Projects 11 - ISCouncil
Close

Archives: Projects

Lower South Creek Treatment Program – St Marys and Quakers Hill WRPs

Rating Highlights

Exceeding energy requirements

The project exceeded the IS Rating requirements for Energy & Carbon Monitoring and Reduction & Use of Renewable Energy. 

The Base Case footprint for energy and carbon reporting was calculated using a novel approach based upon the Water Services Association of Australia Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Benchmarking Report. The project has achieved a 43% reduction in energy use against the established base case.

On-site renewable energy use is a core objective of the Lower South Creek Treatment Strategy, with the consolidated solids processing at St Marys implemented to allow for anaerobic digestion and energy recovery through a co-generation plant. With on-site thermal energy recovery and electricity generation the project is able to self-supply 67% of its electricity demand, which greatly exceeds IS benchmark requirement. 

A first for the wastewater treatment industry

New process technologies have been installed to support the project’s sustainability outcomes. This resulted in the project receiving the maximum of 10 innovation points.

Mechanical Primary Sedimentation (MPS) Screens were installed at both WRPs, MPS screens are an emerging technology to replace conventional Primary Sedimentation Tanks. The MPS delivers reduced power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions due to reduced aeration requirements in the bioreactor. MPS also enables pre-sedimentation to take place in a much smaller footprint, using few materials, and odour control is more efficient, and the process is cost effective. Solids harvested in the MPS are anaerobically digested producing biogas that further enhances energy recovery. This technology is an Australian first for the wastewater treatment industry. 

The Nereda Aerobic Granulated Sludge (AGS) process is a fully automated process relying on smart controllers and sophisticated instrumentation. There are no clarifiers required for the AGS process (treated effluent is decanted after a very short settling period) and therefore substantially less concrete used in construction, the foot-print is much smaller and the construction costs are substantially lower. The AGS process also uses approx. 25% to 30% less energy and a conventional membrane type bioreactor, delivering significant greenhouse gas reduction for the project. This is the first project where the AGS process has been used in NSW. 

Using non-potable water

Recycled effluent was demonstrated to provide 99% of water demand for non-potable water demands over the life of the project.

Moorebank Logistics Park As-Built

Project Overview:

The Moorebank Logistics Park is a vital piece of infrastructure for Australia and NSW that will transform the way containerised freight moves through Port Botany and deliver a faster, simpler, and more cost-effective service.

When completed, the Moorebank facility will move 1.5 million shipping containers annually by rail instead of road, taking 2,700 heavy truck movements off Sydney’s roads each day and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 110,000 tonnes every year.

It will also feature Australia’s largest purpose-built warehouse and distribution precinct serviced by the latest automated technology which will see driverless shuttle carriers collect and transport containers around the precinct to be processed, unpacked and stored on site or distributed in smaller consignments.

This facility is an integral component of the Freight, Ports and Transport strategies of both the Commonwealth and NSW governments to help manage the challenges of an expected tripling of freight volumes at Port Botany by 2031.

Moorebank Logistics Park will streamline the freight logistics supply chain from ports to store, deliver savings to businesses and consumers, and help service the rapidly growing demand for imported goods in south-west Sydney.

Rating Highlights:

  • The project achieved a world first in innovative technology within in design due to its high degree of automation.
  • An Australian first innovative process was awarded for the project’s design approach to managing urban heat island effects, with measures implemented to achieve a 4ºC decrease in temperature on the project site compared to neighbouring industrial developments
  • Embodied energy within construction materials is planned to be halved through efficient designs and construction practices
  • More than 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (tCO2-e) is planned to save over 40 years of operations via energy efficient design (electric forklifts, efficient lighting, and crane regenerative power)
  • This is planned to result in tCO2-e savings which represent a 77% reduction when compared to a business-as-usual freight delivery scenario
  • The project is planned to save a further 4 million tonnes of tCO2-e in that 40 year period by transporting containerized freight by rail instead of road – removing thousands of heavy truck trips from the nation’s roads

The project is planned to generate more than half of the energy required across the 243 hectare precinct via solar power (the first warehouse includes a 3MW solar array; with potential to be one of the largest single roof top solar installations in the southern hemisphere)

City Rail Link: Contract 2

Project Description:

The $4.4 billion CRL will provide a world-class rail service for Auckland that will have profound and long-lasting benefits for the city. The gains from building a railway tunnel and stations below central Tāmaki Makaurau are immense.

