented “I have no doubt that this initiative brings value to all the participants but importantly having more women in construction will be transformative to the industry and that’s exciting”.
Developing a Business Case for Sustainability Initiatives in Infrastructure
How do you influence the achievement of even greater sustainability impact through project specific initiative?
Most infrastructure projects have specific measurable sustainability objectives. There are often clear opportunities for meeting, achieving and even exceeding those objectives. So how do you communicate all the impacts that implementing these initiatives will deliver, and get approval to continue?
The best way to overcome this barrier is to develop a business case (see video) conveying both the tangible and intangible impacts of a proposed initiative in a language that resonates with decision makers.
A guideline has been developed by practitioners for practitioners to prepare convincing business cases appropriate to the scale and type of a proposed initiative and its stakeholders.
Find out how to employ an 8 step process and how it can help you influence your project sustainability outcomes. Each of the 8 steps is described with practical examples to help formulate your case.