Linking the existing dead-end Britomart Station in downtown Auckland with the Western Line 3.45 kilometres away at Mt Eden and building two new train stations at Aotea and Karangahape will make the city’s electrified rail network more efficient and catching a train a more attractive and sustainable travel option. Importantly, providing a world standard rail network will reduce Auckland’s reliance on cars.

The CRL project aims to achieve sustainability excellence by being careful with the resources we use, optimising our carbon footprint, avoiding waste and leaving a positive social and cultural legacy for Tāmaki Makaurau. The CRL project’s partnership with Mana Whenua has ensured that their invaluable contribution of Māori mātauranga benefits the project and challenges us to work harder towards supporting the principles of kaitiakitanga.

Connectus began construction on Contract 2 in 2016 with works completed in October 2020.

Contract 2 included 350 metres of trenching and tunnelling from Commercial Bay at Customs Street to Wyndham Street, relocating a stormwater main, strengthening the Ōrākei Main Sewer and improvements at street level that included wider paved footpaths, new street furniture and lighting, tree plantings and bus bays.

From the outset CRL Ltd has been determined to deliver an exemplar project – using the scale and complexity of the country’s largest transport infrastructure enterprise to push the benchmark higher for construction, workplace safety, environmental sustainability, and the reach into the community with targeted training and employment opportunities for those typically disadvantaged in the workplace.

Key Achievements:

Energy Overall, Contract 2 achieved a 23 per cent reduction in GHG emissions (4,008kWh) for both the construction and operational energy-related GHG emissions combined, over CRL’s 100-year life. This figure covers Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. When looking at just Scope 1 and 2, a 32 per cent reduction has been achieved.

Materials A total 37 per cent reduction in materials-related GHG emissions (embodied carbon) has been achieved across both construction and the asset’s 100-year life, compared to the Base Case.

Waste Contract 2 has diverted over 97 per cent of waste from landfill. This comprises 97 per cent of all spoil, 95 per cent of all construction and demolition (C&D) waste and 75 per cent of office waste. Some 900.8 tonnes of the diverted C&D waste has been reused – including pre-cast concrete panels that were used as a traffic deck along Albert St and assorted steel on-sold to other projects.

 

Rating Highlights:

Highlight 1: 23% reduction in energy related GHG emissions

Overall, Contract 2 achieved a 23 per cent reduction in GHG emissions (4,008kWh) for both the construction and operational energy-related GHG emissions over CRL’s 100-year life. This figure covers Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. When looking at just Scope 1 and 2, a 32 per cent reduction has been achieved.

Improved construction methodology reduced construction energy-related GHG emissions by 19 per cent. The most significant GHG savings were achieved by replacing diesel generators with grid electricity and using larger truck and trailer units for spoil haulage to reduce vehicle trips.

Replacing high pressure sodium lights with modern LED streetlights is projected to save 15 per cent of energy-related GHG emissions over the 100-year life of the CRL asset built by Connectus.

Highlight 2: 97% of all waste diverted from landfill

Spoil made up a significant amount of the unwanted material generated on Contract 2. In total, 97 per cent of all spoil was diverted from landfill and used to remediate Three Kings Quarry

Some 95 per cent, totalling 4,256 tonnes, of construction and demolition waste was diverted from landfill. Of this, 901 tonnes were diverted for reuse – a massive 21per cent.

Reused items included pre-cast concrete panels used as a traffic deck along Albert St and assorted steel such has propping steel that was on-sold to other projects.

Highlight 3: 37% saving in materials related GHG emissions and 11% saving in material consumption

A 37 per cent reduction in materials-related GHG emissions (embodied carbon) has been achieved across both construction and the asset’s 100-year life, compared to the Base Case.

A number of innovations significantly reduced the embodied carbon of materials used during the construction phase:

  • The traffic deck at the intersection of Customs and Albert streets was redesigned to use reinforced concrete, rather than steel.
  • The steelwork required to support the Albert Street excavation was reduced, and the steel struts and pre-cast traffic deck were reused.
  • Backfilling was completed with recycled concrete, rather than flowable fill and fly-ash was used as a cement replacement in concrete.

Overall, Connectus achieved an 11 per cent reduction in materials used.

Acknowledgments:

International Firsts

Development of Mahi Rauora Aratohu – a tailored technical manual developed in partnership with Mana Whenua that responds to the cultural context of Tāmaki Makaurau.

State Firsts / North Island First

First use of continuous cased flight auger (CCFA) piling rig in the North Island for the temporary works piling of Albert Street.

Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) is a relatively common technique; however, the difference with the CCFA rig is the addition of a casing on a separate rotary drive which allows the full length of the bore to be cased while the auger continues to drill the pile. This methodology provides better cutting power and pile surface appearance as well as achieving better construction tolerances than the standard CFA process, with minimal vibration.

CCFA is almost vibration free and is one of the quietest piling methodologies, reducing impact on residents and nearby businesses. CCFA also reduces ground movements and consequently the risk of distress to adjacent structures such as the heritage buildings near the Connectus site. The CCFA guarantees a deviation from verticality less than 1-1.5 per cent so is suited to areas with tight tolerances in an inner-city environment. With the tight tolerances, CCFA reduces the amount of material and energy used and spoil created  by reducing the risk of structural defects and the need to replace defective piles and reducing the risk of creating a larger pile than anticipated due to excessive spoil being removed through over-flighting.

 

This achievement is a result of the efforts of many – City Rail Link Ltd as client and ISAP, the Principal Technical Advisors, CRL Ltd’s design team, consisting of Aurecon, Mott MacDonald,Jasmax, Grimshaw and Arup and contractors Connectus, a McConnell Dowell and Downer NZ Joint Venture along with the Iwi on the CRL Mana Whenua Forum – Te Ākitai Waiohua, Te Kawerau a Maki, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

EnergyConnect

Project EnergyConnect is a joint project between the Transmission Network Service Providers for NSW (Transgrid) and South Australia (SA) (ElectraNet) to join their state power grids via a new 330kV overhead transmission line interconnector between Robertstown (SA) and Wagga Wagga (NSW) substations, a total distance of approximately 900km. The NSW section of Project EnergyConnect covers approximately 700km from the SA border to Wagga Wagga and is seeking Design and As Built ratings using v1.2 of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council’s Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) rating scheme.

Level Crossing Removal Project – Southern Program Alliance – Additional Works Package 1 – Cheltenham & Mentone

Located on the Frankston line in Melbourne’s southeast, the project scope was to remove three level crossings in Cheltenham and Mentone and included:
• Removal of level crossings at Park Road and Charman Road in Cheltenham, and Balcombe Road in Mentone, by redirecting trains into two rail trenches
• Building new, modern stations at Cheltenham and Mentone
• Upgrading the surrounding station precincts, including a Mentone Station Heritage Deck and Gardens; multilevel carpark in Cheltenham; and a 3.5 kilometre shared-use path between Cheltenham and Mentone.

 

For more information:
https://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/projects/balcombe-road-mentone#

Transport Access Program 3 – Point Clare Station

Description

Point Clare Station is on the CCN – Central Coast – Newcastle Line, 4km southwest of Gosford, about 85km from Sydney. The station is bordered by Brisbane Water Drive and Kurrawa Avenue and consists of an elevated station comprising two way-side platforms serving two separate tracks. Upon completion of the project, Point Clare Station now offers convenient and accessible access from Brisbane Water Drive and Kurrawa Avenue via two new passenger lifts allowing passengers to access the train platforms. Accessible parking was also added within proximity of the new station access routes.   

The project involved the installation of:  

  • Two new lifts connecting to the platform.  
  • Upgraded Station entries ensuring accessible paths of travel.  
  • Refurbishment work to the existing toilet block to accommodate ambulant members.  
  • Pavement Works to Brisbane Water Drive & Kurrawa Avenue.  
  • Relocation of major services.  
  • Improve existing structures to improve compliance.  
  • Lighting, security, and other system upgrades. 

Rating Highlights 

Category  Credits  Achievements/Risks 
Waste  Was-2  The Project achieved a verified level of 3 with a score of 3.50. 

The Project effectively managed waste during construction, achieving significant diversion from landfill. 

Spoil waste, including fill/VENM, was entirely diverted from landfill, with 464.36 tonnes reused on-site and the remainder sent for sorting and screening for reuse. 

100% of all inert and non-hazardous waste, consisting of concrete, timber, plasterboard, and steel, was completely diverted from landfill and nearly 80% of the materials used in construction being recoverable, primarily steel and concrete. 

Office waste saw a 63% diversion from landfill, with plastics, paper, and cardboard segregated for recycling. 

 
Community Health, Well-being, and Safety  Hea-1  The Project achieved a verified level of 3 with a score of 2.50. 

During the stakeholder consultations, Central Coast Council submitted suggestions to enhance the Point Clare TAP-3 upgrade for community health and wellbeing. 

 

 

Verified Innovations 

Name   Verification Date  Innovation Type   Description & Sustainability Benefits 
Was-3  04/04/24  ​​ Exceeding Credit Benchmarks  The Project received 1 point. 

The deconstruction plan outlined components easily separable for recycling or reuse, achieving up to 50% deconstructability by value.  

Materials such as concrete, steel, asphalt, glass and aluminium, comprising 77.90% of total project materials, were identified for recycling or reuse.  

 

Certification Date

28/6/2024

 

South Australia Road Network Maintenance

The State road network in South Australia is one of the state’s biggest infrastructure assets and covers approximately 25% of the state’s total road network. The network consists of over 13,000km of sealed roads and 10,000km of unsealed roads, tunnels, bridges, traffic signals, signage, verge and drainage. DM Roads are responsible for maintaining Zones 1 (metro) and 3 (North) of the network and deliver a combination of Base Service, Minor Works, Annual Renewal Works and Minor capital works.

WestConnex M4-M5 Link Tunnels

Project Overview

On behalf of Transport for NSW, WestConnex Transurban has engaged the Acciona Samsung Bouygues Joint Venture (ASBJV), formerly the Lendlease Samsung Bouygues Joint Venture, to design and construct the WestConnex M4-M5 Link Tunnels.

The project will deliver twin mainline motorway tunnels between the M4 motorway at Haberfield and the M8 motorway at St Peters. Each tunnel will be around 7.5 kilometres long and will generally accommodate up to four lanes of traffic in each direction.

Motorists will be able to travel the full length of the M4-M5 Link Tunnels in around eight minutes. When the WestConnex motorway network is complete, drivers will save an estimated 40 minutes on a trip from Parramatta to Sydney Airport.

Rating Highlights

  • 28% reduction of energy emissions through efficient design, GreenPower™ and carbon offsetting
  • 67% reduction of water use through lean construction methods and responsible construction practices
  • 58% replacement of potable water through efficient design and responsible construction practices
  • 17% reduction of materials lifecycle impacts through specification of cement replacement and custom concrete design mixes, asset design optimisation and responsible procurement practices
  • Mitigation of 80% of medium-rated long-term climate risks and 78% of low-rated risks and exceeding the relevant credit benchmarks
  • A bold urban design for the surface ventilation facility at St Peters that interprets local Aboriginal heritage and enhances the local built form with a striking connection between the asset and Country
  • Aboriginal participation rate is 5% exceeding the aspirational target of 3%
  • Thirty-five (35) contracts to Indigenous businesses registered and certified with Supply Nation totalling an estimated $30m spend to date
  • Female participation rate of 22% exceeding the national industry average of 12%
  • At least 80% of supplies and subcontractor services from NSW including 53% in areas also targeted for skills and employment initiatives
  • 5% of total spend is with small businesses and 10% is in areas of relative socio-economic disadvantage

 

Level Crossing Removal Project-North Western Program Alliance- Reservoir Station

This project by Level Crossing Removal Authority has registered for an As Built v1.2 IS Rating.

Overview

The Reservoir level crossing at High Street will be removed and replaced with a rail over road solution including approximately 800 metres of twin elevated structures. The existing Reservoir Station will be demolished and replaced with a new premium station featuring station buildings at ground level and an elevated island platform accessed by stairs and lifts.

Details

  • Rating Type Rail
  • Registered Date October 2019
  • Practical Completion June 2020
  • Jurisdiction Australia
  • States VIC
  • Suburb Reservoir
  • Assessor Rachael Lee

Website

To find out more information about this project, visit Level Crossing Removal Project Website: https://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/projects/high-street-reservoir

Level Crossing Removal Project Package 1 – Burke, North, McKinnon, Centre

This project by Level Crossing Removal Authority has achieved an ‘Excellent’ As Built v1 IS Rating.

Overview

The Burke North McKinnon Centre (BNMC) level crossing removal projects were the first four of 50 level crossing removal projects to be delivered across the metropolitan Melbourne rail network. Completed in 2016, the projects involved lowering the rail lines under road, the building of four new stations (Gardiner, Ormond, McKinnon and Bentleigh stations) and integration of the station precincts with the local public realm.

The Burke Road project included the consolidation of tram stops near the station and the addition of new walking and cycling paths. The North Road project added a second entrance to the new Ormond station that allows easier access from both sides of North Road.

BNMC was delivered by an Alliance of the LXRA, John Holland and KBR. While a contractual obligation to achieve an ISCA rating was not imposed on the Alliance on its formation, the project later committed to achieve an Excellent as-built rating.

This is one package in the Level Crossings Removal Program.

“Delivering the works at the four sites as one package means safer roads, better stations and more trains sooner, with less disruption.”

“The new stations will be safer, more accessible and easier to get to, with better connections to trams and buses.”

Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan

“By setting high benchmarks in sustainability, we are encouraging contractors to think outside the box and ensuring that our works are delivered with environmental and social impacts in mind”.

LXRA CEO, Kevin Devlin

Details

Rating Highlights

1) Having solar panels on stations isn’t new, but LXRA’s work has helped to define the standards and processes for future application – solar power on stations could become the norm, rather than the exception in future.

2) Between Ormond and Bentleigh stations, the project transplanted 50 mature date palms that needed to be removed from site during construction. The trees were temporarily stored for the duration of the project and replanted after construction.

3) BNMC ran a program to support and promote local businesses during the construction period called ‘Open for Business’ (OFB).

Some key initiatives of the OFB program include:

  • Providing local businesses access to paid sessions with the Small Business Mentoring Service
  • Facilitating a free marketing workshop for local businesses
  • Regular circulation an OFB brochure that featured 138 local businesses and traders, which encouraged surrounding communities to shop locally during the construction period

4) BNMC was the first project in Australia to use a Horizontal bore for dewatering.

The project presented some challenging conditions for dewatering, with ground too wet to shotcrete and too unstable to support construction plant. The solution consisted of four 700m long horizontal bores being installed under station cuttings, allowing for:

  • Reduced overall time and energy consumption required for excavation and dewatering
  • Reduced air pollution due to low water pumping requirements
  • Avoided need for temporary acquisition of land for pump siting

Website

To find out more about this project, visit the Level Crossing Removal Authority website.

Level Crossing Removal Project – Western Program Alliance – Kororoit Creek and Abbotts Road

This project by Level Crossing Removal Authority has achieved a ‘Leading’ As Built v1 IS Rating.

Overview

Kororoit Creek Road is used by 22,000 vehicles each day and is part of VicRoads’ Principal Freight Network. It is a key transport corridor that connects the Williamstown North industrial precinct, nearby ports, and residential areas to the Princes Freeway.

Abbotts Road is a major road that services Dandenong’s industrial precincts and carries thousands of people to and from work every day. It is also a major access point to the South Gippsland Highway and often suffers long delays with the boom gates halting the many trucks and motorists who use this route. This level crossing has also been the site of tragedy, with two people killed at the crossing in the past seven years.

Removing the boom gates will create better freight connections, improve traffic flow, remove the risk of incidents between passenger trains and road vehicles including large freight vehicles and provide safer passage for pedestrians and cyclists.

Details

Website

For more information about this project, visit the Level Crossings Website.

Level Crossing Removal Project – Package 4 – Caulfield to Dandenong

This project by CPB Contractors Pty Limited and Lendlease have registered for a Design v1.2 IS Rating

Overview

The Cranbourne – Packenham line is the busiest rail line in Melbourne. At morning peak, boom gates are down for up to 82 minutes.

The Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project will:

  • remove 9 level crossings and rebuild 5 stations at Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Clayton and Noble Park.
  • upgrade 72km of rail systems, power and signalling from the CBD to Packenham and Cranbourne
  • extend platforms to support 65 new High Capacity Metro Trains enabling an additional 20,000 passengers per day, boosting the capacity by 42%

This project is part of the Level Crossings Removal Program.

Details

Website

To find out more about this project, visit the Level Crossing Removal Authority Website